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Watched (YouTube) McKinney play 3x3 today for USA Basketball. US is 9-0 after 3 days of tournament play in Chile. Off tomorrow, then potentially 9 more games over 3 days. McKinney looked really good. She’s been paired with Iowa incoming transfer Dani Carnegie, playing the same 6 games, and...

Seems like Gophers had more hype heading into 2020 than any other PJ season. 2020 is the only time a PJ team has been ranked preseason, coming in at 19 in the AP, the highest preseason rank since 1969, when they were also ranked # 19.

The idea that the coaches and players treated the first Rose Bowl as an exhibition is refuted by your information regarding the Gophers’ over-preparing for the first Rose Bowl. The exhibition mantra is an excuse for losing to Washington. The Gophers were ecstatic to win the ‘62 Rose Bowl...

Confused about 2023 on the Xerxes list. Minnesota won. Regarding 2019, 2021 and 2022, hating losing to Iowa and hating Gopher special teams are one-and-the-same thing. 2019-Gophers miss a long first half FG (50 yards); Iowa scores TD on next possession. Gophers miss a 4th quarter XP, making...

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...

Hoping a marquee SEC or ACC team is added to the Cancún Challenge, and the Gopher’s schedule. At present the field is Kansas, Miami (OH), Minnesota and Washington State, with 2 teams to be added. Assume with Kansas already on the schedule that the Gophers won’t play Kansas in Cancun, leaving...

Mya Wilson apparently took a recent official visit to Iowa, without committing. A good sign for the Gophers? Any word if/when she is taking an official to Minnesota...

And Kansas State in Sioux Falls and Marquette in Milwaukee.

Per Shama: Nothing has been announced, but a guess is Minnesota is paying the Tommies a guarantee of between $80,000 and $95,000 for their game at Williams Arena. David Shama's Minnesota Sports Headliners Any idea what Minnesota will pay UST for the women's game at Williams Arena?

FWIW, LSU has scheduled High Point for next season. https://highpointpanthers.com/news/2026/5/20/mens-basketball-high-point-locks-in-matchup-at-lsu-for-2026-27-season.aspx

Coach P has 5 years left on her contract that was re-worked last June (2025). She's a really good coach who has done a really good job. I hope the new contract is more about an extension of years than a material increase in $$$. In the new era of paying players, the economics of the...

ESPN and Prospects Nation have recent rankings updates: Amisha Ramlall - ESPN # 59, Prospects Nation - Elite 150 (falls out of top 60) Mya Wilson - ESPN # 88, Prospects Nation # 57 Wilson's national rank and recruiting interest may have ticked down a little bit. Anyone with knowledge about...

For the second summer in a row, Chloe is a finalist for a USA Basketball team (U16 last year, U17 this year), which is a big accomplishment. Still somewhat interesting that she didn't make the final roster of either team. Ari Peterson was also a finalist for the U17 team this summer, but also...

Both Minnesota and Michigan have long-since walked away from the Little-Brown-Jug game as an annual rivalry. In the new BIG 18, Minnesota requested to play Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska every year. Wisconsin and Iowa agreed, but not Nebraska, leaving Minnesota with 2 annual rivals.

Agree both should be tracked. The Gophers' victory over Fresno State in 2018 is an underappreciated good victory. Fresno State was unranked at game time, but finished ranked # 18. If I have my facts right, Fresno State is 1 of only 5 victories by PJ over a team that finished the season...

Agree. But I'm always puzzled by the hindsight focus on interim in-season rankings, when the end-of-season ranking is the one that matters. Unfortunately, the Gophers have only finished 3 times in the final AP poll in the last 60 years: 2019 (#10), 2003 (#20), and 1999 (# 18).

Fitzgerald's teams played in 2 Big Ten championship games (2018, 2020) as winner of the Big Ten West, and finished ranked 5 times: 2012 (#17), 2015 (#23), 2017 (#17), 2018 (#21), and 2020 (#10). PJ blew multiple chances to play in the Big Ten championship game, and has 1 ranked season: 2019...

Agree he is the best Gophers coach in 50 years. I still think the ceiling at Minnesota is materially higher than PJ's performance to date. With Cignetti's success at Indiana, every other traditional BIG team has had a coach more successful than PJ in the last 50 years.

Agree, but unfortunately non-Minnesota expectations about what can be accomplished at Minnesota in football are low. Hence the respect for PJ’s glorious 2019 season and near-perennial top 30-35 finishes since.

Anyone remember the first athlete that prompted Sid to make his won’t-get-a-job-in-Minnesota comment. Pretty sure he said that about John Alt, but that was circa 1980. Probably too late to be the first.