Minnesota Outdoorsman
General Category => Sports Forums => Topic started by: Gunner55 on January 01/13/24, 11:48:16 AM
-
McCaffrey got win #271 last night against Nebraska, that ties him with Dr. Tom for the most wins in Iowa history. Only the 2nd W in the conference for Iowa but it was their best game of the year too. Hawks play the Gophers in The Barn on Monday @ 5, BTN. Should be a good 1. :cool:
-
I always had a hard time watching knuckle drag, maybe in person would be different. Although playing along with March madness is always fun.
-
:scratch: Kind of the same way with hockey now for me & I played it when I was a kid. :confused:
-
Watched Maryland come from behind and beat the Hawkeyes last nite. Looks like anyone can beat anyone on any given nite. You gotta admit, watching a game like last nite's Northwestern vs. IL tilt reminds you of why sometimes anyway, college basketball can still be worth watching. Both teams played their assets off but Boo Buie is the real deal at point guard. Everyone talks about Edey being the bast player in the B1G. Maybe from a scoring perspective but as far as overall player, Buie gets my vote.
-
Freeman picking up #5 with 3 minutes left hurt, so did the 14 TOs. Going 3-14 from deep didn't help much either. I've always liked Buie too & your right about how even the league is this year. Road wins will be tough to come by & that will be key in who wins the confernce IMO.
-
The Gophers had Purdue down 10 early in the 2nd half & let it slip away. Once again they were hot from deep early but that faded late. Mitchell & Christie had good games again as did Garcia but it still wasn't enough as Purdue had 4 in double figures. Couldn't watch Caitlin break the record as it was only on Peacock :bs: but I heard the avg price of a ticket was $500 & some seats went for as much as $5,000. Pistol Pete's career record is now within her reach. :cool:
-
Gophers gave 'em a helluva scare & at Mackey, I didn't expect to see them perform as well as they did. They got Edey in foul trouble in the 1st half so that didn't hurt. The Gophers cooled off in the 2nd half but they didn't fold up their tent and go home either, a good sign. Gophers have come together & as long as they can keep Garcia on the floor, they have a chance to win on any given night. Way different than a year ago. Guard play is vastly improved. Gotta love seeing Jack Wilson get a chance to play. Looking at the guy almost makes me laugh. If I were Purdue, I would be concerned. They are beatable on many fronts, especially when anyone not named Edey has a bad nite. I see them going two games into the tournament and cashing it in. I also don't see Edey having the kind of success in the NBA that he's had in college. No outside shot & limited footwork ability thus far. Just a big guy who plays under the basket. The NBA is full of those guys, usually on the bench. :coffee:
B1G should have their assets kicked for diddling with Peacock. They have all sorts of alternate BTN channels they could put stuff on but they choose to be greedy. Kudos to Caitlin. Special athlete and hope she remains healthy once she turns pro. Not to take anything away from Caitlin and her accomplishments, but the game was played differently when Pistol Pete set the record. Lots of rule changes, both positive and negative from a scoring perspective.
-
Thanks 4 the bb updates. I do hope BJ succeeds and can turn this around.
-
Yeah, Pistol Pete had no 3 pt line & he still did all his damage in 3 seasons. I've gotta agree on the Gopher's guards as Mitchell & Christie have been in double figures a lot with Hawkins a good asisst guy. If they get some more consistency from the other young guy, Carrington, they could be a tough out in the B1G tourney. Not much depth down low though so Garcia & Fox both need to have good games. Payne looks capable but he's still pretty rough around the edges.
-
No doubt about their lack of depth down low but a lot of teams are plagued thusly. Love to have a tandem like Jordan Murphy and Reggie Lynch back. Payne is a work in progress. Plenty of muscle & raw talent. No outside shot though so he's gotta learn how to stay out foul trouble and above all, make his damn free throws! The good news is if Ben can keep this group together w/o losing a lot to the transfer portal, Garcia has another year of eligibility. Payne will be a jr. & should be improved. Ola-Joseph has been butthurt about riding the pine but if he gets his head out of his butt & doesn't transfer, he could be a factor as well. Also be a jr. And the Gophers are getting some attention. Might not hurt their chances to draw some thru the transfer portal as well for someone who wants to play on a team that's starting to develop an identity.
https://gophersports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
-
Freeman had 20 & 12 with 3 more getting 17/18 to get a tough W in OT against the Badgers. :happy1: A very physical game with 43 personals called. Hawks only made 4 from deep but were 24/30 on FT & won the battle on the boards too. :scratch: Tough matchup for the Gophers today as Rutgers has won 4 in a row, at least it's at The Barn. :cool:
-
Freeman had a great game from what I could watch of it. Was pulling for the Hawks yesterday. Gard is a terd & seeing them get beat is almost always a plus. Be interesting to see if the Gophers that played 40 minutes shows up again today. :coffee:
-
:happy1: Yeah, he had 6 assists & 4 blocks too.
