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I agree. The portal also will become a factor. Coaches no longer have the luxury of grooming a player for 2 years thru practice reps only. Players want to see a path to playing meaningful minutes. It is easy to transfer now to a school where assurances have been given. I don’t think too many...

If Carrington can tighten his handle, he would be a nice apprentice for Cooper. He is a good facilitator, with an excellent shot and size. However, I would not be opposed to seeing a 1 year PG/SG as a quality backup to hold us over until Carrington develops or Taison Chatman comes in. There is...

PG: Ta'lon Cooper, 6'4'' SG: Jamison Battle, 6'7'' SF: Dawson Garcia, 6'11 PF: Parker Fox, 6'8'' C: Treyton Thompson, 7'0'' Would be quite a different look than last season. Should be able to finally get offensive rebounds and block shots. Don’t know if this scenario could stay in front of...

Great analysis! I’d be curious as to what places did best at keeping their top talent over that time frame. Might provide some insight as to what may keep the local talent home. Style of play at WI and UVA? Dysfunction at MN and other VA schools? Really nice work!

Cherry’s Isaac Asuma looks pretty damn tough for a 2024, scoring PG. He should be on Ben’s radar. He will have many offers after AAU ball with D1 MN this summer. Smooth player.

You are likely right. He is not listed on 247’s TCU 2022 Recruits as even a prospect there. On Verbal Commits site, he is one of 8 PG recruits listed, with 1 3 star signed. He is listed as a 2 star there.

True! I hate unknowns and no Plan Bs! I have cold sweat flashbacks to when Pitino lost a few players to injury and Gophers were led by walk ons, notably Stephon Sharpe from Hopkins. I sure would like to have a gritty scholarship PG like Dodd come in and replace a TBD transfer. He seems to be...

Since we have no PG or experienced transfer CG yet, I would hedge my bets with a true floor leader. Ryan James posted this about Alonzo Dodd a couple of years ago: “16) Alonzo Dodd of South St. Paul (6’2 CG). One of the hardest working battlers I have ever seen. A triple double guy who fits for...

In a tough pre-conference schedule, It has been a pleasure to watch Nat hit. She is one of the program’s all-timers.

A 7’ kid with 3 years of eligibility left has many options. Hedstrom went from WI to Valpo, I think, last year for example. Ben took Daniels and Ogele, so I think it is safe to say TT has many options to him. Players come and go. The alarming part is apparently Daniels, Ogele, Ramberg, and...

That is alarming. What player doesn’t want to play? To me, it strongly suggests he lost the team. Clearly the bench could tell that their teammates were gassed. If the Strib report is accurate, I would expect both TT and Thiam will be entering the portal soon.

or for any bench player last night … Every available player was brought in by Ben with exception of TT, who Ben must have encouraged to stay. The iron 5 have it all they had. Ben failed them too last night in the most baffling display of Gopher (non) coaching I have ever seen.

Overall = D Expectations = C+. max of 3 B1G wins and got 4. Player Development = F. Lack of subs tonight showed what Ben thought of his players. He owes the team an apology after tonight.

Same story, different sport for Ben Johnson and the Men’s BB tonight. 51 secs for one sub.

Thiam and TT may have hit the portal at halftime.

This loss is all on Ben.

Only offense is hero ball. Too gassed to run any sets. Lack of subs in first half killed them down the stretch.

Losing a lot of respect for Ben tonight.

Some poor coaching by PSU. They should have been pushing the tempo and pressuring our iron 5.

Who will be first sub and at what point in second half will it be?