Okay, the game was actually at 5:00 PM locally and the Gophers won 75-63. They finished 25-11 on the season. Hopefully they can build on this and get Mara Braun back healthy for the entire season next year. Excellent finish.
A little birdie said the Gophers men’s basketball name, image and likeness (NIL) budget this season —lowest in the Big Ten — was in the $700,000 range, of which Dawson Garcia got $500,000.
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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Apparently, Johnson was horrible at raising NIL money. Medved has already pulled in massively more NIL money to Dinkytown in a few weeks than Johnson did in the last year:
Apparently, Johnson was horrible at raising NIL money. Medved has already pulled in massively more NIL money to Dinkytown in a few weeks than Johnson did in the last year:
No one had any confidence in Johnson from the start (1st time as a head coach) and he never did anything to change that. People didn't want to contribute to what was most likely going to fail anyway.
He also refused to do the "shake hands" portion of the job. Fleck is the best at selling the brand and raising cash...Johnson refused to do it. They brought him because of his relationship with locals and he never cultivated it.
Hats off to the Gophers for smoking my boys last night. Didn’t expect it, not because IU is so much better than Minnesota (we’re not), but because Mike Woodson was such a horrible coach and somehow went undefeated against the Gophers, including at the Barn. Anyways, for IU’s sake, I hope you guys go on a heater so this isn’t a horrible loss for the metrics.
MN couldn’t grab a rebound to save its life in the last 20 seconds so Iowa had several good chances at the end but….
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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