-
They made me nervous but they did it
-
:scratch: I'm not sure what Johnson said to 'em at 1/2 time but maybe he should bottle it. ;) :smiley: A great game by Payne with 21 pts to go with 11 rebounds & all 5 starters had double figures for the Gophers too. :shocked: They started the 2nd 7/10 & held them to 4/22. That was pretty much the game except for all those TOs with ~ 3:30 left :rolleyes: that gave Rutgers some life.
-
That was a nice win for the Gophers. Payne as mentioned was a beast. Have seen glimpses of this before. If he can stay out of foul trouble and somehow hit his free throws, there will be more nights he will carry this team. The free throws are something to work on for next year. His stroke actually looks pretty good. Ben is learning. The timeout to settle them down & stay focused when they puked the ball up in the final minutes was crucial. 16 wins is about 8 more than I would've given them credit for earlier in the season. Ohio St. Thursday nite. Be nice to avenge their earlier season loss at Columbus. Gophers are 14-3 at The Barn. Hopefully the place is rockin'.
-
Looked like they were going to blow a big second half lead again.....up by 17 and 2 min later by 6. Free throws down the stretch won it. :happy1:
-
I couldn't agree more on the timeout he called late after they started kickin the ball around, it was huge. In the post game interview he said he just wanted them to settle down & remind them that they already had enough points to win the game. So, all they really had to do was play good defense. Hawkins & Mitchell sealed it by going 8-8 from the line down the stretch. :cool:
-
And your point on free throws is spot on. Fran must harp on that. If there's one thing about the Hawkeyes, they usually shoot their free throws pretty well. So easy to lose a game shooting poorly from the charity stripe as even as some of these teams are in the B1G.
-
Hawkeyes get road win #3 last night at East Lansing. :happy1: Freeman got in foul trouble but Krikke had a double double, both Sandfort(22) & McCaffery(14) in double figures too. Hawkeyes had 40 points in the paint & were 18/23 to outscore 'em by 11 on FTs. :cool:
-
What time was that game on? I missed it somehow. Wife had the remote. After Wheel of Boredom, she was watching some SW Bumfuk St. vs. West Overshoe Cathedral game that didn't matter. Watched the 2nd half of the Gopher women losing to Wisconsin. Horrid officiating. 41 foul calls, mostly ticky tack stuff. Makes the game nearly impossible to watch with everyone playing tentatively & all the stoppages of play.
-
:oops1: Forgot to mention it was another game on Peacock. :bs: It started at 6 our time & I was still at HH when it came on. :cool:
-
Another satisfying game avenging the Gopher's earlier season loss to Ohio St. Gophers led the entire game allowing it to be tied once. Always good to see Ohio St. get beat by the Gophers. They struggled, again, trying to get the ball in at the end of the game. Ben used his timeouts wisely tho, again, and they won, again. Hawkins has a personal best scoring evening with 24 pts. & 7 assists, Garcia was the glue holding it together with 22 pts. & 9 boards, while Payne has 15, making 5 out of 7 from the line. Some are talking about them getting an NCAA tournament bid. They'll have to stay healthy & pick off some folks starting with Nebraska on Sun. Some wins in the B1G tournament might not hurt either. This team has become fun to watch gel the past several weeks.
-
It was a fun game to watch!
-
Ssssshhhh, don't tell glenn, he might start watching. :rolleyes: :laugh: :laugh:
-
Hawkeyes led by 7 with ~ 8 left in the 2nd, then went in the freezer & had 3 late TOs to let Illinois off the hook yday. The Illini were hot from deep early, especially Hawkins who ended up with 30. But they couldn't hit the barn door early in the 2nd. Iowa had 4 in double figures but they got 33 off their bench. Big game for the Gophers today, tough place to play & Hoiberg has 'em playing well.
-
Ssssshhhh, don't tell glenn, he might start watching. :rolleyes: :laugh: :laugh:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: basketball.meh......hockey yep!!!! if they were ever on a channel we get!!!!!! :pouty:
-
:pouty: Need some Pepperjack & Ritz? :nerd: :evil: :rolleyes: :laugh: :laugh:
-
Missed the Hawkeyes game yesterday. Wife had me performing more slave labor. Oughta be a law... :police:
No doubt, playing the Fuskers at their place definitely decreases the Gopher's odds of winning. The one graphic had home teams winning at just over 70% in the B1G this season. The Fuskers are 16-1 at home this year. If Nebraska's Tominaga has a good day, that helps them immensely. The Gophers will have to do their best to see that it doesn't happen.
-
Gophers are stinking up the floor right now.
-
This one wasn't nearly as fun to watch. I thought they'd make more of a game of it.
