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McDonald's AA team out today. Good year for upper Midwest. Greenway from Minnesota, Koupal from S. Dakota and Lewis from Iowa are 3 of the 24 selections. Legacy Big Ten schools are improved at attracting McDOnald's AAs, but still struggle to keep the local McDonald's AA home. Greenway to...

Not sure how it will be used, but WAB is in essence a way to quantify the Quad results, because WAB "only measures the quality of your resume based on the results", i.e. who you beat, which is what the Quad system does.

WAB is an estimate of how many more wins a team would have than a bubble team playing the same schedule. Bubble team is defined as a team ranked 45th in the NET. The Gophers WAB is currently 2.6, which ranks them 28th in WAB. UCLA, for example, has a WAB of 11.2, which ranks them 1st in WAB...

But # 28 in Wins Above Bubble (WAB). From the NCAA: WAB was added this season to complement the NET metric. It does not factor in margin of wins or losses or a team’s efficiency — it only measures the quality of your resume based on the results. WAB is results-based and goes beyond strength of...

Iowa is very unathletic on the perimeter. Just don’t get killed inside, and Gophers can win. A mild, but not a major upset. Iowa may be reeling after LA trip, and recent injury.

Iowa total operating expenses for WBB for fiscal year 2025 are $8,485,428 according to Iowa's fiscal year '25 report to the NCAA. Gophers amount not high at 6,589,399.

Not sure comparing Glenn to McKinney and Braun works. Has Glenn ever not been in a slump when shooting 3s against good competition? Her conference game, year-by-year, 3-pt field goal percentage is poor, and is even worse in her senior/graduate year in the loaded BIG. I'm with BBJones, unless...

She may not make it to the end of the year. 1-17 last year, 0-11 this year for a historically very good WBB program.

Gophers ascending in the BIG.

Agree that Mara played winning basketball yesterday, despite not shooting well on relatively few attempts. She also didn't force bad shots. I am a huge fan of Mara's attitude, hustle and determination. Mara's shooting percentages have not impacted her effort and positive contributions in...

Shimmy is way worse to my ears.

How ‘bout that offensive efficiency! Awesome up and down the lineup, including the combo post position.

Good points. But I’m still a little uncertain. Big Ten availability reports have three categories: “Out for Season”, “Out” and “Questionable”. Oregon has been listing Heyer as “Out” rather than “Out for Season.” By your logic, shouldn’t she be listed as “Out for Season”? Her being listed...

I understand that Heyer's plan was to sit out this year. I was just suggesting that she might be eligible to play second semester, if she had wanted to. When Sophie Hart transferred mid-year, it was emphasized that she was ineligible because you can't play for 2 teams in one season. But...

Not sure, but I think she may be eligible second semester since she didn’t play for the Gophers this season. Oregon has been listing Heyer as Out on the game availability report, which wouldn’t make sense if she is not eligible. Can’t be Out if you’re not eligible.

The narrative from the recent Strib article and various posts that Braun needs to regain or rediscover her pre-injury form ignores the reality of her pre-injury shooting, and the relative consistency of her shooting woes throughout her career. Each year of her career there are roughly 50 double...

4-4 in the BIG. Time to make some hay in the second half + 1. Gophers are so good on D. How far can GG and sporadic good nights from B & B (Braun & Battle) carry them?

FWIW, Gophers end up at 53 in the Sagarin, 48 in the Massey Composite and 70 in SP+ rankings.

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.

Not yet, but certainly not ahead of schedule. Given how tough the Gophers first 8 conference games are, 3-5 is the minimum needed to be on track for the tourney. But if the Gophers win at Oregon, they will be 4-4, and in good shape to attack the last 10 conference games.