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Per Marcus:
On the women's side, UCLA was picked second in the Pac-12 preseason poll recently. USC (sixth), Oregon (eighth) and Washington (ninth) were not far from one another.
Gophers sophomore Amaya Battle said it will be cool to travel to California, Washington and Oregon for Big Ten games, but she's trying to not look too far ahead.
"We definitely want to establish ourselves," Battle said, "not just with those new teams but to other teams in the Big Ten. We can play, too."
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Go Gophers!!
On the women's side, UCLA was picked second in the Pac-12 preseason poll recently. USC (sixth), Oregon (eighth) and Washington (ninth) were not far from one another.
Gophers sophomore Amaya Battle said it will be cool to travel to California, Washington and Oregon for Big Ten games, but she's trying to not look too far ahead.
"We definitely want to establish ourselves," Battle said, "not just with those new teams but to other teams in the Big Ten. We can play, too."
In expanding Big Ten, Gophers basketball teams know there's lots of catching up to do — and fast
Both Gophers head coaches — Ben Johnson and Dawn Plitzuweit know this is a vital season to climb the standings and build their brands — as competition will only get fiercer when the Big Ten grows to 18 teams.
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Go Gophers!!