Recent content by Chico Gopher

I covered a woman who, for a time, was the all-time conference leader in 3-point shots made. I think she was about 35% from distance for her career. Very streaky. Might miss 5-6 in a row with an airball and another that missed the rim completely on wide open shots, then would go on and hit...

Gotta admit, this is the best announcing duo that I've heard on Minnesota games on Big Ten Plus. Tough game to broadcast since it's been a blow-out for most of the game. Also gotta admit that I don't mind or notice if an announcer "seems to be" for or against the team I'm rooting for. I see...

Just heard announcer Poo-Pah the idea that it gets below zero in Wyoming. I lived their for 7 winters. I'd heard the weather was milder too (not much wind chill like Minnesota) My first week in town, it got down to -28 or lower every night for the first full week I was in town. In fact, you...

Better yet, draw up a few plays from your playbook, with 2nd, 3rd and 4th options that Coach P has never seen or heard of before, and send them to the basketball office. I'm sure that there are many basketball X and O scenarios that we here on this forum are familiar with that would easily fit...

Looks like the Real Purdue showed up for the 2nd half on offense and their defense has been much better of not losing track of the Minnesota cutters in the 2nd half so far. Ouch! They look more like a top 5 team and we look more like the physically outmanned team that we are. Hope we can make...

Nice first half, especially defensively for the Gophers. Purdue has been putting good pressure on the Gophers out front. Nice to see us be patient on offense and get some good cuts late in the offense to get looks in close. Johnson 5-12 from range after 3 halfs of Big Ten play; stay hot...

This is actually a reply to the earlier comment about Holloway's playing time. I accidentally placed the reply under your reply Kato. Not that the coach will ever throw her under the bus, ( and specifically mention the exact problem areas to fans and the opponents alike) but it makes me wonder...

Definitely would not call that an Airballed Free Throw. Fumble? When you say Airball Free Throw, that infers that the ball was actually shot toward the basket. I've also seem a few players fumble the ball when going through their free throw routine, which is what this was. My opinion after...

You've never seen an airballed Free Throw before?!? Granted, I probably watched an average of 50 high school or college games a year in person over the past 45 years, but I'm pretty sure that I've seen at least 20 to 25 airballed Free Throws. About one every other year, although I'm counting...

It will be interesting to see how the rest of the Big 10 responds to her play, now that she is playing, There's film available and teams are now forming a scouting report on her. Since she's started strong, she will become one of the focuses of the opponents game plan, which will mean...

I was at the Santa Clara game. Was 6 rows up, so had a pretty good view. That's a pretty good team with a well-respected coach that seems to win wherever he goes. One thing that stood out to me in that game is that Santa Clara plays defense the way that most coaches wish their team played...

Considering the week this team was coming off, this was a great win. Very good defensive effort! Loved to see them get stops when they needed to, force some tough shots and clear defensive rebounds. Also good to see them run through their offense and make shots when they needed to. This is...

Defensively, this is about as good as you could have hoped for by Minnesota. I think Indiana has done of pretty good job of denying Tyson and Durkin good looks from 3. Hopefully, the Gophers have enough gas in the tank to keep up the effort in the 2nd half. Be interesting to see what...

The more I'm on this board the more I'm convinced that frustration drops the average basketball fans relatively low basketball IQ ( as compared to most college coaches) another 50% or so.

Well, I was also counting the assistant (position) coaches that he's likely worked with over the years. Plus, I think this is his 3rd team, with another new set of coaches, who likely had him on some type of pre-season program. But, point taken.