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Izzo will work the refs continuously, get favorable calls (you can picture his face whining right now!) Despite playing their best game of the year against NC, my hope is the Spartans will not reach 80 pts tonight, play like they did against Bowling Green, will turn the ball over 15+ times...

With Big Ten play about to start, I can't say that I am as optimistic as I'd like to be. Untimely injuries happen, teams develop chemistry, and momentum can shift. Coming into the season as compared to the current development, some thoughts. Torvik initially ranked MN at #71 and a rating of...

Currently tied for the lead at 0-0!

MN Gopher fans be like-- Michigan State Narrowly Escapes Bowling Green--"Wow, Bowling Green has some really good players, esp that big guy". Wisconsin Taken Down to the Wire vs UTRGV--"Wow, Rio Grande was long and had good shooters". Minnesota Beats Yale With Second Half Rally--"Gophers suck...

Oldie but goodie. Go Gophers!

[/MEDIA] Watching the play I thought it was a fractured tibia, which would be catastrophic. The way he was holding it scared me. If its truly an "ankle" injury that's a major dodged bullet.

6 Q1 wins 1-1 or 2-1 in BTN Tourney NCAA selection-don't lay an egg in MM Tourney Attract immediate impact transfers at needed positions Commits from 2025 Jefferson, Bartlett, Seely or comparable Commits from 2026 Wiggins or comparable No NCAA violations/infractions

That's not the worst news by far. Hopefully be back before Orlando event.

I love this. My optimistic view is such that I have MN in bubble at 21-10 season, 11-9 conf. play. Conf. Tourney will determine bid. I have MN going 6-1 in "Beat top half in the Barn" games, but 2-4 in "Winnable Road Games", and 0-4 in "Big Boy Pants".

Visual of MN non-conf opponents, pending Orlando results.

CBJ seems to be recruiting, building rosters, establishing a culture around people of faith. That may or may not explain the recruitment or lack thereof regarding certain players. Merely an observation.

Totally agree, but we have to remember that Christie was a big defensive liability. It only takes one guy out of 5 to completely blow up a defense.

I just love "expert" opinion predictions. The difference between 8th and 18th in the Big Ten this next year is razor thin. MN shouldn't be last when the dust settles, and could very well win 11 conference games.

With the talk about players going from D2 to P5 with limited success, it reminded me of Alex Illikainen, a top 100 ****national recruit from Grand Rapids who went to the Badgers at UW, flamed out, and transferred to D2 UMD. Coach Justin Wieck was thrilled to have him, but he wasn't great at UMD...

With the final schedule released, looking at the current state of the B10, just a few thoughts in anticipation of the upcoming season. Torvik has no B10 team projected inside the top 10, but NO team outside the top 74! (Projections w/grain of salt always). Every team top to bottom has weak...

Couple guys up there who haven't ever played a college game. Clearly they can play, but imo there should be some success at that level to be "best".

When do you think Torvik will add Tyler Cochran to the Minnesota roster? Its weird how he is still persona non grata on Torvik site.

...and Jarts!

Once again, for fun. Looking at Power 5 Collectives, Big Ten (Ave. $10.2M) is second behind SEC ($12.7M) from published data (nil-ncaa.com). Approx. 90% of all Collective funding goes toward Football and Basketball. From a smaller data pool of reported BB NIL, the average P5 basketball...

Yes, and walk-on Lincoln Meister from UMD is in his 4th year '24-25 but likely not a contributor. Smart guy, mechanical engineer I think. Rigsby is a junior, no? Played '22-'23, '23-24'.