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Was a terrific comeback! Had serious doubts, but MN got turnovers, defended and made shots. Put the Christie NBA talk to bed. He’s not even close to being a first round pick. Too weak to the rim, defense is average. Just stop.

In this era of metrics, I just read that MN is #1 nationally in "points per play cutting to the basket", and #11 in "pts per play finishing at the rim" according to ShotQuality. They will need some of that tonight!! Go Gophs!

Right when everybody says MN will have little chance to upset ILL, we may just do it for no particular reason! Weird things happen. Maybe someone will pull a fire alarm.:rolleyes: (Only in a game between my two least favorite teams -Wisc and IND...) When the defensive matchups are as...

I don’t think the BTN is “down”. There is more parity, and by that thinking, NCAA basketball is "down". There are so many teams that are better now and every conf, along with smaller schools have good teams. No team is dominant this year, as witnessed by the fluctuations in nat’l polls. No...

Yea I get what you are saying, but I think having a freshman ball handler and sophomore big Payne in a key spot kind of makes us “youngish”. Maybe I should have said “major minutes” instead of starters. JOJ started a lot as a soph also. As a team we could be considered oldish strictly by age!

I respectfully couldn't disagree with your sentiment more. MN has tried hiring the big name numerous times, and what it got them was controversy, suspensions, and NCAA violations. It comes from the coach and his staff. Now, we are attempting to build a team the proper way, with one of our...

Gopher basketball is going in the right direction. CBJ has done an admirable job with a youngish group of starters. MN defends much better as a group--only takes one guy to blow up a defensive possession. MN plays a much better brand of bb to the eye test--fewer turnovers, fewer bad shots...

We need JOJ to be Josh Ola-Joseph-Murphy!

Keep the 52-26 second half last meeting momentum going! Crazy to think about this metric: NEB takes the same number (69%) of shots from 3pt./Long 2's as MN takes (69%) from inside 4 feet from the rim! There is no rational reason why the matchups don't favor MN in a road victory here. Both...

If MN finishes strong their “recent form” should forgive their weak non-conf schedule to a degree in committee’s eyes. Win either at NEB or ILL, and hopefully NW, take care of home games going into BTN tournament and roll the dice. Clearly MN is in a much better place than the first NEB...

Illinois is gettable, and would send a bigtime message to othe BTN teams. Just have to play 2 40 min! MN should wear GASH warm up shoot around shirts- Gentlemen Against Sexual Harrassment.

CBJ probably doesn't heavily recruit the kids who are too cool for school, don't D up, aren't coachable, and fail to lock in mentally, or most importantly aren't team players. He'll never get every MN kid that is ranked highly by "experts" because by that time, good coaches have already put...

Coach Krzyzewski first 3 years at Dook 38-47

Our defense is better, and will wear them down into the second half.

MN starts their final 6 games in 17 days (3 home and 3 away), while OSU is away 3 of their final 5 games under interim coach Jake Diebler. The extra rest days MN had before Wisc., NW, Iowa come back to force the Gophers into a final flurry of games finishing the conf. sched. Trending downward...

I vote for a basketball Goldy Gopher home jersey. Pretty sure I remember this from the late 70's and it was terrific.

MN is shooting better from 3 than OSU in conference this season. If you want a guy to jack 3’s, play average defense at best, and lose his feet every time he moves within 18 feet of the basket, he’s your guy.

Similar situation in the high school gym I watched Taran Armstrong (Cal Baptist) light it up in SLO against MN. I was secretly hoping we would make a pitch for him last year, but he went pro in Europe I believe. That guy could play.

True, traditionally not a good matchup for MN, much like MSU. If they battle like they did at Purdue, survive adjustments, it can be done! Let’s beat OSU and take them one at a time like golf shots.

If Torvik predictors are accurate as seen above Neb 24% ILL 13% NW 24% Does that mean MN has a 48% chance of winning ONE of the @NEB/@NW games (6% chance of winning both). I'll take a 1-1 road trip to those two schools, and roll the dice at ILL. Nobody gave us a snowball's chance at PUR...