Game Preview: at Indiana 1/12/12 & JB's Jottings

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Excellent work as always, JB.

A non-Gopher related question for you, as I know you also follow the Big East.

At this point who would you tab as the 2nd and 3rd best teams in the Big East (am assuming you'd have 'Cuse #1)? With Pitt & Villanova free-falling, Louisville struggling, and Seton Hall, Notre Dame (without Abromaitis) & Rutgers surprising, the Big East has been a little strange this year. It seems to be a crapshoot after the Orangemen?
 

SelectionSunday said:
Excellent work as always, JB.

A non-Gopher related question for you, as I know you also follow the Big East.

At this point who would you tab as the 2nd and 3rd best teams in the Big East (am assuming you'd have 'Cuse #1)? With Pitt & Villanova free-falling, Louisville struggling, and Seton Hall, Notre Dame (without Abromaitis) & Rutgers surprising, the Big East has been a little strange this year. It seems to be a crapshoot after the Orangemen?
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No love for Georgetown? I'd put them #2.
 

SelectionSunday said:
At this point who would you tab as the 2nd and 3rd best teams in the Big East (am assuming you'd have 'Cuse #1)? With Pitt & Villanova free-falling, Louisville struggling, and Seton Hall, Notre Dame (without Abromaitis) & Rutgers surprising, the Big East has been a little strange this year. It seems to be a crapshoot after the Orangemen?
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Always a tough call, but yes even more so this season. After Syracuse, it probably changes daily. It's been a busy week with travel, etc. for me so I'm a bit behind, but Georgetown, Marquette, UCONN, Louisville all could wind up there.. Cinci, Seton Hall, West Virginia are in play.. If I had to rank today, I'd probably have Syracuse, Georgetown, Marquette as 1, 2 and 3. But those rankings would sway with the wind.

Can't see Nova, Pitt or Notre Dame doing much this season.

MU's only player taller than 6'8" is out for the year (knee), but I think they'll be fine.

Not to make this a Big East vs. Big 1? argument, but there are a number of Big East teams who may look scary good in March.. for the Big 1?, I'd be worried about playing tOSU and Michigan State, but past that I'm not sure any other teams look like they could make a big run in the tournament.
 

I'd add Indiana to MSU & OSU as capable of a deep run (Elite 8) because they have several different ways they can score. Will they be able to guard well enough will be the question? Michigan maybe a Sweet 16 team?

Big East I'd have Syracuse, UConn, West Virginia (I love the way Huggy Bear's teams play) and Marquette as capable of deep runs. I still don't trust Georgetown in the postseason.

Seton Hall's been a great story. Would love to see both the Hall & Northwestern (Charleston Classic finalists) make the NCAA, but NW needs to start adding to their resume very soon. For once they have a couple decent wins to build on, but they gotta' show they can beat some of the upper-half B1G squads.
 


Gopher Warrior said:
MU's only player taller than 6'8" is out for the year (knee), but I think they'll be fine.
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Not real smart to only have one guy over 6'-8", but I've enjoyed seeing them lose 4 of their last 7. If by fine, you mean not very good... you are right.
 

JBBauer612 J.B. Bauer
Oh boy.. looks like #Gophers will survive. Welch needs 1 of 2 FTs and it's over. 77-74 w/2 seconds to play at #iubb.

You say survive a gophers fan says thrive! Reading your post and tweets it is clear you are not a fan of this team, disagree with me if you claim you are.
 

Let the overreaction begin!

Great win for the Gophers. Need to keep things rolling, though. Indiana being a Top 10 team in this week's polls is like Minnesota being a Top 20 RPI team a week ago.

However, Welch finally at PG and Joe Coleman with more playing time gives Minnesota some level of hope.

Thursday's game against Indiana is one of those games in which it would not surprise me to see the Gophers seriously challenge their heavily favored opponent or even win. Sure, Indiana is 15-1 and ranked #7 in the AP poll and #8 in the Coaches poll, but if I was a betting man I would gladly give odds to someone who felt the Hoosiers would end the regular season ranked as one of the top eight teams in the nation.
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Thanks to Verdell Jones for another great performance... 0/6 from the field, 3 turnovers, 0 points in 23 minutes.

Jones loves to shoot mid-range jumpers, but he's not very good when it comes to making them. If he wants to try a bunch of 18 foot jumpers tonight, Minnesota should be pleased.
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It's Indiana, It's Indiana!
 

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