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I understand the sentiment, but it would be impossible to not draw parallels to the previous regime. When Tubby was let go for Pitino and even a whiff of negativity was voiced toward Tubby, it ended up being a bat signal for @dpodoll68 to defend him for years. Eventually the criticism faded...

Could we get a tally of the current roster on the front end of one of these threads, like @SelectionSunday and his road to the tournament thread?

For sure! @MaxyJR1 is a good poster on this site and his posts were separated by two plus months so it's a friendly jab. :)

This made me laugh. Back to back posts. But kudos to your for posting regardless.

We got him one job too early.

If there is so much fan apathy on the St. Thomas side then how is this so "great for Minnesota" as others have suggested? Which side of this discussion are you even on?

That's a fair question/observation. At one point part of the justification for not doing it would be from a recruiting perspective. Now that recruitment has changed in the NIL/free agency era, it probably isn't as big a consideration. Hopefully we are finally past the "lock down the border"...

I absolutely think their fanbase would get excited and that is kind of my point. I would fully expect the Barn to fill up more with St. Thomas fans than Gopher fans. As a cash rich B1G program you don't really gain anything by winning but it's embarrassing if you lose. Maybe I'm in the wrong...

Well they weren't that far apart this year. That's true. But Omaha was just edged by 30 points in their round one NCAA game. Hopefully Niko elevates the program to a level where this isn't a conversation.

That might be true. I'll be real interested to see how Niko schedules. It can't possibly be worse than the last guy.

For which team?

That part might be true. Until St. Thomas is on the same level as us, I guess I would much rather see an opponent from another power conference. This isn't the same as Iowa vs Iowa State or Wisconsin vs Marquette. It just isn't. But maybe I'm in the minority?

Not to be wet blanket guy, but why do people care so much about playing St. Thomas? Doesn't seem to be much upside to me except for those of you that have a connection to St. Thomas.

Maybe just time to change the title from IS to WAS.

I realize this is a completely nonsensical reason to have this opinion but I really don't need any further reminders of the Ben Johnson era (Thorson/Payne/others). I want to completely start over.

No idea if this will work out long term, but hard to ignore the success he has had the last four years. You win at the level you coach at. He's done that in the MWC. Now will it translate? Watching his team play and listening to what he has had to say.....one work comes to mind and that's...

Well not the greatest slate of games so far today.

It might be easier to just start reporting WHO IS NOT entering the portal from now. on. College basketball has gotten ridiculous.

......... five minutes after I texted this, the Frank Mitchell news broke. Well done.

Yes these stories do get tiresome and seem to occur with much more regularity at the time this university is thinking about and/or actively replacing a coach. As you said, it is a very tricky subject (almost taboo) but it's a worthy discussion. Whenever this topic comes up it is invariably...