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GG with 2 more years of eligibility and McKinney with 3 more years of eligibility, if I understand the below summary. But Braun and Merkle done after 2026-27 season. “Currently enrolled student-athletes with eligibility remaining after the 2025-26 academic year: Flexibility for schools to...

A serious fan of BIG WBB puts out this list, 3 times a season. The season-ending list has GG # 17, McKinney # 22, and Battle # 37. Braun was 1 of 5 players who just missed the cut. Merkle is # 33. https://hooplanewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/hoopla-40-2025-26-end-of-season-rankings

Seems like a dumb idea pre-portal signings, but that doesn't stop ESPN. 5. Michigan 6. USC 9. Iowa 12. OSU 13. Maryland 15. Oregon 16. Illinois 17. Washington 19. Minnesota 23. Nebraska...

Win today and the Gophers are hosting in the NCAA Tournament. NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee Top 16 Ranking – March 1, 2026* 1. UConn 2. UCLA 3. South Carolina 4. Texas 5. Vanderbilt 6. Iowa 7. LSU 8. Michigan 9. Louisville 10. Duke 11. TCU 12. Oklahoma 13. Maryland 14. Michigan...

The Michigan State loss seems less harmful than feared to the Gophers' NCAA hosting chances. If I'm reading the various bracketologies correctly (if wrong, please point out), ESPN currently has the Gophers as the # 17 team (a 5 seed 1 spot from hosting), CBS currently has the Gophers as the #...

1 week to go in conference play. All-BIG Awards next week. 2nd team GG & Tori? HM Battle, Braun & Hart? All Defensive Tori? With GG’s scoring falling off, Tori is 20th in league scoring and GG is 30th. 1st team seems off the table. Hope they both make the second team (10 players on 1st &...

The Gophers have been a NET darling all season (currently # 8), but have finally risen in a variety of who-you-beat resume rankings, including Wins Above Bubble (WAB) used by the NCAA Tournament Committee. As of this morning, the Gophers are up to 14 in WAB and 24 in RPI. A comparison as of...

Huge game tonight. Win to get to .500 in conference play, with potential long winning streak on tap (potentially 4 games heading into Iowa City). Schedule about to really ease up.

GG and Tori on the list. https://hooplanewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/hoopla-40-2025-26-midseason-edition

Gophers tied for 30th (t5th among others receiving votes) in AP Preseason Top 25. Not a bad place to start for a team that didn't make the NCAA tourney last season. Sabreena Merchant of the Athletic is particularly high on the Gophers. Only 3 of 31 AP voters put the Gophers in the top 25, and...

Injury to McGill? Anyone know the story? "USA Basketball announced . . . that Maddyn Greenway has been added to the 2025 USA Basketball Women’s U19 National Team roster. . . . Greenway, who will graduate from Providence Academy in 2026, will make her USA Basketball competitive debut. . . ...

BIG teams: UCLA 1 Maryland 3 Michigan 4 USC 5 Iowa 5 Michigan St 6 Washington 6 Ohio St 7 Indiana 8 Minnesota 8 Nebraska 9 Oregon 9 Illinois first four out. So basically every team except the holdover bottom five has a good chance to make the tourney.

Coyle: “The expectation for our program is to compete for championships, and unfortunately, we have not done that in the last four years [in fact we only have 1 top 3 conference finish in the last 40 years.]” Not a fan of press release BS. How ‘bout “our goal at this point is to regularly make...

https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltca750cef518bc6e4/blte5c04fb400fbb087/2024-25%20WBB%20Postseason%20Honors.pdf https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2025/3/3/24375548/big-ten-womens-basketball-postseason-awards-ballot-juju-watkins-lauren-betts-usc-trojans-ohio-state The lists, and an...

In conference play, the Gophers' turnover rate is 12.4%, the lowest rate for any BIG team in conference play in the history of advanced stats for WBB (since 2009-10). The low turnover rate has helped produce an Assist-to-Turnover Ratio of 1.54, which is top 6 in BIG conference play since...

Before the recent Caitlin-Clark era boomlet, 2004 was a big year for WBB TV ratings, including the Gophers (see # 10 above).

Not the official teams, but good for them. https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/2023/11/28/all-big-ten-football-team-2023-usa-today/71721769007/

Nubin - 2nd Team Coaches & Media Sori-Marin - 3rd Team Coaches I know it's tough to make First Team in a 14-team league, but as good as the Gophers defense has been the last two seasons, not a single First Team All-Big Ten defender. Think Nubin may have belonged on 1st Team.

The mantra about outplaying Iowa only to lose tends to ignore special teams, where the Gophers have decidedly underperformed versus Iowa, especially in the kicking game. 2019-Gophers miss a long first half FG (50 yards);Iowa scores TD on next possession. Gophers miss a 4th quarter XP, making...

Six metro players made 1st, 2nd or 3rd-team all Big Ten. Certainly the highest number that I can recall. Have there been other years with such strong metro representation? Minneapolis North - Tyler Johnson (1st Team/2nd Team) Park Center - Amani Hooker (1st Team) Eden Prairie - Carter...