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The buzz surrounding Betts this summer was on a whole different level than Thompson in 2017. Betts rankings shot up across the board with PrepHoop bumping him all the way to 87th in the nation. Betts was getting interest from some notable programs but he committed to the Gophers quickly after...

Thanks for sharing. The B1G is represented in each column. Interesting to see so many highly rated recruits who did nothing or seriously performed below their ranking.

First, Betts comes in much more highly regarded than Race Thompson. The plan the whole time was to give him a chance to prove himself this summer and fall or redshirt. He was fully aware of this. Johnson and the program wanted to lock Betts up as there other programs sniffing around. Betts got...

Yep... in his first year, he and the coaching staff took a roster of marginal talent and got them to work together as a team. It led to an undefeated non-conf record and a team that ran out of gas in the B1G.

You can't necessarily rank a coach based on a team's on-the-court performance... especially a first-year coach in a single throw away year. I've said this once and I will say this one thousand times, a coaching staff of Coach K, Dean Smith, Bobby Knight, and the legendary John Wooden would not...

You are correct to some extent. B1G refs also are known to not give newbies the benefit of the doubt so there may still be some WTF calls.

I posted a couple of narrow victories by ranked teams over vastly inferior opponents to remind some Holers not to jump off the band wagon quite yet!

Kerwin Walton with 9 pts off the bench in Texas Tech 73-49 win over Northwestern State.

They 'competed' with only 2 'legit' players last year. They certainly miss shooters in Battle and Carrington. Hard to win without 2 of your top 6 players on the roster. Payne had a hard time getting going today. I am sure that he and the other frosh will have up and down games but we'll hope to...

#1 UNC struggles to find the groove in first game of season at home vs. UNC-Wilmington. Wins 69-56.

#14 TCU were dominated most of the game at home by Arkansas-Pine Bluff until hitting a clutch 3 pointer with 51 seconds to escape with a 1 pt victory. APB had 16 point lead with a few minutes left in half and go into halftime up by 11.

As for last year... I hate to say it but Thiam wasn't worth 1 minute a game. He was a gamble that didn't pay off and we are fortunate that he saw the writing on the wall and transferred down to where he will get some minutes. Betts is unlikely to play this year unless we have additional...

If WI and KY can put together the pieces to win, there is no reason the Gophers cannot.

Look at the Gopher men's hockey team a decade or so ago... top recruits after top recruits but they oftentimes didn't play with the grit necessary to win... as a team. One of the reasons that Motzko was hired as he was doing so much with 'lesser' talent at SCSU. A group of superstars can be a...

Isaac Asuma plays the position of the greatest need so I have to presume he is the top priority if Freitag is, indeed, no longer being pursued fully. Possible future pipeline at Cherry if brother and cousin develop. I have to also presume that Johnson also has some other prospects in his sights.

They've given the requisite effort to attract their state's highest rated recruits (who would have helped improve their brand) but haven't put all of their eggs in that basket. They HAVE been very selective in terms of which WI preps they've pursued... there are numerous decent players in state...

The BADgers didn’t throw $$$ around to find the flavor of the day. They found coaches in Dick and Bo with local ties who knew how to win and how to recruit to their system. The system placed an emphasis on recruiting to fit the system vs chasing 4 and 5 star players who only aspired to getting...

Shut the program down… the fan base can’t take any more adversity!

Let the hand-wringing begin!

EJ Walker is a 6-8 prospect out of Kentucky. Has been offered by WVU, Purdue, and some mid majors at this point.