Not for us, of course. From a blog from Minnesota's coach about how his players look in the pre-season:

"Akeem Springs - Has the chance to be the heart and soul of our team. It's not too often a fifth year senior comes in and takes over a huge leadership role but Akeem has done that brilliantly. His shooting is improving. He plays extremely hard."

Good thing our perspicacious administration saw right through that kid who's good enough to be the heart and soul of a Big Ten team and realized he was actually just a "fifth placer." We really dodged a bullet.

Hey, anybody hear where the Panthers were picked in the Horizon League media poll? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?