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I would have to think that Thompson would have had some minutes against Edey. Thompson may not have been able to body Edey but it would have been worth trying to front him to make it harder to get the ball. Ola-Joseph was giving up so much height that Thompson would have been worth a shot.

Here is Episode 2 with Mallory and Rose.

I saw a little more fight yesterday. It would be great to see them follow that up with a win vs. Michigan or Miss. St. in the next week to help them see how results follow effort. If Garcia doesn't get his wings under him a bit, I would try the small line-up against certain squads. Battle is...

It is hard to say after a 19 point loss with such a rebounding disparity but I saw several positives out of this game. They didn't back down and I didn't see any quit. The frosh all showed flashes of talent. All had some nice aggressive moves to the basket. Cooper looked better. He had some...

It took a little over a page before this thread veered seriously off course. I will give the benefit of the doubt and presume that some posters didn't read the thread title or the first post in the thread which outlined the purpose of the thread. I will restate it here... this is a thread to...

I was referring to the schedule immediately ahead not doing them any favors. They may very well start playing better but the results may be more likely to be Ls due to the step up in competition. I am not a fan of B1G games starting before the noncon portion of the schedule is done.

Battle is certainly struggling as one of the returning guys. I had expected the rest of the squad to be able to step up collectively to offset Willis' offense. I expected this team to get some more easy points in transition. It hasn't happened yet. Here's hoping that something clicks soon. The...

Seems half full to me! I doubt that many of us had this team making the NCAAs this year. Seems that the media and fans all had us near the bottom of the conference. With that goal seemingly out of the question, I immediately started looking to how this year can be a bridge to competing for that...

I agree with your take. Last year's team seemed to know their roles and, while clearly less talented most nights, played hard and were in most conference games. I am no pollyanna. We have seen a lower level of hustle out of this crew. I am hopeful that we are simply seeing youth thinking...

I agree with you on Henley. He has not been afraid to try to make some things happen. He hasn't always been successful but I like the mindset. I think he will continue to improve as the season progresses and he starts to get out of his own head a bit. I posited in another thread that Carrington...

Thank you to @MennoSota for finding this positive take on the young talent this year and signed for next. https://www.si.com/fannation/bringmethesports/gophers/gophers-basketball-is-loaded-with-up-and-coming-talent

After seeing several buzzkills immediately descend upon and bring their not-so-sunny dispositions to the "Gophers Loaded with Up and Coming Talent" thread created by @MennoSota today, I have created a thread specifically aimed at discussing some of the positives that we see from the team over...

I have been exceedingly realistic about this team from the day Johnson was hired! There was no way that this was going to be a quick fix. He is learning how to be a head coach at a Power 5 university on the job. Once the hire was made, anyone should have seen that this was going to be a...

Maybe they just want to make the cheating never happen again?

You continue to look for any possible way to spin to the negative. Evans is the highest rated recruit that we've attracted in 20 years... AND he's not from Minnesota! Christie has been rated in the top 100 by multiple services AND is the brother of a one and done player who went to Michigan...

How old are you?! You are using a U email address as your moniker so I get the sense that you are either a current student or graduated within the last 10 years. I can safely say that you are less than 35 unless you are a prof. Thompson was recruited by Pitino. Thompson has improved but doesn't...

Carrington is coming off of an ankle injury. Have you ever played ball? Did your game suffer due to an injury? If you have played, you would know that it can take a couple of weeks to trust your body again after an injury. Did you watch Sam Jacobson early in his Gopher career? He really...

You're using the wrong tense... lots of fans thought our guards were more capable than they have shown thus far in 7 games. Cooper appeared to be more solid and to be a true pass-first PG that this team lacked last year. Carrington and Henley were expected to be more talented than Loewe and...

Why do you feel that they are stuck in reverse? Will the new players not improve with more experience? Will the new talent coming next year be duds? So many fans in this board have sounded miserable for the last 18 months or so. Why do they put themselves through this? Fans really only have a...

Cooper would likely not be given as much crap if he was hitting his FTs. He has been a stat sheet stuffer which shows me that he is at least trying. He may not have the most lateral quickness on D but he is running a clean game as a starting PG on the offensive end. Johnson and Thorson have...