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    Fire Ben Johnson

    He's been to every home basketball game.
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    Drake wins. Next UMN Coach?

    Curious, what are those things he could sell to McCollum that would persuade him to go to Minnesota instead of Indiana or Iowa? Not saying they don't exist, just curious what you have in mind.
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    2024-25 Gopher Hockey Season

    How bad must all the other teams be? Lots of terrible teams apparently. Gophers had four regulation losses all season. That said, it wasn't a great weekend of hockey against Notre Dame. But, they outshot the Irish all weekend, territorially they were mostly better, they missed a shitload of...
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    Weakling Wednesday Final Weekend: Iowa @ Nebraska for the Final "Chair and a Chance"

    Fred has been in Lincoln for six years. He's been to one NCAA Tournament (last year).
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    Fire Ben Johnson

    This is true, although neither came straight from D-III (not suggesting you were suggesting that.) They each had stops at a D-I school prior to taking the Wisconsin job.
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    Scoggins: Word is Mark Coyle wants to build Gophers men’s basketball. What does it mean for Ben Johnson?

    It is truly one of the more amazing stats of the basketball season. Only nine teams in the entire country have more Quad 1 wins than Minnesota. Gophers have more Quad 1 wins than: #1 Duke (6) #8 Gonzaga (3) #9 Iowa State (6) #14 Wisconsin (6) #16 Misssouri (6) #19 St. John's (3) #21...
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    Five Guys On A Shortlist: If the U Decides Change Is Needed, Aim High & Don't Be Cheap With That Big Ten Cash

    Buffalo is in the MAC, which is a several steps up from the MAAC and even more steps up from the NEC. Many Big Ten and high major coaches have come from the MAC over the years. Not very many have come from the MAAC, as McCaffery did at Iowa. (I think that was the poster's point)
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    Seth Davis: Ben Johnson has done an incredible job with this team. One of the elite coaches in one of the toughest jobs in America.

    Yep, that team was actually ranked 16th at one point, with several impressive wins, including one over the eventual #4 overall seed in the NCAA tourney, the #7 overall seed in the NCAA tourney and three other ranked teams. Then Liam Robbins got hurt. Gabe Kalscheur got hurt. And they went...
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    Seth Davis: Ben Johnson has done an incredible job with this team. One of the elite coaches in one of the toughest jobs in America.

    It is a little disingenuous to compare the situation Scott Drew walked into at Baylor to what Ben Johnson inherited at Minnesota. If anyone needs a history on Baylor men's basketball in 2003, go search it. Short version, one player on the roster murdered another player on the roster. There...
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    Scoggins: Word is Mark Coyle wants to build Gophers men’s basketball. What does it mean for Ben Johnson?

    Ben's biggest saving grace is that Dawson Garcia stayed. He is a top end Big Ten player that allowed a mostly middling roster to win 7 Big Ten games.
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    Scoggins: Word is Mark Coyle wants to build Gophers men’s basketball. What does it mean for Ben Johnson?

    Hawkins and Payne are both significantly better and more valuable players than Patterson and Mitchell (God bless them.) Hawkins set the Minnesota single season assist record and is currently leading the Big 12 in assists. He is currently the quarterback for a team ranked in the Top Ten. Payne...
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    Fire Ben Johnson

    Thought the same thing. Ryan even has NBA head coaching experience, which the Utah guy does not. Plus, Ryan is a legacy Gopher, multi-generational with an overwhelmingly popular last name. But, every time someone brings up Saunders' name in these threads, he gets crushed as a candidate. He...
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    Weakling Wednesday Final Weekend: Iowa @ Nebraska for the Final "Chair and a Chance"

    Two weeks ago? Most had Nebraska in the NCAA field as recently as tip off against the Gophers five days ago. Heck, some still had them in the NCAA field heading into their Ohio State game just two days ago.
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    Weakling Wednesday Final Weekend: Iowa @ Nebraska for the Final "Chair and a Chance"

    Yeah we are in the tourney for sure. Question is will we be the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, or 15th seed. USC, NW, IA, NEB, RUT also fighting for same real estate.
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    Weakling Wednesday Final Weekend: Iowa @ Nebraska for the Final "Chair and a Chance"

    https://bball.notnothing.net/big10.php?sport=mbb This will answer all of your questions...punch in the outcomes, it spits you the seedings. Fun to mess with. Enjoy.
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    Weakling Wednesday Final Weekend: Iowa @ Nebraska for the Final "Chair and a Chance"

    I believe with Nebraska's loss last night and knowing the Cornhuskers face Iowa head-to-head this weekend, the Gophers have clinched a spot in the Big Ten Tournament. The Iowa-Nebraska loser will have to fight it out with USC, Rutgers and Northwestern for the final elimination spot.
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    Craig Smith

    Missouri also has Rams/Avalance/Nuggets/Arnenal owner Stan Kroenke, who married into the Walmart fortune. He went to Missouri and his son played basketball at Missouri. So, Missouri has two dudes (Stan Kroenke, Bill Laurie) who married daughters of Bud Walton.
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    Five Guys On A Shortlist: If the U Decides Change Is Needed, Aim High & Don't Be Cheap With That Big Ten Cash

    Notice many of the coaches at highly successful private schools and what they 'supposedly' make. Those schools don't have to "report" anything and are not subject to open record requests to release contract details. Many of these private schools create "booster clubs" that supplement the...
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    STrib: An uncertain future, yet hope for Gophers coach Ben Johnson, who foresees a program with more resources

    The 22% is the average of all Power 5 schools revenue. All P5 schools can pay up to $20.5 million regardless of what conference they are in. That should leave more money to spend on other things for Big Ten and SEC schools, but teams from the Big 12 and ACC can pay $20.5m to their athletes...
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    Five Guys On A Shortlist: If the U Decides Change Is Needed, Aim High & Don't Be Cheap With That Big Ten Cash

    Creighton draws 17k+ fans for every game, amongst the national leaders in attendance every year. They have no football to take from their NIL pot of money. This is a private school that doesn't have to worry about political agendas, state lawmakers meddling, etc. They have a LOTS of money...



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