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How about them Gophers!? AP Top 25 on the year. Congrats Gophers!!! Of course, we play Maryland on Tuesday so we will see how long this ranking last.

Gophers Ranked No. 24 in AP Poll - University of Minnesota Athletics

If only Paige had stayed home like CC? Gophermania! or Groundhog Day?

 

[Gamecockfan77]

If only Paige had stayed home like CC? Gophermania! or Groundhog Day?

Bueckers and Tessa Johnson would have been nasty.

 

[ISUnorth]

Watched Iowa/Nebraska last night. Good game. Hawks really blew the win by bricking free throws at the end of regulation so the game went OT with the Huskers winning in Iowa City. The Hawk/Husker games have been really entertaining games the last few years. Couple of Clark triple doubles if I recall correctly and OT in the conference tourney in Mpls last season to.

Observation, Syla Swords and Olivia Olsen of Michigan and Rutger's Kiyomi McMiller are getting all of the freshman PR but dang, the Huskers freshman point guard Britt Prince is looking REALLY good.

 

[ISUnorth]

Bueckers and Tessa Johnson would have been nasty.

Throw Olivia Olson in as another Minnesotan we really wanted home with the Gophers. Averaging 16 pts a game as a freshman for Michigan.

Was looking at the schedule and the 16-2 Gophers are in for a rough Big Ten schedule stretch. Already had to play Top 10 Maryland on the road but they also get UCLA, USC and Ohio State on the road for four Top 10 roadies in conference play. Throw in @ ranked MSU for good measure. Yikes.

 

[cancontent]

Watched Iowa/Nebraska last night. Good game. Hawks really blew the win by bricking free throws at the end of regulation so the game went OT with the Huskers winning in Iowa City. The Hawk/Husker games have been really entertaining games the last few years. Couple of Clark triple doubles if I recall correctly and OT in the conference tourney in Mpls last season to.

Observation, Syla Swords and Olivia Olsen of Michigan and Rutger's Kiyomi McMiller are getting all of the freshman PR but dang, the Huskers freshman point guard Britt Prince is looking REALLY good.

She doesn't get talked about enough in BIG10 conversations. I'd have her above McMiller personally.

 

[JellyBean]

Throw Olivia Olson in as another Minnesotan we really wanted home with the Gophers. Averaging 16 pts a game as a freshman for Michigan.

Was looking at the schedule and the 16-2 Gophers are in for a rough Big Ten schedule stretch. Already had to play Top 10 Maryland on the road but they also get UCLA, USC and Ohio State on the road for four Top 10 roadies in conference play. Throw in @ ranked MSU for good measure. Yikes.

The Gophers played Maryland tough the other day, for a few quarters. I was impressed. That is a brutal stretch of games for the Gophers, but they will get through this stretch.

 

[cancontent]

Watching McMiller and Swords compete against each other for the first time today. Man, talk about contrasting styles. Felt like McMiller was trying to do everything on her own where Swords was like a Swiss Army knife doing a little bit of everything, including great defence on McMiller.

 

[cancontent]

USC women taking 'mad dog' approach thanks to Beth Burns

The Trojans' associate head coach and defensive leader has long taught the concept of tenacious defense, which has served USC well this season.

www.latimes.com

Nice article on Coach Burns of USC and her impact on this team defensively. Louisville lost something when she left their program in my opinion. Her impact on Marshall's development alone is impressive.

 

[cancontent]

Ugh. Just saw that Minnesota vs Michigan is on BIG10+ tonight. While I know the focus maybe on tOSU and football, this could have been a great game on BTN for fans to watch today.

 

[CBus13]

Ugh. Just saw that Minnesota vs Michigan is on BIG10+ tonight. While I know the focus maybe on tOSU and football, this could have been a great game on BTN for fans to watch today.

The Big Ten has really dropped the ball on their tv scheduling. I know they didn’t know what to expect with Michigan this season and same with Minnesota but…I’ve barely seen any WBB games on BTN. So many good matchups have been relegated to BTN+.