Season Prediction (redo)

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Given the start of the season, I think it's fair to allow us a redo on our season predictions:

I think I figured 23-7 the first time around, I'm now thinking more like 26-4 or so.
 


Why not be so optimistic? It would not suprise me in the least if we won the Big Ten or a National Championship. With Devo coming back to play against Virgina this team looks to be stacked. Carolina and West Virgina were lucky to stay so close to MN!
 

I'm not picking MN for the Nat'l Championship by any means, but the beauty of March Madness is that once you make the tourney (which it looks like MN should) absolutley anything can happen.
 

gold04 said:
Why not be so optimistic? It would not suprise me in the least if we won the Big Ten or a National Championship. With Devo coming back to play against Virgina this team looks to be stacked. Carolina and West Virgina were lucky to stay so close to MN!
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Man, your shtick gets old.

You don't have to soil every optimistic thread on Gopherhole with your nonsense.
 


I wouldn't go out on a limb and say they'll win a national title or the big ten.

#1-The NCAA tournament generally crowns the hottest team in the country, not really the best team in the regular season.

#2- I'm not sure the Gophers could beat Michigan St or Ohio St. Everyone esle in the Big Ten , the Gophers are atleast even money with, IMO.

The Gophers are starting hot right now, we'll see how it looks rolling into the NCAA tournament.

My 26-4 is on the bright side.

Realistically, they will likely lose one or two games the should win and win one or two that they should lose. I would say anywhere from 3-7 losses sounds realistic to me, I doubt more than 7 losses.
 

No change needed here - I'm sticking with my 39-0 preseason prediction.
 

Why can't this team win the Big Ten and maybe a natinal title? With Devo back MN can score from the inside and outside. We will be one team that will be awfully tough to beat.
 

gold04 said:
Why can't this team win the Big Ten and maybe a natinal title? With Devo back MN can score from the inside and outside. We will be one team that will be awfully tough to beat.
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You're a really bad broken record. We don't need the other half of Art's split personality. Really.
 



howeda7 said:
You're a really bad broken record. We don't need the other half of Art's split personality. Really.
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I don't see the huge issue with his posts?

Once the field of 68 is set, ANYONE of the 68 teams has a CHANCE to win the Nat't Championship. If you asked the average Butler fan last season where they thought they'd realistically finish, how many would say "a half court shot from the title"? How many Kentucky fans would say, "We are going to win the title!"?

No one, not one person, is saying when you fill your bracket out Gophers should be favored! But they really do have as good of a chance as anyone to win it. Last year, the Gophers beat MSU in the BTT and almost in the regular season. That is your #2 team in the country right now. Yes, both teams got better over the off season and we will have to see what happens this year. But if MN can beat them, why couldn't they win the championship? I'm not expecting it, but it isn't delusional to think they could possibly win it. Wisconsin could win it, MSU could, UNC could, Duke could, and MN has as good of chance as most of them (maybe with the exception of Duke).

I think the football season has turned Gopher fans into thinking we are the school that never had a chance and when we win everyone ought to be shocked. UMN is a BCS school, with a Nat'l championship winning coach, full of 4-star recruits, solid role players, and a quality PG. Are we UNC, Duke, or Kentucky? Nope. But either is Butler, MSU, West Virginia, etc. and they seem to make the final four / championship occasionaly.

MN has proven they can at least play with the elites that they have gotten the chance to play. In the past few years (yes we've lost to these teams as well) MN has beaten MSU, OSU, WI, Louiseville, UNC, West Virginia, Purdue, Illinois, Butler, UNC, etc. They also played close games against a good Xavier team and Texas team in the tourney. Usually while missing elements of the team (and I realize a lot of schools go through this) and kept it close and have won games against very quality opponents that make final fours and win championships.
 

scher215 said:
I don't see the huge issue with his posts?
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Understand scher, if you read through some of his posts, they are *slightly* over the top.

Last week, he said our team could easily become the "greatest NCAA basketball team ever." He's not a diehard fan; everything he writes on the basketball board is entirely tongue-in-cheek, basically making fun of even the most optimistic Gopherholers.

That's what's wrong with his posts.
 

ShowinGoldyLove said:
Understand scher, if you read through some of his posts, they are *slightly* over the top.

Last week, he said our team could easily become the "greatest NCAA basketball team ever." He's not a diehard fan; everything he writes on the basketball board is entirely tongue-in-cheek, basically making fun of even the most optimistic Gopherholers.

That's what's wrong with his posts.
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Thank you for the explanation, I guess I was just basing it off of this thread alone.
 




I see nothing good nor bad in the future because today my beer is good, hence I will not even try make any predictions. I will just enjoy what might be, and if the might be's are not good, the beer is still good.
 


I think I was at 22-10, 10-2 and 10-8 with 1 win in the B10 tourney...

I'll go now with:

11-1 Pre Season, 12-6 B10 and 1 win in the B10 Tourney for a 24-8 going into the NCAA's

Ranking between 20-25 and maybe a 5 or 6 seed.

I hope for more, but would be happy with this...
 

I guess if you say MN will go undefeated that it will disqualify you from being a Gopher fan.
 

Why can't this team win the Big Ten and maybe a natinal title? With Devo back MN can score from the inside and outside. We will be one team that will be awfully tough to beat.
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Homer?
 

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