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NBA 2025-2026 Preview, Part I–Da East
The Eastern Division of the NBA seems poised for a topsy-turvy season, or maybe it would be more accurate to…
NBA 2025-2026 Preview, Part I–The Timberwolves and the West
The Timberwolves open their 2025-2026 Saturday at Denver at 8 p.m. for its 1st pre-season game. Four more pre-season games…
How about those streaky-freaky Lynx; and, oh, yeah, how about those WNBA refs?
I’ve never seen anything like it. A basketball team as streaky over the period of six games as these 2025…
Big Ten women’s preview
It is nothing short of amazing to me that Big Ten women have won just one NCAA basketball title—that being…
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What’s wrong with the Timberwolves?
Everybody is asking, What’s wrong with the Timberwolves? It’s all over the internet and talk radio/podcasts, etc. So I don’t…
2023 MN Basketball Team of the Year Candidates
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So, who the hell is Gus Young anyway? And what’s he got to do with Warroad?
As I mentioned in my previous post, I visited Gus Young Court at Gustavus Adolphus for the 1st time last…
Mountain Iron-Buhl girls gathering strength for another post-season run
I remember last fall wondering if this might be one of those rare years when the Mountain Iron-Buhl Rangers girls…
NBA 2025-2026 Preview, Part I–Da East
The Eastern Division of the NBA seems poised for a topsy-turvy season, or maybe it would be more accurate to…
NBA 2025-2026 Preview, Part I–The Timberwolves and the West
The Timberwolves open their 2025-2026 Saturday at Denver at 8 p.m. for its 1st pre-season game. Four more pre-season games…
How about those streaky-freaky Lynx; and, oh, yeah, how about those WNBA refs?
I’ve never seen anything like it. A basketball team as streaky over the period of six games as these 2025…
Big Ten women’s preview
It is nothing short of amazing to me that Big Ten women have won just one NCAA basketball title—that being…
OK I did not see this coming (WNBA playoffs)
The WNBA playoffs and the Minnesota Lynx are now ready to move into the semi-final round. There were enough surprises…
The Fall and Rise of Gopher Women’s Basketball
The Fall and Rise of the Gopher Women Gopher women’s basketball has passed through various phases and, right now, the…
Big Ten men’s preview
As shocking as it sounds, the Big Ten has not won an NCAA championship since Michigan State in 2000. Or…
Everything you wanted to know about Gopher men’s basketball, the NIL, and “House payments” for 2025-2026 but were afraid to ask
The Minnesota Gophers will continue to climb the very, very high hill that is Big Ten basketball in 2025-2026. For…
Lynx ready to defend WNBA title. Oh, wait….
It has been a crazy WNBA season. It began last spring with a flurry of cheap shots and trash talk…
Thunder a tough matchup for anybody
OK, so we finally know that the Minnesota Timberwolves will be playing the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA western…