GophersFan101
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I like their chances against Northwestern and Iowa. Yuck.
This is going to look really dumb when they beat us later in the year.
Ding ding ding. This is Minnesota and Gopher sports. You don't talk crap that fast after three games when the other program has been better than you for how many years?
Lets not gloat too much, Kohl Center will be tough win
I believe they'll make the NCAA tourney and be in the mix for top 4 in B1G, and that's their down year, hopefully our down years are those standards someday
The question is can Keep Gard keep it up. Bo Ryan was heck of a coach, I know his right hand man is still there and did a lot of work, but things change. Right now they're relying on young players, something Wisconsin doesn't do often and they're still competing.
Lets not gloat too much, Kohl Center will be tough win
Bo Ryan was more than a "heck of a coach." Bo Ryan was a Hall of Fame coach. Very few coaches have managed to do what Ryan did at Wisconsin which is all the more remarkable because the school was not a historical basketball power (only 7 NCAA tournament appearances before he arrived and two were in the 1940s). He also had an 82.3% winning record for his 15 years in Division III. I feel fairly confident that Gard will be unable to match Ryan's record in the long term.
No argument here, I'd put him behind only izzo in b1g of past two decades.
I like the way UW is playing right now, but obviously not closing out games. Losing to #15 in a close game, #22 in a very close game, and #23 in a heartbreaker is not too bad.
Do they have any Power 5 games left besides the ACC game? If not, they might need 11 + B1G wins to make the tournament this year if they don't beat UVa.