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Thompson got exactly the playing time he deserved last year. Had the coaching staff let him embarrass himself further, he might have quit the sport.

In the first two games, I'd argue that Henley seemed like one of the quickest MN players AND seemed very comfortable and successful putting the ball on the court and driving to the basket. The up and down play tells me that he is likely overthinking the game. We'll see whether things have slowed...

Hoops is extremely knowledgeable but has never been a fan of the Whalen coaching experiment. I have given a little longer leash to see if the experiment is a success before moving on to some 'flavor of the day' coach who may or may not be an improvement. It is literally a roll of the dice every...

Ramberg is showing the effort and hustle that every other player needs to emulate. He had 7 boards tonight- tying Garcia for the team lead in less minutes. Unfortunately, Will is just not talented enough to play this many minutes. He will be a great body to bring in off the bench to spell a...

I really liked how Ben spread around the minutes tonight. He gave everyone a lot of run. Samuels had the least with 10 minutes. Garcia and Cooper were the high minute players with 33 and 32 respectively. Great opportunity to try some different combinations against an inferior opponent...

It's the start of the fifth year. The vaunted top 10 rated class is just getting started. The most ready of the frosh and one of the leading scorers in the nation is unexpectedly unavailable. If Whalen fails to produce within the next two years, I can certainly see a change being made. Whalen...

Hoops- Did the coaching staff mess up Braun's ankle? Did the coaching staff miss 9 FTs? Did the coaching staff get out-rebounded? Did the coaching staff ask Katie B. to shoot 5-17 (1-7)? The coaches certainly have some responsibility because they recruited the players but, at some point, the...

No one expected them to lose to DePaul. No one is expecting them to lose tonight to C. Mich. But losses happen all of the time and can happen to the best of teams. There have been head scratchers among the Top 25 already in this young season. No one said that we are tanking Years 1-4 to focus...

BB- Welcome back! I have really missed our exchanges! Thrown to the wolves means having to step into big minutes that was not expected of them from day one. It doesn't matter who they are playing. D-1 will always be a step up from high school hero ball and it can take some time to adjust. I...

It's one game early in the season with a bunch of inexperienced first year players getting major minutes. Everyone was railing on Johnson for not playing younger players like Thompson and Thiam last year. The a55 kicking by DePaul is what you get when boys who think they know what they are doing...

McCutcheon isn't saying that winning isn't important. He is obviously extremely competitive and has been uber successful. He is likely saying that the most important competition is within ourselves and our team. If you've done everything possible as a person and team to bring out your best...

Here is the official release by Whalen and the program... Nice to see some size in Dalan and some athleticism in the whole group.

Johnson wants their identity to be "a blue collar team that is gritty and fights." Last night was the first time that I didn't see that under his watch. I knew that there would be growing pains with the youngsters. It's one game but I didn't expect the whole team to be so flat. Sometimes it...

Wow! I noted that Louisville had lost again but I hadn't seen that FSU lost a second time. #15 TCU lost by 1 to Northwestern State yesterday. There have been a lot of unexpected losses already this season.

The Free Treyton club from last year will agree with you. They will cite his impressive and team-leading -1 in the =/- and his projected 16+ rebounds per 40 minutes. (Of course he played less than 5 minutes!) In all seriousness though, Thompson and the coaching staff need to determine who he is...

Johnson has been horrible at blocking out and crashing the boards.

I am sure both players talked with Whalen after their respective commitments and made it clear whether they were 100% solid or not. I do not see many basketball players flip their commitments. Depending on their relationship, Whalen may reach out on occasion to check in but it is highly likely...

Ummmm.... can you please rephrase?!

I had to laugh at that! Detroit isn't exactly a tropical paradise. I think they might be 5-10 degrees warmer in the winter on average. MSP is certainly more likely to have extreme weather.

Read my post again. I am not talking about rankings. I said that the buzz surrounding Betts was much higher than Thompson. The rankings did not necessarily follow the buzz because he committed so quickly when the MN offer came in. Betts reclassifying to this year also led to his ranking not...