-
I caught bits and pieces of the game running between the grill & escaping the wife's advances. Checking the comments on thedailygopher.com, looks like what I did see was accurate. Looked like their shooters forgot to get off the bus in the 1st half. 1 for 11 on 3 pt. shots in the first half doesn't get it done. Garcia got in foul trouble as well so that set the tone. By the second half when he picked up #4 they were back to square one like they were against IA in the 2nd half when he got hurt. He's been the glue that holds this thing together. When things were deteriorating in the 2nd half, Ben should've called a timeout earlier than he did. He also needs to learn to bawl and cry to work the officials better. He'll have to watch some tape of Izzo in the offseason. Officiating when I was watching looked suspect. A lot of no-call bumping the Gophers off their cuts in the 1st half by NE so they couldn't get the ball inside. Forced a lot of the 3-balls. While not a terrible number of fouls overall, 14 on MN & 15 on NE, a lot of them were ticky-tack with inopportune timing. The flagrant foul on Garcia was bogus. A foul, no doubt but not one warranting the F1 label. Was a back-breaker for the Gophers, eliminating any chance they had of a comeback. Saw Tominaga pushing off several times w/no call. After they messed up on the flagrant one, they tossed the Gophers a bone and finally called one. Thanks guys.
Said it before & will say it again: MN belongs in the NIT this year. Weak nonconference schedule with one bad loss to Missouri. The only way they get into the NCAA tournament is to ambush IL at the House of Pain & Northwestern on the road. Then beat Penn St. & IN in their last two home games. Piece of cake! Ya right... :sad: If they do well in the NIT & can maintain their nucleus for next year thru positive transfers w/plenty of NIL $'s, & stay healthy, they could make some noise then. Still a lot better season overall than I thought it'd be the way they started out.
-
Penn St comes to Iowa City for a 8:00 game tonight, BTN has the coverage.
-
Thanks for the update! :happy1: Should help keep us from tuning in some inconsequential NE SE State vs. West Overshoe Cathedral tilt. :scratch:
-
Dix got 'em off to a hot start & a big lead. But I thought they were trouble when Perkins picked up his 2nd foul & had to go to the bench early. Sandfort took over getting the right guy the ball though. I was surprised to hear that his triple double last night was the 1st in school history. :scratch: He was 18/19 on FT's & finished with 26, Dix had 20 too. Hawks were 8/16 on 3's with the bench going 4/5. :cool: Tough game at NW on Saturday, BTN @ 4:30.
-
Saw that Penn St. came back and made a game of it in the 2nd half between trips out to the barn. Hawks held them off and pulled away after my 2nd trip out. Not very optimistic about the Gophers chances tonite. Barring the Illini coming down with Ebola, bubonic plague or something, might be a good nite to watch IA St. & Dr. Pol. :coffee:
-
Yeah, they got it down to 2 early in the 2nd but Baldwin got T'd up for yipping at the ref. Then Baldwin had a couple TO's & the Hawks got a couple stops about then too. That stretched it back to 10 pts. Champaign is a tough place to play, pretty deep & big too.
-
Gophers played well enough, 60% FG & 70% 3PT, to win a lot of nights. But didn't. :rolleyes:
-
They need to step up their rebounding.
-
Yeah, they got beat by 8 on the boards but Illinois is a big team. They avg ~ 6'8" on their starting 5. Gopher's got beat, 11/16 to 19/25, at the line too.
-
IL is tough especially at home. They are loaded where the Gophers are building. Doesn't hurt that Shannon got an injunction to continue playing after his rape accusations. Must've had a better lawyer than Reggie Lynch did a few years back. Take him out of the mix and IL is farther down than a 2nd place team in the B1G. Was just good to see the Gophers show up and put forth the effort they did after their loss to NE. Now they need to build on it and send a message to Penn St. at The Barn. Gophers are still developing an identity & playing in the NIT is probably the best place for them to do it.
https://gophersports.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
-
Caitland Clark show appeared at the Barn last night. Packed house. She is the best story in college BB this year. Men or women.
Triple double with 33 points. She will set the all time scoring record this year......men or women. Passing the "Pistol Pete" record. :happy1: :happy1:
-
Caitlin just said she's going to declare for the WNBA draft, so the Iowa fans can drive to watch her play in Indianapolis. :cool:
-
will she have completed college??? or going for the money??? good for her...
-
will she have completed college??? or going for the money??? good for her...
she is skipping her 5th year of eligibility due to covid. I wonder more if she got her degree???
It wager a whole lot of the college athletes that go pro dont graduate with a degree :confused: :confused:
-
yup
-
:happy1: :cool: Just as important as the sport of basketball is to her, Caitlin Clark also gives equal importance to her education. She is almost done pursuing an undergraduate degree in marketing and a minor in communication studies. Clark attends school at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business. She is aware that someday she may not have basketball to rely on, which is why she chose to work hard in academics as well. They estimate she's already making $910K in 11 NIL deals now & that ranks 3rd among all NCAA women's BB players. There's 27 men playing college sports that are making more than that though. The top 4 picks of the 2024 WNBA will make a base salary of $76,535 their 1st season. I not sure how long her current endorsement deals run but I'd think they'd include her turning pro too & wouldn't be at all surprised to hear she gets a lot more offers. :scratch:
-
i'd venture to guess she is one of a select few........
