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Well whatever the “Athletic Ranking” is. It has Minnesota at 18 to start the year. I am still very excited and see a ton of potential.
 

Belzx009 said:
Well whatever the “Athletic Ranking” is. It has Minnesota at 18 to start the year. I am still very excited and see a ton of potentiIt’s a sports publication that is now part of the New York Times.
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The Athletic is a sports publication that is now a subsidiary of The New York Times. They released their rankings.
 


I'm excited to get the season started and finally see what this team can do. There have been so many different takes in the media on the Gophers positioning, ranging from being top 4-6 in the Big Ten and 18th nationally, to being last 4 into the tournament. And I get why, they have the coaching staff and the talent to perform at the highest level, but Braun and Woodson's injuries and comeback performances leave a lot of mystery in the air for now.

It's time to get some real results because the whiplash is killing me. With Marquette coming here in a couple of weeks, traveling to Kansas afterward, and the Thanksgiving week tournament, we should be able to see what this team's true potential is very quickly!
 

adamj95 said:
www.espn.com

Women's Bracketology: Ranking of No. 1 seeds shifts in final preseason edition

A key injury to South Carolina and other developments in the final weeks to tipoff shift projections.
www.espn.com

Minnesota is one of the last 4 in in the last preseason bracketology.
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Interesting. It seems like Charlie Creme currently tends to prefer prior season performances to who is actually on the roster for the upcoming season. Not sure I'd say Indiana and Illinois (who are both rebuilding this year after losing multiple significant players each) are going to do better than Minnesota.
 


MaroonMagic said:
Interesting. It seems like Charlie Creme currently tends to prefer prior season performances to who is actually on the roster for the upcoming season. Not sure I'd say Indiana and Illinois (who are both rebuilding this year after losing multiple significant players each) are going to do better than Minnesota.
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Charlie Creme moving Minnesota down to 13th among BIG teams seems like an overreaction to the Heyer departure. There are some independent analysts out there who are more sanguine about the Gophers (at least pre-Heyer departure):

Sabreena Merchant - the Athletic - voted MN # 16 in her preseason top 25
On3-Talia Goodman - picks MN 7th in the BIG
Hoopla Newsletter - picks MN 8th in the BIG
Dribble Drive Podcast (IU guy) - picks MN 6th in the BIG
Dribble Drive Podcast (MSU guy) - picks MN 7th in the BIG
 

MaroonMagic said:
Interesting. It seems like Charlie Creme currently tends to prefer prior season performances to who is actually on the roster for the upcoming season. Not sure I'd say Indiana and Illinois (who are both rebuilding this year after losing multiple significant players each) are going to do better than Minnesota.
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Agree 100% on Indiana. They are definitely on the rebuild train. He has Illinois as a 10 seed and I think that they could end up anywhere from an 8 to just out of the tournament.

As for the Gophers, he mentions the Heyer transfer prominently in his write-up as a reason they fell slightly from the prior Bracketology. Time will tell but I think the Athletic has it nailed and we could compete for a Top-16 seed if everything goes well for us.
 

I read the preseason rankings to get more updated info on rosters and schedules. Other than a few perennial power house programs I don’t give them much weight. We all know the impact injuries, transfers and the elusive “ team chemistry “ can have on teams. I am admitted fan / follower of ND and after beating UConn handily and being ranked #1 they disappeared after their winter tourney. Nothing was ever discussed / shared but it was painfully obvious that Hidalgo n Miles were no longer playing well as teammates. Fast forward to a game with players from the W this summer n the two of them are caught finger pointing and yelling @ each other in a hallway. This was a FF team but a shift in the locker room wiped out that potential. I do not expect the Gophers to experience this but use it as an example of the multiple ways a team can go up/ down in the ranking.
 

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