I'm not going to bother to double check, but since the start of Big Ten play in 2019-2020 (after the Gophers beat Arizona St and down-year Notre Dame non-conference then their season fell apart), the Gophers are something like 10-40 when on National TV (including Peacock) including 2-18 on games when Sloane Martin is on the call
Insult 2 injury. The announcers were brutal
Just better coached, move the ball on offense. Look at the Gopher men's team. down to 7 players and lost 2-3 key starters/players in their rotation and coach still has them playing fun entertaining basketball on both ends of the floor and making games close and won 2 ranked teams. Even in there last loses I still enjoyed watching the game and how they move the ball. Can't keep making excuses. Every year we don't have an offense to be a top 8 team in the big 10.
You're right. There's no comparison to what Niko has done in one year vs where the women are in year three.
And keep in mind. Before Niko, CBJ had 3 years of stale offense that struggled in big 10 play. Sound familiar?
Yes, prayers for Tori and her health is most important.
Definitely miss Heyer. But, not as much if Woodson was healthy.
Injuries happen it is part of the game. Sorry. I hope all injured players get healthy but that is not an excuse. Last two years I heard if we only had Mara we would have won. Let's get real if this team can't handle Injuries it is not a good team sorry to be cold but this is the Big Ten players are getting paid. Let's stop the excuses and take accountability.
Right! Robyn Fralick sure done ok at Michigan State since same time coach P was hired.
Was thinking this too.
Not yet, but certainly not ahead of schedule. Given how tough the Gophers first 8 conference games are, 3-5 is the minimum needed to be on track for the tourney. But if the Gophers win at Oregon, they will be 4-4, and in good shape to attack the last 10 conference games.
We will need to score more than 60 points in most games! In all our loses besides Maryland we have only scored 60 or less.
Coach Techs are a 50/50 deal. Sometimes it can fire up a team that is unable to motivate themselves. Sometimes, you realize that you just dug yourself a 4-point hole. I prefer a coach who can let the ref know they don't agree with the call(s), but not go over the line. Most refs have about the same general line. If it's a culminating situation, almost all will give the coach a warning or two about approaching said line. Of course, I didn't hear any official word that it was a T against Coach P, or just a general bench T, which should never happen.
I didn't really notice the announcers much until very late in the game, when the Huskies post got matched up against Braun on a switch down near the low, right block. McGaughy made a spin and step through and the announcers were gushing about her footwork. As they were pointing out the great footwork, I noticed that her pivot foot came up or moved twice; traveling could have been called twice. I thought that was ironic.
Otherwise, I didn't see too many egregious calls or no calls. I do know that we fouled them way more than they fouled us. Overall, we looked kinda slow and a half-step behind for much of the game.