-
Indeed she is. I think NIL deals for most college athletes boil down to local endorsements from local boosters.
The bigger the boosters, the bigger the program, the bigger the payouts. The rich get richer with the best athletes looking for the most money. Just it is "above the board" now.
But for men - and especially women - I have to believe big, national endorsements are few and far between.
-
She has deals with Nike & Buick that are ~ 1 year old. She's also signed deals with Buick & State Farm in the last few months. :scratch: I don't know the #'s on those deals but IMO they probably won't be going down, given her popularity. :confused: She's already said to be worth ~ $3 mil & still in college. :bow: https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/caitlin-clark-nil-deals-money-iowa-nike-sponsors-2024/e58534cadc3b2960663a36cb
-
I wonder how much that hot college gymnast social media influencer is worth. :scratch:
-
:scratch: Found this from last July. Olivia Dunne is the highest-paid female athlete in the NCAA with an estimated valuation of roughly $3.5 million annually, according to On3's tracker for name, image, and likeness, or NIL. This year alone, the Louisiana State University gymnast worked with ESPN, BodyArmor, Sports Illustrated, and Motorola.
-
Tough 1 for the Hawkeyes today @ NW, 4:30 on BTN. I see the Gophers are the game before that.
-
Whew! Gophers down 23 at one point in the 1st half & grind their way to a 5 pt. win. Mirror image of their win on the road at Penn St. Gotta make your free-throws, kids. :happy1:
-
Very enjoyable for fans!
-
Iowa hands a shothanded NW their 1st home loss of the year behind Dix's 24 & Sandfort's 23. NW had 2 starters out & lost their backup big early in the 2nd too. Despite having to sit because of foul trouble early Perkins still ended up with a double double. :happy1: :cool:
-
The win yday gave Frannies squad 10 for the season for the 6th consecutive season. :cool: Carver-Hawkeye should be rockin today as it's Clarke's last home game, when they take on Ohio St. It's a noon game & Fox has the coverage.
-
Despite Clark having an off day shooting, 10-26, Iowa avenges(93-83) an earlier loss to Ohio St. :happy1: Clark gets Pistol Pete's record at the end of the 1st half from the FT line & ends up with 35. Stuelke had a great game with 23 & 9 boards. Hawks had 2 others scored in double figures. Iowa won the rebounding battle 38-31 & had a huge advantage, 18 to 3, from the line. Molly Davis got hurt starting the 2nd & it looked pretty bad as she had to be carried of the court. :sad:
-
Good for her. :happy1: :happy1:
Most thought that Pistol Pete's record would never be broken. And if she really wanted her record not to be broken......she could play a 5th year at Iowa. Because of the Covid exemption. :bow: :bow:
-
But it should be noted that Pistol Pete set his record in 3 seasons because freshman were not allowed to play then. Also there was no 3 point line or he would have had more. No shot clock then either. Also back then.....colleges in the south were segregated so the SEC was white players only.
Pete played at LSU when I was in College at St. Cloud State.
-
not sure how accurate this is but there are stuff ojt there some gal has a scoring record not affiliated with the NCAA????????
-
It was the AIAW before Title IX was passed (72) & all the schools were forced to have an equal # of women's programs too. AIAW=Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women.
-
Gophers and Indiana Mens BB tonight at 8:00 on Big Ten Network.
-
Gophers have only won 10 conference games twice this century. That's 23 years. Last in 2016. They have 9 now with 2 left. I don't think there are ANY Un of MN alum playing in the NBA today.
They are 18-11 right now. They played 11 non-conference games. 1 out of those 11 was against a Power 5 Conference School. That was Missouri which they lost. Thanks AD Mark Coyle for the soft schedule.
Kind of shows how inept they have been. :pouty:
-
Well, They have 1 more chance after tonight......9-11 now in Conf play. :thumbs:
-
The women's B1G tourney is on BTN today, starting at 11:30.
