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    B1G Game 15: Gophers host Ducks (2-16-25)

    If you had told me before the game that the Gophers were going to shoot 9 for 15 from 3, I would have been confident of a Gopher victory. Wasted by far the best 3-point shooting game of the conference season. Not as crazy as the 3-point barrage last season at Michigan, but still a very good...
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    NCAA Bracketology

    NCAA reveal confirms that the legacy BIG teams are down this year. 1 legacy BIG team in the top 16 is a weak showing. Injuries at Maryland, Illinois, Nebraska & Minnesota really altered the BIG season. MSU still has USC, UCLA and OSU. Sparty still has a chance to make some noise.
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    B1G Game 14: Gophers visit Ohio State (2-13-25)

    The bubble is weak this year, and I think the Gophers would get in at 9-9. But Penn State went 9-9 last year, finishing with a 27 NET ranking, and did not make the tournament. Also, in the 4-year history of the NET for WBB, only 1 team has been selected as an at-large team with 0 Quad 1 wins...
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    B1G Game 14: Gophers visit Ohio State (2-13-25)

    Agree. Not a fan of OSU over the years. They have long been a Big Ten bell cow that underperforms in the NCAA tourney. Pretty sure the OSU-Gophers series is the most one-sided series in BIG history among legacy BIG teams. With the loss tonight, the Gophers are 16-67 against OSU.
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    B1G Game 14: Gophers visit Ohio State (2-13-25)

    Loved the half-court offense tonight. OSU is a mediocre half-court defensive team, and the Gophers took advantage. Shooting north of 50% on the road against a ranked team is unusual efficiency for the Gophers.
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    B1G Game 14: Gophers visit Ohio State (2-13-25)

    Don’t pencil in OSU as a loss. OSU can lose to teams that don’t turn the ball over, which is usually Minnesota.
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    B1G Game 13: Gophers host Indiana (2-9-25)

    Braun is listed on today's injury report as out.
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    B1G Game 13: Gophers host Indiana (2-9-25)

    3-pt defense looms large today. In BIG play, IU is first in 3-pt percentage and 3-pt makes. In BIG play, Gophers are 16th in opponent 3-pt percentage and 3-pt makes.
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    B1G Game 12: Gophers host Iowa (2-6-25)

    Not sure what you're looking at: 7/12/2024 At its summer meeting this week in Austin, Texas, the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee approved a move to quadrant-based team sheets in 2024-25 and to provide the full championship field seed list on Selection Sunday. The committee also...
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    B1G Game 12: Gophers host Iowa (2-6-25)

    Old Quads. New Quads Quadrant 1 (Q1). Q1 Home (1-30). H 1-25 Neutral (1-50). N 1-35 Away (1-75). A 1-45 Quadrant 2 (Q2). Q2 Home (31-75). H 26-55 Neutral (51-100). N 36-65 Away (76-135). A 46-80...
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    B1G Game 12: Gophers host Iowa (2-6-25)

    Will be interesting to see how the NCAA bubble plays out. The 2025 tourney is the 5th year the NET rankings will be used, but the first with the revised quad system. Under the original Quad system, only 1 team has ever been selected as an at-large team without having a single Quad 1 victory...
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    McKenna Johnson's Playing Time

    I’m still in the camp that would like more Johnson because this team needs better shooting. But you make a good case that I’m wrong.
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    B1G Game 12: Gophers host Iowa (2-6-25)

    Coach P’s reluctance to play and develop Johnson is a puzzle. Preseason Coach P identified increased offensive efficiency as the # 1 priority. She talked about trying to shoot 50% from the field (or perhaps from 2). The team is failing on the goal to be a better shooting team. In conference...
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    B1G Game 12: Gophers host Iowa (2-6-25)

    Addie Deal is no Caitlin Clark.
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    B1G Game 12: Gophers host Iowa (2-6-25)

    Iowa can get national top 25 recruits to take a look, but will struggle to reel them in. It’s Iowa after all. The one they landed has a brother with whom she is close at Grinnell. Otherwise they struck out this year on their other McDonald AA recruits.
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    B1G Game 12: Gophers host Iowa (2-6-25)

    Coach P is a better coach than Coach Gottlieb or Jan Jensen. Gophers should win. Gopher players will also be very motivated coming back from LA and after the Clark game last year at Williams. Gophers PA announcer basically treated Clark as a home team player last year. Had to annoy the...
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    B1G Game 12: Gophers host Iowa (2-6-25)

    Iowa will struggle to keep the sellouts going as time goes on. They had 3,000-4,000 empty seats last week for a Northwestern sellout.
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    Murderer's Row Coming Up

    The 2-game LA trip did wonders, as expected, for the Gophers' strength of schedule. As of February 3, based on NET rankings, the Gophers' SOS is up to 78 (from 126), while it is up to 109 (from 159), based on the RPI.
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    Interesting Gopher Stat At Midway Point of Conference Season

    In conference play, the Gophers' turnover rate is 12.4%, the lowest rate for any BIG team in conference play in the history of advanced stats for WBB (since 2009-10). The low turnover rate has helped produce an Assist-to-Turnover Ratio of 1.54, which is top 6 in BIG conference play since...
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    Murderer's Row Coming Up

    Agree, but Teri Moren knows how to coach. Unclear if Jan Jensen can be a good head coach. She has struggled this year with lineups and substitutions.



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