Gard is a goner.
Gard is a goner.
They finish 14-6 and end up a full 5 games ahead of us.
I just looked it up. They did indeed have 4 bids in 2006: UNI, Bradley, Wichita State, and Southern Illinois. Bradley and Wichita State advanced to the Sweet 16. You may recall that Bradley was led by a center from Blaine HS in Minnesota (Patrick O'Bryant). He went early entry and was drafted 9th but he appeared in only 90 NBA games over 4 years.
Haha. Agreed. Pulled for the Badgers today though.
The major problem with a .500 conference record being the cutoff is the unequal scheduling in a major conference like the B1G. If we consider Michigan State, Purdue, Michigan and Maryland to be the B1G's 4 best teams, the Gophers played them a total of 7 times out of a possible 8 and were unfortunate enough to play all 4 teams on the road missing only Michigan State at home. Expand this list to Wisconsin which actually snuck in to 4th in the conference standings and Minnesota played the top 5 9 times out of a possible 10. In contrast they missed out on playing Northwestern and Ohio State at home as well as Penn State on the road. The Gophers finished 9-11 this year and I certainly don't feel good about that, but just one scheduling difference could easily have made that 10-10.
The major problem with a .500 conference record being the cutoff is the unequal scheduling in a major conference like the B1G. . .
Wow!! Fran must have damn near stroked out.
Was St. Mary's going to make it regardless?
Gonzaga should lose their 1 seed
I highly advise Gophs to take care of business on Thursday. The bubble soon shrinketh even more.
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St Mary’s winning not good news for the Gophers.
Gophers need to win Thursday and take any doubt out of it.
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I would say at this point it's worse for other teams like Ohio state and indiana.St Mary’s winning not good news for the Gophers.
Gophers need to win Thursday and take any doubt out of it.
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St Mary’s winning not good news for the Gophers.
Gophers need to win Thursday and take any doubt out of it.
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