-
:doah: MEH.....the boys hockey tourney is where its at!!!! :happy1: :rotflmao: :mooning:
-
Gopher women beat Rutgers yesterday. Was a little surprised after they got destroyed at Penn St. by 56 pts. in their final game. Play Michigan at 8 p.m. on BTN reputedly. Last nite's women's BB game showed up on the Gopher's home website as being on BTN at 8 p.m. It was not. The men with their pathetic performance was. :doah:
Amir Coffey is the only Gophers player I'm aware of playing in the NBA presently. Plays for the LA Clippers. Several alum coaching with several others playing in G league or internationally. No doubt, it's been a rough several decades starting with Clem's firing. Monson didn't get it done. According to a friend who was a HS coach, he had zero rapport with high school coaches. Tubby was a breath of fresh air at first but couldn't hang onto players like Royce White who later starred for IA St. or the stoner guard, Devoe Joseph, who left and starred at Oregon. Tubby's offense was offensive. Had he realized the error of his ways and brought in someone who could actually design & make them execute an offense, he might well have retired here. Throwing the ball around the outside until late in the shot clock and jacking up a desperation jump shot is not a recipe for success. Little Richard? Well, he did better than anticipated after he got rolling but still had a rough time keeping players eligible as well as getting MN kids & keeping them here. Some of them like Brad Davison, it's just as well. Not sure I would've enjoyed his antics here no matter what their record might've been. Tripping Nate Mason and seriously injuring him was bush league. I would've liked to have seen Jordan Murphy tune Davison up after he intentionally stuck his leg out, causing Murphy to land awkwardly on a rebound. Luckily Murphy wasn't injured and had more class than that or he would have torn Davison apart. Why I still maintain Gard is a piece of crap. If I want to watch garbage like that I'll watch the UFC.
The "Bad Gophers" showed up for the entire game against a very ordinary IN team. The "Good Gophers" never came to the rescue in the 2nd half. Down by 5 at halftime, I watched as they continued to dig themselves deeper to open the 2nd half. Had to feed bottle lambs and when I came back in, they were down 15. Time to watch Tales of Wells Fargo. Lost by 12. Carrington out with concussion. Ben plays 6 guys. They were gassed by the end of the game. Not sure what Ola-Joseph did to pi$$ in Ben's Wheaties but something is wrong there. Could've used another big body to take up space, get the ball down deep & score. 18 turnovers. Could not or would not get the ball inside. Stopped driving the ball at the IN guys already in foul trouble. Fell in the love with desperation 3 balls. Christie lets the B1G freshman of the week go to his head, hits 2 out of 9 from the 3 pt. line. Mitchell matches him & Hawkins delivers 0 for 5 from 3 pt. land. Only guy who looked alive was Parker Fox. A lot of this stuff comes back to coaching. After $hitting the bed against IN at home, beat Northwestern on the road? Surely you jest...:coffee:
[attachment deleted by admin]
-
Interesting your comment about Tubby...Before he came to Minnesota he won a National Title, 5 SEC regular season championships, and 5 SEC tourney titles at Kentucky. :confused:
-
Oh ya, no arguing that Tubby didn't do well at Kentucky. His .760 winning %-age was nothing to sneeze at. I was amazed when Joel Maturi announced MN had hired him. They sold lots of "It's Tubby Time" t-shirts. He was under a lot of pressure at Kentucky from entitled fans who expected more, especially in his later years there where they weren't as dominant as they had once been. They maintained he basically won the national title with Pitino's players but hey, at least he got them there. Never got back to a final 4 again despite his record. Fans' level of expectation is a lot higher than at MN. I remember hearing they were putting "For Sale" signs on his lawn towards the last. :doah: Rumor had it he resigned before he got fired. At MN, Tubby ran afoul of AD Norwood Teague who wanted to put his own stamp on the athletic dept. He fired Tubby after they got beat in the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament in 2013. Norwood put his own stamp on the athletic dept. alright. Fired for sexual harassment. :coffee: Tubby's career never reached the levels it had at Kentucky again after that. Sad really. Was a class act. Not always successfully, but worked hard to recruit MN players. Wished he could've stayed a few more years & turned it around.
-
:doah: MEH.....the boys hockey tourney is where its at!!!! :happy1: :rotflmao: :mooning:
:scratch: Only, if I wanted to be like you!!!!! :nerd: :banghead: :doah: :sleazy: :mooning: ;) :rolleyes: :laugh: :laugh:
-
:pouty: Besides, I wasn't talking to you!!!!! :taz: training-087 ;) :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
-
:pouty: Besides, I wasn't talking to you!!!!! :taz: training-087 ;) :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: never stopped me before :mooning: aint gonna start now. :rotflmao:
Sheez you get up in that northern Minnesota air and you get all feisty. :sleazy: :confused: :rotflmao:
-
Despite Nebraska hitting their 1st 6 or 7 3's & Caitlin Clark only having 4 pts the Iowa women come back from 11 down at the 1/2 to win their 3rd straight B1G tourney in OT. :happy1: :cool: The Hawkeyes outscored the Cornhuskers 40-24 in the 3rd & OT periods as Iowa's D & 4 games in 4 days finally caught up to Nebraska. Clark finished with 34/7/ & 12 assists, but it was some tough D by Marshall & Clark to get 3 stops in a row towards the end of OT that really sealed the deal. :bow: :cheerleader:
-
Gophers season coming to an end. Loss to Mich State in Tournament today. Won't get into NCAA. Possible NIT :confused: :confused: :confused:
-
:pouty: Hawks are out too...............probably play NIT though. Ohio St didn't miss much in the 1st half.................. & Iowa went cold in the 2nd. :rolleyes: Ohio St/Illinois could be a good 1 tomorrow. :confused:
-
Good fer Coach Johnson. His team showed flashed of life this season, but we all know he needs more horses. I hope he can get over the hump.
