ESPN's bubble watch

[SelectionSunday]

Reading between the lines of today's bubble watch, I think ESPN.com expects the Gophers to be on the bubble by the end of the season. Not that I necessarily disagree with them, it's certainly possible with our personnel issues, but a win over the Hoosiers tomorrow night would be another big step in the right direction. Get another win while avoiding a "bad" loss, lop another game off the schedule, then a chance for all intents and purposes seal the deal vs. Brutus on Sunday.

On another note, someone needs to tell the writer that Al and Devoe weren't our starting guards at the beginning of the season. Al was, but the other guard was Blake. A minor detail apparently they decided not to research.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bubblewatch

 

[From the Barn]

I'll go with Andy Glockner and not an Indiana blogger caught up in his biases.

http://fromthebarn.org/2011/02/01/cnnsis-andy-glockner-on-minnesotas-tournament-chances/

 

[rcpratt]

I don't really infer that from Eamonn's column at all. He more or less says that the Gophers have a great resume right now and with the personnel issues, "it's not unfathomable" that the Gopher's take some "resume-killing losses." I don't really think resume-killing is the best choice of words, but that entire column is kind of written in a "what could possibly keep this team out of the tournament" light.

 

[Winona Gopher]

Reading between the lines of today's bubble watch, I think ESPN.com expects the Gophers to be on the bubble by the end of the season. Not that I necessarily disagree with them, it's certainly possible with our personnel issues, but a win over the Hoosiers tomorrow night would be another big step in the right direction. Get another win while avoiding a "bad" loss, lop another game off the schedule, then a chance for all intents and purposes seal the deal vs. Brutus on Sunday.

On another note, someone needs to tell the writer that Al and Devoe weren't our starting guards at the beginning of the season. Al was, but the other guard was Blake. A minor detail apparently they decided not to research.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bubblewatch

I dont care really how we win tomorrow as long as we win. Tomorrow could be a pretty close game considering they recently just upset Illinois and almost MSU.

Agreed tho that if they take both games this week they are a lock. However i dont know about vs. OSU on sunday. Al was huge in our comeback against OSU a few weeks back. 1 of the freshman has to step up and i am thinking Austin has to have a big game shooting the ball.

 

[SonOfTheVarsity]

I don't really infer that from Eamonn's column at all. He more or less says that the Gophers have a great resume right now and with the personnel issues, "it's not unfathomable" that the Gopher's take some "resume-killing losses." I don't really think resume-killing is the best choice of words, but that entire column is kind of written in a "what could possibly keep this team out of the tournament" light.

Just about every team could take some resume-killing losses, if you're going by that standard. I think he's a little harsh on the Gophers, who I'd say have the third best resume in the conference at this point. We're essentially 2-1 without Al, as we overtook Michigan after he got injured, with that loss being at Purdue. I haven't seen any indication since Nolen's injury that we're incredibly vulnerable to bad losses without him.

And, yet again, the Gophers are the victims of some lazy reporting by ESPN. Devoe started this season, just like we beat a Turner-less OSU last season. I don't understand how a reporter could be lazy enough not to do some basic fact-checking. But I digress. I just think we're being a little disrespected for a top-20 (in RPI and human polls) team.