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I doubt anything would have helped, but the lack of aggression by Garcia and Asuma tonight didn’t do us any good. Asuma, ONE what attempt in 25? Minutes?

The continuing emphasis on DEI is starting to make some of the posters in here sound just a tad racist? That said, there are two factors here that impact the Gophers record, or for that matter any coaches record. One is the ability to coach. Anyone who watched last nights game would have to have...

The Barn is fine if they win. The question is does the Barn affect recruiting? If it does then the Barn has to go. If you can’t lure players here, then the size of the building is moot. And if the building does depress recruiting then it doesn’t make any difference who the coach is. I like...

Whether the refs were bad or not, they were very inconsistent over the game. Called nothing to start the game, then went thru a streak of over officiating, then slacked off. It was sort of hard to keep up with. I did think McKinney was the victim of some calls and non calls. Sometimes that...

Sophie works hard and has improved a lot. But you are doing her a disservice by passing her the ball when she is 6’ from the rim. It’s out of her range. She needs to get the ball LOW and if at all possible go left. Battle is a very good player who should not be the point guard. That may be...

I preface this by saying Hart has been playing very well, and never takes a play off. The Gophers weren’t getting open outside looks because UCLA didn’t have to devote 2 people to Hart. Inversely we had sagged up to 3 on Betts. She is good, and their second is is quicker with more range. We...

Avg TO per game Mitchell. 1.1 Patterson. 1.2 Asuma. 1.3 Odukale. 2.1 Shooting %. Same order as above 36.6 35.6 44.2 42.4 3pt % 35.6 27.6 39.6 25.8

Mitchell is a shooting guard! Patterson is a dribbling guard! Both are undersized and not very athletic. When Mitchell is cold, he is really cold. All season one of the knocks on Asuma, or one of the hopes for him, would that he become more aggressive offensively. Yesterday he did it in the...

You can just see it coming? She puts her head down and takes off! Generally gets too far under the basket, misses the rim, and gets knocked over almost every time. She just isn’t any offensive threat, leaving the Gophers playing 4 against 5 on offense! I wonder what her shooting % on layups is?

An excellent effort against an extremely athletic team. There were a few occasions we were playing 5 against 8, but that didn’t change the end result. I still think that we dribble way too much, and are much more effective when we move the ball. There were several instances where the lady who...

One of the commentators said the U needs a more aggressive Asuma! Good point. Not sure if his passiveness on offense is due to playing with nothing but seniors? But he needs to have more of a takeover attitude on offense!

Got to 165 posts before anyone noticed one of our starting guards had 2 fouls in 30 seconds!

So, you thought Ben did as good a job as Izzo?

If you are so exhausted, maybe you should take a break and watch home improvement shows or Nova? Far less stressful. In those shows the projects are always level and square, and the bigger animal always gets the smaller animal!

Used to see Thompson, Olberding g, and McHale there. The place can be absolutely crazy!

It must be very difficult to watch a game with such split feelings? I have heard of bi-polar, but never bi-gopher?

This would normally put to rest a lot of belief that Johnson can’t coach! (Waiting for the roof to cave in). Or that he has lost the locker room? Teams don’t play this hard for a coach they dislike. The Gophers just beat 3 teams that probably had superior athletes. Yes they will lose some more...

For your sake I hope so,

I thought Battle had overcame her biggest flaw from last season. Over dribbling. But last night she again fell into that trap. One assist? Yes I know that assists are dependent on the shots being made. But the fact is the ball got stuck in her hands too often. When that happens, everyone just...

She is good on D and can bring up the ball. But she just can’t shoot. And her layups generally end up with her on the floor, and often a courple FT’s, but seldom a basket. She is needed on defense, but then for all practical purposes you are playing 4 on 5 offensively.