-
Gophers are in the NIT. Play Butler at Indianapolis on this Tuesday. 8 p.m. CDT on ESPNU
https://gophersports.com/news/2024/3/17/mens-basketball-gophers-receive-nit-bid-and-set-to-play-butler-on-march-19
Sounds like the Hawkeyes are on at the same time, playing at home, televised on ESPN.
https://hawkeyesports.com/news/2024/03/17/hawkeyes-host-k-state-on-tuesday-in-nit-first-round/
-
Gophers win in the waning seconds of their game against Butler.
https://gophersports.com/news/2024/3/19/mens-basketball-gophers-win-73-72-thriller-over-butler-in-nit
Iowa takes care of business at IA City vs. K State.
https://hawkeyesports.com/sports/mbball/
https://hawkeyesports.com/news/2024/03/19/hawkeyes-defeat-kansas-state-in-first-round-of-n-i-t/
Upcoming schedule pending on both teams.
-
yep.......the Not Invited Tournament
or
the Not Important Tournament!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
but more exposure and gotta be a few bucks in it for the school????/
-
Such a party pooper! Guessing you'd rather be watching the Hallmark channel anyway. :moon: :rotflmao:
Actually the Gophers game was fun to watch. Had seen Butler play a few times over the course of the season. Former Ohio St. coach Thad Matta coaches Butler, his alma mater. Was interested to see how the Gophers would stack up against them on their home court.
-
Interesting how Iowa and Butler used to be perennial NCAA Tournament teams.
Do they not make it in now because there are so many other automatic bids - or are they having down years - or a combination of both?
-
I think it's a combination of both. That and the portal with the infusion of NIL $ has changed the game. What was a crappy squad one year can suddenly become a contender the next. And vice versa. Michigan last in the B1G and Nebraska being a player are two examples.
-
yep that NIL thing is going to totally screw up college sports!! :bonk: :bonk: :surrender: :bs: :confused: :angry2:
-
Coaches asked for. Their own fault. Over the past 20-25 years coaches have moved from 1 team to another. Even during the week before a tournament game. WHY????? MONEY......so why shouldn't the kids be able to do the same??? Yes it has really changed College sports. BUT, can't fault the kids for wanting to do what their coaches are doing.
-
:scratch: The NCAA is the biggest old boy network college sports has ever seen, except for maybe the schools themselves. They had to have made billions of $ off just the TV rights of men's college sports before they had Title IX shoved down their throat by SCOTUS. They refused to even attempt to share a little of that money & look where that greed got them. Sorry, but they got what they deserved. :thumbs: I do agree though, they need to do some adjustments to what's currently going on because it's out of control. :crazy:
-
As long as that money pipe keeps flowing, they don't have to do anything. :coffee:
-
Now guys like Tom Izzo say they want retired coaches and explayers on the committee who makes the decision about who makes the 68 team Tournament. They are saying that the new rule allotting a place for conference championship teams is diluting it. With larger P5 conferences getting bigger they want more P5 teams instead of those bottom feeding small school conferences.....Bullsh*t.
-
What will happen in the future???? The P5 schools will break away from the NCAA and form their own governing body. With a P5 national tourney. Guess who will get the BIG TV contracts for Football and Basketball???
-
Is a homecoming in the works for now-former Northern Iowa basketball standout Nate Heise?
According to Darren Wolfson of KSTP-TV, the Minnesota Gophers have interest in the All-Missouri Valley Conference third team selection who averaged 13.5 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game this season.
"Nate would be a solid get for the [Gophers]," Wolfson tweeted, adding that Minnesota has "definite interest" after Heise entered the NCAA transfer portal earlier this week.
-
Badgers #5 have their hands full with James Madison #12 trailing by 11 with 6 minutes left.
-
Yeah, I watched that. The Badgers had almost as many TOs(13) as they did points (20) at 1/2 time. Another #5 went down when Grand Canyon beat St Mary's later as well. Kind of enjoyed watching Barkley's Auburn Tigers(4) go down to the Yale (13) early too. :shocked:
-
Nice to see Bucky went down in flames. Needed Brad Davison back to trip some guys apparently. Watched Purdue have their way with Grambling St. They were lucky they were hitting on all cylinders or the game might've been a lot closer. An off night of guard play and they're in trouble.
