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Agreed, but if we can get a MN connection too all the better.

Gard started his rant on the Pitino situation giving the recruiting breakdown of the top 10 MN fb recruits during Fleck's tenure. His point was that Fleck is not getting the top fb players in MN. But he failed to identify Pitino's recruits of MN. In a hotbed of high school basketball talent...

You mean the organization that has a platform to eliminate the nuclear family, that BLM? I wonder if you were to ask each of those players, or even Whalen, wearing the BLM t-shirt if they think it is good to eliminate the nuclear family how many would say yes. I wonder how many even know that...

RP said they didn't get about 10% of the MN kids. You have got to be kidding. He clearly has missed on more than 10%; a couple of years they didn't any MN kids. I am sure Gaard is hoping Pitino doesn't lose his job. And a couple of kids should not have been recruited at all i.e. Hurt and Omersa.

Tony Bennett please not the singer but the coach.

I am on the Medved train but also like Smith. I realize there is a bit of a risk with those two mainly with the recruiting angle. I like the local angle because it probably means this is their destination job . I think they teach the game really well with an emphasis on defense and would...

One indicator of good coaching is the adjustments a staff makes the second time you play a team. I did not watch the whole game, but it seemed very similar to the first contest with Maryland. Maryland was pretty much able to do anything they wanted in the half court offense. I believe you win...

No 2nd chances for certain races.

A couple of thoughts about the Purdue game: 1. Remember when Pitino was hired and he talked about pressing and running at every opportunity as the style he wanted to play. He quickly realized that you need to have the horses to play that style. That being said watching the Purdue game it was...

No chance for a win with the physicality that Rutgers plays with.

I will say that on every opposing teams scouting report #1 is Marcus Carr. They pick him up full court, any time he comes off a ball screen they are going to double him, and with the shooting woes of our wing players there is not much risk to the defense. We don't seem to get many run outs...

Shaka has always recruited very well. MN is still waiting for those types of recruits, and they are right in our backyard, from Pitino.

I wish we would see more of the movement that Purdue uses in their motion offense. The off the ball screening, curling, and the ball movement is how a half-court offense should operate. Minnesota's offense is dominated with dribbling and ball screening, though they have discovered the post...

4:00 minutes left in the game and Pitino goes to the milk the clock offense; Carr dribbles out front waiting for the 8 seconds left on the shot clock, then run a ball screen where Carr dribbles some more and usually get double teamed, and finally takes a terrible shot as the shot clock buzzer...

How many times did MN allow Illinois get to the basket uncontested? When Cockburn was fronted by post players they lobbed over the top with no weak side help. Defense and rebounding is a lot of "want to" and we definitely lacked that aggressiveness and physicality. Fans, media, Pitino will...

I believe the challenge for Pitino is the managing of Carr's monopolizing the ball in the half court offense. I would give him free reign in transition, but when you get in a half court set the ball has to move. It can't be 4 guys watching Carr dribble. This is where Pitino will be measured...

Top 4 in the BigTen. I am tired of finishing below 500 in the Big Ten. Only when we can contend for championships will we be able to recruit our top MN players.

I have to say that it bugs me that Bateman is opting out for the 2nd time. I understand the uniqueness of the situation, but it seems selfish that because things aren't going as expected for Bateman or the team he is jumping out of the canoe to take care of himself. I don't think that is the...

Fleck has shown a propensity that when they get to the 4th quarter and have a lead they get ultra conservative and run clock. We hung on last year and were able to finish games not this year with this defense.

Yes, but will they be above 500 in the Big Ten? If you want the top MN recruits to stay home you need to compete for championships.