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In one of the closer ones, MN native Lauren Jensen dueled against MN native Adalia McKenzie. The latter's Illinois team topped the former's Creighton.

She also shot 67% from the field, which is significantly better than Hart (17 percentage points better).

Yes, please!

The volleyball team has landed top recruits from Florida, Texas, Kansas City, etc. It can be done. (And volleyball also does great with MN talent,which took them all the way to a final four in Columbus)

Through three quarters, Oregon State is ahead of Portland by ten and looking like they'll steal a spot in the tournament (and move ahead of Minnesota). You might be clairvoyant.

Weird how the this-nonconference-schedule-is-what-the-Gophers-need people seem to have vanished now that what many of us were saying all along has proved true: The awful non-con did not prepare the Gophers for conference play, provide an opportunity to give new players more time on the court or...

She just signed an extension and very publicly stated that she's not going anywhere, presumably to head off this sort of talk. We shall see. (Her team was on ESPNU the other day and I tuned in, hoping to see a fluid offense of the sort I wish the Gophers had. Didn't get that. But they're good.)

...and likely a powerhouse for 2-3 seasons. ...and likely a powerhouse for 2-3 seasons.

Iowa's bench is making an enormous difference in what is looking like a win over the Spartans.

I'm not sure I understand this thinking. Indiana is comfortably ahead of Minnesota in terms of getting in. The teams Minnesota needs to worry about are the teams that are currently behind them. Virginia Tech, Stanford and Arizona lost, which is good news for the Gophers. We'll see what happens...

If we're paying attention to the eight or so teams who seem to be behind the Gophers and might be able to grab NCAA spots, it's worth noting that one of them, once-mighty Stanford, just suffered a bad loss to Clemson in their tourney. The Cardinal will definitely miss the tournament for the...

These missed layups...

Not much has happened either, other than early foul trouble for Battle. Looks a lot like the game last week.

Whalen was injured her senior year (when she memorably returned, as if nothing had happened, in the first round of the NCAA tournament to slip by UCLA).

I don't think anyone has posted that Plitzuweit confirmed that Braun will not return this season.

Meanwhile others (like Iowa State and Virginia Tech) are getting the Quad 1 wins that can help them move past the Gophers.

I said "underprepared," not "completely unprepared." The Gophers were well-prepared to beat terrible teams.

Ok, they won 20 games but, at the risk of being accused of sounding this horn again, most of those wins were against godawful teams. Precisely one of the non-conference opponents finished with a winning record. They are, essentially, bad wins that left the team underprepared for the conference...

The "ignore" function can make this site a much more pleasant place to visit.

Honestly, they've done nothing to deserve to be in