golfing18now
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I'm having a hard time trying to decide how many conference games this Gophers team will win. I'm curious what others think.
I think we'll be underdogs several times on the road but not huge underdogs. MD will definitely favored at home as it's a highly hostile venue against what appears to be a good team.
Rebounding is an issue...a big issue and will cost us a couple of games.
Actually, depth is one of their best attributes.Eh. Far down the list on tough conference arenas to play in. XFinity Center is a newish pro-style arena. The students are still on winter break. We aren't a hated rival but a novelty to them. They've done surprisingly well this year, but they've mostly underachieved under Turgeon and they are a pretty thin team.
The only unusual thing working against us is that I think this is their first-ever Big Ten home game, so there will be a little more pomp and circumstance.
I went 9-9 because I just don't trust this team yet. If we had McNeil I'd probably say 10-12 wins.
If Morris plays effectively and 32 mpg and super fresh Mason logs 20 mpgwe won't miss McNeil.
You really think McNeil was worth 3 wins? Sorry no. The only guys who would cause that big of a swing are Big Dre and Little Dre.
Can't disagree with this notion. Mo's a great offensive weapon, but he just isn't good on the boards. Our power forwards King and Buggs certainly won't be rebounding at a high rate. This is why EE and Bakary must step up and crash the boards hard when they are in.
Big Dre already has turf toe. Not having McNeil could really hurt us if we have a string of injuries or we get into foul trouble. Not to mention he was showing signs of having a breakout year. He would have really solidified this team, even if it was just as a 6th or 7th man.
So after this loss today. I tried to break down our schedule into home games and away games. I think we need to win 7 home games and 3 road games to get into the tournament. Home: Ohio State - Toss-Up Iowa - Toss-Up Rutgers - W Illinois - W Nebraska - W Purdue - W Northwestern - W Wisconsin - L Penn State - W Away: Purdue - L Maryland - L Michigan - Toss-Up Nebraska - Toss-Up Penn State - W Iowa - L Indiana - Likely L Wisconsin - L Michigan State - Likely L I think we run into trouble when it comes to getting those road wins. I don't see three on the schedule. I think we can get to 7 home wins if we play good basketball, but I don't even feel that confident that we'll beat Penn State on the road. Road games are tough in the big ten and we're about as bad as you can get at them. Do you guys see three road wins?
Gophers are NIT bound after this loss. I'm predicting it now.
9-9 won't be good enough this year and I believe they will go 8-10 at best.
Home:
Ohio State - L
Iowa - W - Maybe
Rutgers - W
Illinois - W
Nebraska - W
Purdue - W
Northwestern - W
Wisconsin - L
Penn State - W
Away:
Purdue - L
Maryland - L
Michigan - L
Nebraska - L
Penn State - W
Iowa - L
Indiana - L
Wisconsin - L
Michigan State - L