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The "Improvement Highway" is full of curves, potholes, dips and hills. And right now, most of the drivers are still relatively young. And just when they think they've got a handle on it, a deer will suddenly spring out of the woods on you. Oh, and you're instructor is much different from the...

I'm only able to follow on Live Stats, but it seems the more significant problem for the Gophers tonight is that nobody seems to be able to match-up against McKenzie. She's 11-13 with 5 boards and 2 steals. I mean, we're shooting 44% and 50% from 3, but McKenzie in close and the Points off...

Although we are way farther along as a team as compared to last year at this time, I'm not sure we're at Indiana level yet. I think that if Everything Absolutely Clicks, we have a chance to pull an upset. That's a tough ask on the road against a really good team. I also think we could play...

Learned something this morning. Thanks!

Regarding Charges and Illegal screens. I know that Sanders caught one break on a charge when she was clearly way inside the circle under the basket. I know that many officials will talk to coaches prior to the game to let them know some of the specific things they'll be looking for...

I noticed the issue with Braun leaving a lot of room for defenders off of screens as well. Not sure if that's on her or the screeners placement or timing. Having said that, must give a lot of credit for the defense that Shelly played. When they switched, I thought all the Nebraska defenders...

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.