Recent content by bga1

Fire him. If they were healthy- then maybe.

It's Cade Tyson and it isn't close. The other team has to do everything possible to stop him. He is a terrific scorer who is unselfish and works just as hard without the ball as with it. The pressure he puts on other teams makes everyone else on the team better.

That's really odd for a home game.

I have enjoyed watching Niko's offense this year, but little noted has been the fact that the defense has been really solid despite the team having almost zero rim protection. On Evan Miya the Gophs rank 60th in defense and that is being accomplished in a really tough league. We have certainly...

Interesting that we have the lowest average star roster (3.1) of anyone in the Big Ten.

I think if we had closed out the Wisky game and then won against Maryland and Penn State as we should have- he would be right there for COY honors at the moment at 9-7. As it is no, but the guy is going to be a great coach here.

Niko's counter is his offensive scheme which makes plays for guys like Tyson and Durkin. Tyson tried NCU.... So that and, this can be a tournament team next year, I really believe that. Build around, Durkin, Asuma and JCJ, add the promising frosh group and go get 3-4 transfers that can play.

well.....

Can it get any uglier than this? Brutal basketball.

He has been much better than last year but pretty inconsistent on offense. Defensively he has upped his game nicely. We need a guy with Reynold type athleticism, but a better shooter next to Asuma. Even with all the great movement in this offense, you still need a guy or two who can go to the...

Niko is going to go out and get good guards who can defend shoot and run. Groves? I don't know much about him. Evans is a good shooter who succeeded in Niko's system next to Nicque Clifford. He is a defensive liability against big guards. I'd take him, but I am not sure a duo of Evans and Asuma...

Washington has been caught out of position on D several times but we keep failing to drain the wide open 3.

Asuma trying to force things in the late in the first half instead of just working the offense. He got 3 turnovers over dribbling. Slow down. Tyson had a good first half but turned down a few open shots, including one that cost us saving to throw up a prayer. Too bad because they were hanging in...

Yeah, Niko is not going to let him do that, nor will he need to. This offense is about cutting and passing to hunt for open shots- this is not a dribbling offense for the most part.

Next year losing a game like this would kill me. This year, while I hate to see it, it's part of the process. We need a full roster with an upgrade in talent. We will get it.