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per Souhan:
We may have been a bit exuberant in our praise of this team, because this team was such a pleasant surprise.
The praise wasn't necessarily wrong — it just may need to be placed on ice until Johnson can spend more than one rushed, COVID-infested offseason recruiting. And he had an impressive number of top recruits in attendance at Williams Arena on Sunday.
The Gophers' next five games are at Penn State, home against Rutgers, home against No. 16 Ohio State, at No. 13 Wisconsin and home against No. 7 Purdue.
This could get ugly, but the fundamentals of the sweet story are still in place. This remains an endearing combination of earnest coaches and ambitious players, and when fully healthy they could pull another upset or two.
As for the notion that this was going to be an NCAA tournament team, you have permission to blame anyone who let an endearing story line obscure the Gophers' reality.
Go Gophers!!
We may have been a bit exuberant in our praise of this team, because this team was such a pleasant surprise.
The praise wasn't necessarily wrong — it just may need to be placed on ice until Johnson can spend more than one rushed, COVID-infested offseason recruiting. And he had an impressive number of top recruits in attendance at Williams Arena on Sunday.
The Gophers' next five games are at Penn State, home against Rutgers, home against No. 16 Ohio State, at No. 13 Wisconsin and home against No. 7 Purdue.
This could get ugly, but the fundamentals of the sweet story are still in place. This remains an endearing combination of earnest coaches and ambitious players, and when fully healthy they could pull another upset or two.
As for the notion that this was going to be an NCAA tournament team, you have permission to blame anyone who let an endearing story line obscure the Gophers' reality.
Big Ten is dealing Gophers' men's basketball team a hard dose of reality
Minnesita played another scrappy game, but in the end it wasn't enough against Iowa to keep from losing its fourth game in a row.
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!