-
A couple good late men's games again yday as Texas & Tennessee was close all game & went down to the wire. Creighton needed 2 OTs to beat Oregon too. The Iowa women hadn't played in 2 weeks & it showed. Clark started slow & had 5 TO's in the 1st period before the Hawks scored 25 in the 2nd to take control. Martin had a double double & so did Clark, with 2 others in double figures. :happy1: :cool:
-
NIT: Gophers at Indiana St. Sycamores today at 1 pm on ESPN2
NIT: Hawkeyes at Utah Utes today at 8 p.m. on ESPN2
-
Not there....Softball
ESPNNews
-
Will be on ESPN2 upon conclusion of the softball game.
-
:confused: :bonk: there getting there butts whooped. they cant hit the basket from 10 ft away and indiana st cant miss a 3.
-
Ah, the dig a big hole in the 1st half Gophers team showed up. Add putrid officiating plus an annoying D-squad announcering crew & it's ugly. Oh well, needed a nap anyway... :coffee:
-
I am tuned in to this and Andrew Zimmer back and forth.
-
Ah, the dig a big hole in the 1st half Gophers team showed up. Add putrid officiating plus annoying D-squad announcering crew & it's ugly. Oh well, needed a nap anyway... :coffee:
LOLOL
-
:scratch: Glenn must've stopped watching ;) :smiley: as they had it down to 4 with ~ 11 minutes left. It didn't do much good though as Indiana St ran off & hid again by the 9-minute mark. :rolleyes:
-
Season's over. Now how many in the Portal???
-
:scratch: Glenn must've stopped watching ;) :smiley: as they had it down to 4 with ~ 11 minutes left. It didn't do much good though as Indiana St ran off & hid again by the 9-minute mark. :rolleyes:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: nope.....watched it all the way to the end!!!!!! :mooning: :mooning:
-
:scratch: Glenn must've stopped watching ;) :smiley: as they had it down to 4 with ~ 11 minutes left. It didn't do much good though as Indiana St ran off & hid again by the 9-minute mark. :rolleyes:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: nope.....watched it all the way to the end!!!!!! :mooning: :mooning:
:shocked: ;) :laugh: :laugh:
-
That reminds me, what was Andrew Zimmern cooking/eating today Barry? Hopefully no bugs or other weird chit. :scratch:
-
So the Gophers get bounced in their second NIT game? Johnson outa call PJ and have him take him to Coyles office first thing tomorrow for an extension & raise.
-
So the Gophers get bounced in their second NIT game? Johnson outa call PJ and have him take him to Coyles office first thing tomorrow for an extension & raise.
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :happy1:
-
Sandfort & Perkins went 2/16 :doah: so the Hawkeyes will be sitting home & watching from now on too. :pouty: Not sure why but Frannie seems to do OK with the portal. :confused: Krikke came in this year & I think he's lost 1 or 2 since it started, but generally it's been more good than bad for him. :scratch:
-
I think I'd rather be a high school basketball coach right now than college D1.
-
:oops1: Forgot to mention, Caitlin Clark plays her last game at Carver-Hawkeye against W. Virginia tonight at 7. ESPN has the coverage, if you're interested.
-
Watched the Iowa game last nite too gunner. Like the Gophers, they just couldn't seem to get over the hump. Playing on the road never makes it any easier. Even saw Frannie get a little animated. Good to see. Was afraid he was under too much sedation over the course of the season. Ben too has had some success with the transfer portal. Now if he can just keep the nucleus together, they may improve to above mediocre. Overall, can't complain about the Gophers season after they got going. I thought Ben would be fired the way they started out. They were awful. Played decent midseason and fell apart in the late going. Gotta get over this digging a deep hole in the first half crap if they're to be in the mix next season. Play better defense and make their free throws. The rest should come to them.
-
Wow, tough game. Hawks won it with their defense, outscored 'em by 22 at the line & won the rebound battle too. :happybounce: :party1: :cheerleader:
-
West Virginia gave 'em a game. IA turned the ball over a lot and struggled on their 3 pt. shooting. Clark had five 3-pointers and the rest of the team had none. Once WV started fouling out tho, you could see the writing on the wall. Clark carried them. I had to look to be sure, but West Virginia was the present MN women's BB coach, Dawn Plitzuweit's last stop before the Gophers hired her. Hopefully she can bring that kind of basketball back here again.
-
Yeah, those 2 fouled out & they had 2 more starters with 4, as well as 2 off the bench with 4. Clark & Stuelke knocking down those FTs at the end & the team going 25-30 were both big. The Hawks kind of took WV out of their game though as they took more 3s (34) than IA (22) did. Everybody been trying to get real physical with IA & especially Clark going back to the last couple BIG games. That's led to quite a few early TOs for Clark & slow starts offensively for the team. I'm hoping Molly Davis can play Saturday, that would give 'em a big lift IMO. :cool:
-
I read where Bluder thought Davis might be able to go last night. Even if she does play Saturday, I would be surprised if it was > 5-10 minutes. Davis was their main ball handler other than Clark, so if she was able to give Caitlin a break from that 3-4 times during the game would help a bunch IMO. Not to mention the emotional side of seeing her get back out there.
