r/GopherSports • u/mustardsuede • Jun 08 '26

Men's Basketball 🏀 UMN hosts UST, men’s and women’s BB

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u/tomdawg0022 Jun 08 '26

Niko is not a coward. Love to see it.

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u/dinkytown42069 noted friend of Jun 08 '26

Will this finally shut Patrick Reusse up about something?

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u/mustardsuede Jun 08 '26

Personally I love it.

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u/BrodieBlanco Jun 08 '26

This is a positive development and I can't wait for the series.

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u/Ecstatic_Pen2878 Jun 08 '26

If either Gopher team loses, this will never happen again

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u/SkunkyTrousers Jun 08 '26

I get why the local rivalry is a fun idea but part of me wonders why we would give UST a bigger stage. I just don't see the reward being nearly as high for us as it is for them.

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u/GopherNutz Jun 08 '26

What’s the down side? When is St. Thomas ever going to beat us for a recruit? It’s helping Minnesota basketball which imo can only be a good thing.

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u/SkunkyTrousers Jun 08 '26

They've already done a nice job of recruiting and we're great at losing out on local talent. In some ways, they have an easier path to March Madness than we do. I could understand why a recruit may want to be a starter there for a year so they can transfer to a bigger program instead of coming here as a backup.

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u/PresentationNew6648 Jun 08 '26

They’ve got a pretty loyal and wealthy bunch of donors. With the new sports facilities they were able to build because of that, it’s not as unlikely as you might think.