Jay Bilas' 1-68 college basketball rankings: Champ Week edition (#39. Minnesota)

BleedGopher said:

per Bilas:

39. Minnesota Golden Gophers

The Gophers do not score efficiently but have some very good players, most notably Jordan Murphy, one of the best rebounders in Big Ten history. Murphy is a respected player who always delivers. A 9-11 record in Big Ten play should not be in the mix for an at-large bid, but this is not a year full of qualified teams. Average can be good enough this season.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26242647/champ-week-edition

Go Gophers!!

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Some guy said:

How can Bilas rank a team 39 and then say they aren’t deserving of being omen of the 30some at larges?

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BleedGopher said:

per Bilas:

39. Minnesota Golden Gophers

The Gophers do not score efficiently but have some very good players, most notably Jordan Murphy, one of the best rebounders in Big Ten history. Murphy is a respected player who always delivers. A 9-11 record in Big Ten play should not be in the mix for an at-large bid, but this is not a year full of qualified teams. Average can be good enough this season.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26242647/champ-week-edition

Go Gophers!!

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Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0 said:

It makes sense to me when you read the full context of what he wrote.

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Some guy said:

They shouldn’t be but they are?
Doesn’t reality trump some ideal that doesn’t exist?

I think the gophers should be the big ten champion but they aren’t.

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GophersInIowa said:

I'm assuming he meant that most years they probably don't get in. But the bubble is so bad this year that they'll probably get in pretty easily.

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Some guy said:

That is clearly what he is saying. He is editorializing. I think he is a bad writer

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