By Carrie Philips
Bracket or Bust
With three games left in the season, the men Gophers have a legitimate shot to make the tourney. They had a much better shot ten games ago, but have gone 4-6 to bring them into the mass of teams in the conference sitting at 8-7 (their 20-7 overall, however, is best among the four tied teams). One loss, though, could make the end of the season the end of the road for the Gophers, and tomorrow AT Illinois is looking awfully telling. Although a deep run conference tourney could provide a gateway not otherwise open.
Women Ballers Battling
You can call it a choke if you want. The first loss was to OSU, arguably by far the best team in the conference, so I probably would have let that one slide. The problem is that the Golden Gophers women’s bball squad followed it up with a loss at Northwestern, easily the worst team in the conference. They needed both these wins. They also need to win tomorrow (Thursday) at MSU. They probably won’t because Michigan State has been playing better ball. Let me be clear that their “need” to win now is so they can end the season with some momentum going into Big Tens. They now have no shot at winning the regular season crown.
Repeat Dreams Sunk
After entering last weekend with a hold on first place in Big Tens, and attempting to defend their title, the Gopher women’s swimming and diving team lost their grasp and handed the title over to Indiana when all was said and done. The team did finish in second place, 158 points behind the winning Hoosiers. Stacy Busack (100 free), Megan Braun (200 fly) and the 400 free relay team all stroked their way to first place finishes (that’s what he said).
The following girls got First Team Big Ten All-Tournament Team nods:
Braun, Megan                            Busack, Stacy
Jamison, Kaylee                        Jennings, Christine
Kobayashi, Yuen                       McCarthy, Meredith
Radecke, Meagan                     Shaughnessy, Jenny
Steenvoorden, Ashley              Tyler, Jillian
Second Team:
Hougan, Karlyn                          Morahan, Rosie
Whitehead, Hannah
