[NU Sports] Basketball

[Joe Thiegs]

Yeah, Minnesota and Wisconsin just renewed the reciprocity agreement 
last year--but not before the University of Minnesota threatened to pull 
out.  The deal provided that students would pay the in-state tuition 
rate for their home state.  Thus, because the U of M had higher tuition 
than UW-Madison, Wisconsin kids were paying less to go to the U than 
native Minnesotans.  (Likewise, Minnesotans paid more to go to Madison 
than native Wisconsonites but it was still less than UW out-of-state 
tuition.)  The State of Wisconsin paid a make-up amount to the State of 
Minnesota every year, but it went to the state's general fund as opposed 
to the U.  So the U threatened not to renew unless the system was 
fixed.  Now I think the system is the same as before except that the 
Wisconsin make-up amount is paid to the U instead of the State of 
Minnesota.  Minnesota has tuition reciprocity with Wisconsin and North 
Dakota (and perhaps South Dakota too), but not Iowa.  In any event, it's 
not much of a difference-maker for athletes on scholarship, except that 
there are lots of Wisconsin kids going to Minnesota and lots of 
Minnesota kids going to Madison in the general student populations.

Bo got two or three of the top Minnesota players this year (including 
Jordan Taylor and four-star Jared Berggren), with another star going to 
Iowa, and I think there are zero Minnesota kids in Tubby's first full 
class.  However, recruiting heats up around ninth or tenth grade for 
these top kids, and Tubby didn't get to Minnesota until their senior 
year.  Plus, I don't think too many Gopher fans are crying about Tubby's 
first class--top 20 by virtually all accounts and possibly top-10 
according to some.  Still, Berggren would have been a nice get, 
especially after losing Jon Leuer to Bucky last year and several others 
to UW and Michigan State over the past several years.

-Joe

SjT (Stephen J. Truog) wrote:
> Good point - especially since the UW and UM systems
> are so intertwined (not sure if they still offer it,
> but when I was in high school, I could get in-state
> tuition for UW or UM schools and vice versa for
> Minnesota grads). Still, I hear Tubby's upset by who
> Bo snuck out of the Land of 10,000 Lakes this year for
> recruiting.
>
> But ugh - not a good day for the Big Ten yesterday but
> still a better tourney for us than most predicted.
> We'll be back. The talent level of the coaches in this
> league is really getting good from top to bottom -
> this was a transition year, but soon Iowa, Minnesota
> and Michigan will be up there with Wisky, MSU and OSU.
> Heck, Purdue jumped ahead of schedule and made the
> leap this year.
>
> The big question league-wise (other than us - who
> appear to have a well-respected coach but no results)
> appears to be in the two Assembly Halls. Indiana needs
> to get a big name to stay big time. Their AD took a
> stupid risk on Sampson and it's gonna hurt them - but
> not making a good "next hire" could be even worse. And
> at Illinois, there's no doubt Webber can coach. Few
> coaches get as much out of their players consistently
> as Webber. But he just can't recruit. Every big-name
> recruit in Illinois has gone elsewhere under Webber's
> reign and he needs to do something about that in a
> hurry.
>
> Here's hoping the regional finals are a heck of a lot
> more interesting than those Sweet 16 blah-outs.
>
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
>
>
> --- Joe Thiegs <jthiegs at goldengate.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> Also, Wisconsin regularly got some of the best
>> Minnesota players while 
>> Dan Monson was the Gophers coach (same thing for
>> football with Barry 
>>     
>
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