Tom Powers: There is no next level at Minnesota. This is the last level.

[BleedGopher]

per Powers:

"We should be fine," Tubby said, looking ahead to next year. "We have a couple of good recruits coming in. We lose a lot of rebounding, a lot of athleticism in Rodney Williams and Trevor (Mbakwe). But I think we should be OK."

"OK" means about 20 victories, which usually is enough to get the Gophers serious tournament consideration. He's been remarkably consistent since taking over a comatose program. I'll say it again: There is no next level at Minnesota. This is the last level. This is about as smoothly as it will hum along. A few more Big Ten victories would be appreciated. But getting to the NCAA tournament is the prize. Once there, it's always possible to catch lightning in a bottle.

http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_22863462/tom-powers-after-ncaa-loss-will-gophers-switch

Go Gophers!!

 

[Bad Gopher]

Sounds like a lazy reporter making a lazy conclusion. I'd say there's no next level for the Pioneer Press. As for the U, I think there's a lot of untapped potential there, and I'll always believe that.

 

[goldengophers]

Who is Tom Powers? I've never heard of him.

 

[howeda7]

Powers is challenging Souhan and Sensevere for the the most worthless local columnist. Rip Reusse all you want, but like Jerry Kill, he's not competing with Lombardi here.

 

[Stan]

The Pioneer Press is still in business? Huh. Who knew?