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Yes!!! Please!!! No more bricklayers.

Yes, yes, yes to Tucker as assistant! That guy has a smile and personality to fill a room, and I can only imagine how well he would do in a recruit’s living room. Totally unrelated, but man, could that guy shoot. Memo to next coach: Could we please recruit a few shooters? It’s been a...

Nothing has been confirmed. Carr seemed determined to go pro somewhere last fall, but opted to play another season. Speculation is that he will leave, but you never know. Yes, Mashburn has been the second option, though Gach has on rare occasion played a little point. I don’t see anyone...

Yep. And hopefully a few guys that can actually shoot the ball.

Whisky focuses on fundamentally sound players who can shoot at the expense of athleticism. Minnesota recruits athletes who can’t shoot. The former wins. The latter doesn’t.

Your points 2 and three are spot on and sum it up well. It’s so funny to read the game-day comments about how great we played when we win and how terrible we played (and poorly we coached) when we lost. The reality is that , for the most part, we have consistently gotten a high rate of open...

I agree with this from a defensive perspective. However, from an offensive perspective, Maryland knew we are a terrible jump-shooting team. Their defense was designed to keep us out of the paint and dare us to shoot threes. Many of those three-point attempts were open looks and we couldn’t...

You nailed it

Good one! Then after the quality road win, it’s “well, let’s see them finish in the top four of the Big 10”, and after that, it’s “I’m not a believer until they win the Big 10”, and after that, “I’ll wait until they make the Final Four”, and then, “They have never won a Natty”. Not sure what...

Well, our very own Liam Robbins is an example of improvement from hard work and good coaching. As a 7-footer, he couldn’t even get a scholarship until after going to prep school. Even then and after losing 50 pounds of blubber, Drake was his best offer. Look at him now. There is hope!

Wow, very underwhelming reviews of Thompson here. How did he ever get a 4-star rating? (One of the recruiting services)

I agree, however it doesn’t bother me much. I think it ultimately reflects well on us. As of now, we have beaten the #4, #7, #15 and #25 teams. Pretty amazing for a group of guys expected to finish in the lower half of the conference before the season.

I’ve been puzzled by his poor shooting this year. Like Gabe, his shooting form looks good, and he doesn’t seem to lack confidence. I thought he had the reputation as a good shooter in high school. I’m hoping it’s just freshman jitters and he turns out to be a good shooter. This team...

Our current starters and reserves logging significant minutes appear to be a really poor bunch of shooters. Robbins has shot it the best. Pretty sad state of affairs when your true center is your best 3-pt shooter. Thus far, I’m most surprised by how poorly Gabe, Mash and Ihnen have shot...

I think we got your “really good one”. Only one of four teams on CB who have beat four top-25 teams this year.

An athlete who can shoot? Sign him up every day!

How well can he shoot? I’m tired of bricklaying athletes.

You have been consistent in your message, and today’s game proved your point loud and clear. 0-12 from three at the half, yet led against a top-10 team? All about defense. Let’s hope this message gets through to the team, and they bring it every game from this point on.

We need to change recruiting priorities. Shooting ability needs to be #1. No more scouting reports like this (fill in the blank with any number of current Gopher players): “Good athlete and hard worker. Once he develops an outside shot, he has a chance to be a nice player.” Ridiculous.

Please Pitino, recruit some shooters. I’m so tired of watching such embarrassing displays of rim clunking and air-balling. Are good shooters that hard to find? We routinely have very few. At this point, I would rather have five un-athletic shooters than a bunch of olympic leapers who...