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9.1 shots per game last year. About 10 shots per game this year. Shooting 40% which is much better than last year I think. 3.8 turnovers per game last year. Closer to 3.1 this year.

The thing that jumped out at me in the first half is the outstanding defensive job that Shelly is doing on Mara Braun. Up in Brauns face, fighting through and recovering quickly on screens. She's been impressive. Those two might just cancel each other out, though good offensive players...

Cool down Brotha! but I'm far more concerned about he and the team continuing to play well, improve and pick up enough wins to qualify for the post season. Not sure where anything in that statement says YOU don't care about team success. But if that's what you read into it......... well, not...

Whoo-wee! Hahaha. I can see that I've been schooled. The overreaction to one guys opinion was certainly entertaining! Certainly learned my lesson! :)

While I'm glad he's playing well and adjusted to be more under control as the season has gone on, I guess I'm a little more invested in the team than the premature countdown to an individual record. It's awesome to have a dynamic point guard, but I'm far more concerned about he and the team...

No matter how many shots a good shooter misses, as long as you're taking open shots and with-in the rhythm of the offense, most coaches will be OK with a good shooter taking open 3's. If you stay confident and aware of "good shot vs bad shot", 0-5 is no predictor of the next open shot being a...

Amazingly, the Gophers end up outshooting Maryland 41% to 38%. Rebounds ended up about even. And despite the ugly number on the box score, we make 6 clutch free throws in the final :25 seconds. A couple of other numbers that were interesting. Offensive rebounds, relative to 2nd chance...

To me, the bigger issue is that Garcia and Mitchell have been complete non-factors so far.

6 second chance points off of 8 offensive rebounds.

So Mitchell, Garcia and Payne. 1 point and 0-5 from the floor between them. Payne committed 2 fouls in 4 minutes. That's got to change a in the 2nd half, right?

Man, at this rate Maryland is gonna hit 50 of 60 shots.

A good reminder that improvement is not always a steadily rising trajectory. Maryland's perimeter defense seemed to get better and tougher as the game went on. Just watching the number of times the Gophers got knocked off balance showed how tough and physical those Maryland traps were. On the...

In looking at the picture provided, my one suggestion if Gophers are thinking of a similar set-up. I would start the seating on the side behind the team benches up 2-3 steps above floor level. Would be pretty frustrating to pay prime price for front-row, close to the court seats, only to...

I was kinda hoping the Gophers could hold them under 60. 18 point win, I'm good with that! Although it seemed like the guys cruised a few times until Maine got close, then put on a burst to stretch it out. Good to see Garcia (rust) and CC recover from rough offensive starts.

Pretty sure the answers will be all over the place, but I'm interested in what we think about this. With-out references or even considering any statistics; strictly your "Eye Test"; which 2 players have been the most important when the Gophers are playing well? And, with-out any reliance on...

IMO free throw shooting at this level is probably 80% mental. I mean, by the time these guys get to this level, they have shot 100,000 free throws in almost every situation we can imagine. Unless their shooting form is completely jacked up (which rarely seems to be the actual problem) it seems...

Nice game. Peaks and Valleys. Good turnover numbers, though the pace of the game was slower than the Gophers have been trying to play this season. Credit to Ball State for keeping it a half-court game most of the way. Gotta give credit where credit is due. Kira, the analyst is much...

Yeah, I have heard the female analyst make a couple of very astute observations on a couple of subtle things. I came into the game about 6 minutes in and a couple of things jumped out. Midway through the first half, when Parker was in, I thought they were pretty active with the half court...

As a former coach, you might have a better perspective on this kind of thing than me (not a former or current coach). I've always thought that coaches were far less likely than we fans to basically throw mud against the wall to see if something sticks; which is basically my euphemism for "let's...

Sometimes, the reason you don't press isn't as much about the other team, but whether you believe that your team can effectively do it and still recover if you get beat on it. Might have been that they didn't want to speed up the pace of the game. I think the Gophers generally want to play...