Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals.
This year, we’ll be celebrating the glad tidings of Big Ten basketball later today with a four-game marathon which concludes when our beloved #4 Iowa Hawkeyes (7-1, 1-0) take on the Minnesota Golden Gophers (7-1, 0-1). The Gophers are coming off a win this past weekend against the Saint Louis Billikens. This was just an excuse to share my recent learning that a billiken is a mythical good-luck figure. Moving on.
It feels almost unbelievable Richard Pitino is in his 8th season leading Minnesota, having accumulated a 134-109 record (55%).