-
Well, that ain't good. So far, Gophers Ola Josef, Braedon Carrington & now Pharel Payne have declared they're entering the transfer portal. Word is there will be more to come. NCAA has got to put some rules & regulations in place to stop this game of musical chairs or risk longtime fans such as myself completely losing interest. Ben has a reputation as a good recruiter at Xavier & UNI. We're about to find out how good he is. Mark Coyle: Keep Eric Musselman & Brian Dutcher on the speed dial. :crazy:
-
I think the Mussleman/Dutcher boat has sailed. They had legit opportunities to make enticing offers, but they were too cheap to do so.
Now, in this "wild, wild west" of transfer portal... if you have any semblance of a stable program, why would you want to leave and come to the revolving doors of the U of M? :confused:
-
Well, that ain't good. So far, Gophers Ola Josef, Braedon Carrington & now Pharel Payne have declared they're entering the transfer portal. Word is there will be more to come. NCAA has got to put some rules & regulations in place to stop this game of musical chairs or risk longtime fans such as myself completely losing interest. Ben has a reputation as a good recruiter at Xavier & UNI. We're about to find out how good he is. Mark Coyle: Keep Eric Musselman & Brian Dutcher on the speed dial. :crazy:
were these 3 on scholarship?? A good start, would be anyone entering the transfer portal that's on a scholarship should be paying that back to the school they ate leaving . In any sport
-
May or may not be the case Steve-O although there's been plenty of speculation in Arkansas about Musselman's status following a disappointing 16-17 season.
Pretty sure they were on scholarship glenn and I agree if so. That and perhaps any school that signs one of these transfer portal players has to give up a scholarship and the team that loses one, gains an additional scholarship over and above the one given up by the departing player to help level the playing field. Regardless, something needs to be done. Otherwise, this will just continue to snowball. It's heading towards NBA minor league teams, complete with no defense. Have seen plenty of teams trading baskets so far in both the NCAA & NIT so far. AAU ball apparently did enough damage in that dept. before these kids ever got to college. If it's going to be NBA style ball, no sale. I'd rather watch paint dry. :coffee:
One more Gopher in the portal: Isaiah Ihnen. No biggy there. He was a scholarship player.
-
Crying for justice :confused:
I live close to Fargo......follow NDSU who play in the Missouri Valley in football and the Summit in Basketball. South Dakota State won it this year and played in the 64 Tournament. All 5 of their starters are gone. NDSU is losing 3 of their starters to the portal so far.Maybe more to come. Division 2's best kids want to move up.
Of the All conference first and second teams.....8 of 10 are gone. These mid level teams are nothing more than minor leagues for the Power 5. Soon there will be no reason for P5 coaches to recruit high school kids. Just recruit transfer kids.
The Un of Mn has nothing to cry about. Just recruit out of the portal. Take the best kids from lower level schools. Why would kids from a Power 5 want to move except for more money.
Don't the Gophers offer enough money to keep kids???? The only other reason I can think of is if they are sitting on the bench and not playing.
-
Crying for justice? How about honoring your commitment? :confused:
Ola Josef played defense sporadically & was why he was in Ben's doghouse. Carrington, playing time. Payne was all about the $$$$. Be interesting to see where he winds up. Kentucky is one rumor. Ihnen was just taking up a scholarship. What everyone is hoping is that they're saving the NIL money for Garcia, Hawkins, Christie & Mitchell. Morgan from NDSU has talked to the U. He's from Waseca & didn't like the NDSU coach. However, without the remaining core, why in tarnation would he wanna come here? Reload every year? Be a lot of venues around the country, not just the U, sitting empty if that's constantly the case. If these programs are just destined to become another farm system for the NBA, count me out.
-
For all the guys not bound 4 the NBA or even the D league, NIL wull be their biggest B-ball payday. They gotta figure out how to maximize that.
-
"Crying for justice? How about honoring your commitment?"
How about starting with coaches honoring their signing contracts and then wanting out as soon as they start winning??? :confused:
How about the big schools STOP paying a player on a smaller school so much they can't really turn it down?? :confused:
But then these big schools are all about TV money. And their players got none of it. Until now.
"The Power Five conferences combined for more than $3.3 billion in revenue during their 2022 fiscal years, their new federal tax records show"
And now with the Pac12 no longer existing.....there are 4 to divide up all that money. It won't be long and the ACC will be in trouble with Florida State and Clemson the 2 strongest football teams leaving.
It will come down to the Big 10 and SEC.
-
It was a big day in Iowa City yday as they retired Caitlin Clark's jersey after a game with #4 USC. Iowa played its best game of the year IMO to get a 76-69 win. :cheerleader: As you can imagine the place was packed, they even said the students were lined up to get in the door at 7:30 for what was a 12:30 tip-off.