I'm more impressed by the fact they were able to get minutes for 19 players? (think I counted that right) Are you allowed to sub in team managers lol or does D3 just have different roster restrictions since no one is on scholarship?
How many games do you honestly see us winning in the B1G?
Not many, if at all. I am wondering who this year's Joey King will be.
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So you agree with me, strange comment when you agreed with what I was saying.Not many, if at all. I am wondering who this year's Joey King will be.
But, my judgment of these kids is not defined by wins and losses. I appreciated the Gopher Illustrated review of the Michigan game. It's a fair evaluation. Check it out
Minnesota Gophers Basketball: Minnesota/Michigan Re-watch Player/Team Notes
Michigan defeated Minnesota 90-75 at Williams Arena last night. In what was a frustrating game, I didn't feel like I came away with a great feel for what went wrong, and
on 12 of 42 free throw shooting......
You seem to be looking for someone to whine and pout with you.
I know your suggestion was directed to gopher teeth but I Actually follow a few winning teams because I enjoy good college hoops.
So do I. Watching good basketball, especially when there are two good teams going at it, is great. The Gophers aren't one of those teams and no matter how much one whines about it, the whining won't make them better. All we as fans can do is let Ben and coaches do their job. If we can't take the bad play this year, then don't watch. Look at post-game footage on the ESPN app and save yourself some stress.
There was no whining, just stating facts, and analysis from what I have seen. Your analysis gets you to the same result. There was a post where they thought there were gimme games for Minnesota in conference, that is delusional, we are the gimme game, again which you agree with. I don’t need people to agree with me, that doesn’t make me right or wrong, but you seem bothered if I don’t think losing is great for a program. It’s not the losing that bothers me it’s the way they are losing that bothers me.
It bothers you that kids whose main experience before this year was AAU basketball where defense is optional are now getting themselves slapped around by teams who have college experience and man muscles? GT, that's an unfair evaluation for these kids. Watch to see progress, not victory. It will help you endure the many losses that will happen this year.
Exactly, this is why they are losing to better competition. If they had any semblance of a defense they would at least be making the losses competitive.
Blame the poor defense on AAU games. It will get better.
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They play decent defense IMO. Michigan made a bunch of contested shots. They started to miss them later in the game and that's why they scored 10 points the last 10 minutes or so. Offense is a way bigger issue and it has to do with freshman doing a bunch of dumb things. JOJ and Henley are black holes and shouldn't be playing more than 5 minutes a game.
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90 pts is 90 pts and much from uncontested shots. Once you let them get in rhythm the basket starts looking much bigger. We should be able to win games scoring 75 pts.
Leave it to the refs to break a Good game.
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Disagree some were open but the vast majority were contested. Bigger issue is they rarely score enough to win.
I will argue the fact that they were contested, may not have been wide open but they didn't have to work for their shots, got the shots they wanted, were comfortable and in rhythm most of the time. About the only time that didn't seem to be the case was the last five minutes of the first half, they actually got some stops when it was still a game.
No
If you know you are challenged offensively as we are- then you better find a way to pace the game to 60 points. That requires a whole lot better defense than we are playing.
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