What grade would you give the Gophers basketball 2016-2017 regular season?

What grade would you give the Gophers basketball 2016-2017 regular season?

  • A

    Votes: 102 75.6%

  • B

    Votes: 33 24.4%

  • C

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • D

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • F

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    135
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I expected a 10-8 season so 11-7 was above expectations and very happy with how it went. I thought a B was a fair grade in that case. I wasn't blind though, and new if newcomers didn't work out as well as I was thinking they would, a 7-11 season was possible.

Guess you could say I'm a hard a** for going with the B.
 

Oregon Gopher said:
So only the champion is worthy of an A - glad you weren't my biochem professor!


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LOL Yesterday I was one of the few that supported the Gophers when things got tough. Meanwhile others were saying horrible things about particular players with the Gophers. Today and yesterday the team is getting A's so not sure what happened between yesterday's game and today. When you lose 5 in a row, lose to Wisconsin in addition to repeated mistakes I couldn't justify an A. If I was your biochem professor I'd give you a participant medal so not all would be lost.
 




It depends on whether you're grading on a relative or absolute scale. If you want to grade it relative to your expectations, give it an A. As a former teacher, I always grade against the standard, not against what my expectations of the students were. Last year was a hard F. This year is a B+ - it would've been an A- had we beaten wisconsin yesterday to finish in second place, and an A if we had won the regular season title.
 

They beat every team in conference besides the two teams in conference that are most nationally recognized as having excellent programs. They won on the road vs 3 teams with winning records in the conference. In the non conference they blew out a 23 win Arkansas team, blew out RPI top 50 UT Arlington team, defeat an RPI top 50 team Vanderbilt at a neutral court and only loss was vs a very good FSU team. If you asked a non Gopher fan chances of Gophers making NCAAs less than 5% would vote yes, less than 50% of Gopher fans would vote no. They provided lots of must see TV. They had 4 new players make a significant impact on and off the court. Their head coach grew up in front of our eyes. They went undefeated in February. The fact B is the worst possible grade speaks volumes.

Things could have been better, but this was the most fun season in over 15 years, I can't see any reason not to vote for an A. I'm proud to be a Gopher fan and can't wait to see what these kids can do in the NCAAs.
 

Bayfieldgopher said:
Yes. Lets see how the guys finish.
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Reading comprehension is not a strong suit on Gopherhole.

It asks you to grade the regular season. If they win a national title or lose first game of NCAA tourney...it doesn't matter. The regular season is what you're grading.
 

C. They ended the season like the started it. They have great first halves, then in the second halves, they collapse. Big guys have foul trouble and the back off the in the paint defense. Shooters go ice cold trying to overcompensate.

The only way the grade could go up is to win the Big Ten tourament and go deep in the NCAA tournament.

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Ewert86PC said:
C. They ended the season like the started it. They have great first hslces, then in the second halves, they collapse. Big guys have foul trouble and the back off the in the paint defense. Shooters go ice cold trying to overcompensate.

The only way the grade could go up is to win the Big Ten tourament and go deep in the NCAA tournament.

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It's posts like this were you have lost all credibility. Your opinion at this point is a joke and should be taken as one.
 

Straight B.

- 2-4 vs. the rest of the B1G Ten top five in a below-par B1G Ten pack.

- 0-4 (and shellacked once each) against below-par Michigan State and Wisconsin.

I understand the appreciation for a big turnaround after a lousy year, but by no means should this squad be lauded as better than 2013 unless it makes sweet 16. If we had the track record of Rutgers, then it'd be an A.
 

bfast said:
Straight B.

- 2-4 vs. the rest of the B1G Ten top five in a below-par B1G Ten pack.

- 0-4 (and shellacked once each) against below-par Michigan State and Wisconsin.

I understand the appreciation for a big turnaround after a lousy year, but by no means should this squad be lauded as better than 2013 unless it makes sweet 16. If we had the track record of Rutgers, then it'd be an A.
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For real?. 2013 went 8-10 and tied for 7th in the league and won one cunt it one conference road game, to prove how ****ty that is they some how managed to win more true road games out of conference than in it, the 2013 team was the most underachieving and disappointing gopher team that I can remember
 

bemidjigopher said:
For real?. 2013 went 8-10 and tied for 7th in the league and won one cunt it one conference road game, to prove how ****ty that is they some how managed to win more true road games out of conference than in it, the 2013 team was the most underachieving and disappointing gopher team that I can remember
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I see your point, but remember THAT BigTen year:

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25-win Iowa in 6th, top 5 all in the top 20 nationally (Gophers had 4 wins against that top five). Plus they beat good Memphis and UCLA teams out of conference.
 



UpAndUnder43 said:
Reading comprehension is not a strong suit on Gopherhole.

It asks you to grade the regular season. If they win a national title or lose first game of NCAA tourney...it doesn't matter. The regular season is what you're grading.
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If its OK with you, I consider the BIG tournament as part of the regular season.

Last time I checked, every BIG team is still playing and not post season.
 

A.

Next year, they will need to improve on their record and beat Wisc and MSU to maintain that grade.

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The best regular season since I've started following them by 2 games. Has to be an A for me.
 

Bayfieldgopher said:
If its OK with you, I consider the BIG tournament as part of the regular season.

Last time I checked, every BIG team is still playing and not post season.
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I mean, feel free to make up your own alternative facts, but conference tournaments are by definition the postseason and therefore can't be part of the regular season.
 

dpodoll68 said:
I mean, feel free to make up your own alternative facts, but conference tournaments are by definition the postseason and therefore can't be part of the regular season.
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Well yeah, if you want to use facts and definitions and stuff
 

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