Indiana is a big game

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I have a bad feeling about the Indiana game. The Hoosiers, though not as experienced as the Gophers, have proven they can beat anyone (Pitt). However, they've also proven they can lose to anyone (Boston University). These types of teams scare me. All it takes is a little spark on their home floor and you have a fire. The Gophers are coming off a tough loss to Michigan State and could possibly be looking past Indiana to their next game at home against the Spartans on Jan. 23. If Minnesota loses this game, it will be staring 3-4 right in the face (if it loses at home against Michigan State). The secret is out about Hoffarber, so I don't think you'll see him bail the Gophers out with anymore 25-point outings. Minnesota doesn't have the talent to simply show up on the road and beat the Hoosiers.
With all that said, I think Minnesota's defense will be too much for Indiana to handle. The only thing that will stop the Gophers from winning is the Gophers. Focus is the key. Minnesota needs to secure wins on the road against the lower half of the conference, especially since Indiana has the worst overall team defense in the league. The Hoosiers also boast the worst free throw percentage and the worst defensive rebounding average.
As we all know, Minnesota has very little margin for error.
 

BGF, you have a bad feeling about almost every Gopher game.
 

There is the potential for this to be a trap game, and I don't think being worried is foolish in the least, but pretty much the only thing the Gophers have done consistently this year is beat bad teams and beat them handily. And don't let the win over Pitt fool you - this is a bad, bad team. When they beat Pitt they still had Maurice Creek (who is now out for the year) and Pitt was missing Gilbert Brown and had just barely gotten Jermaine Dixon back and he only played 12 minutes.

Seriously, I worry about the Gophers more than most, but this shouldn't be a problem at all.
 


I have a bad feeling about every road game.
 




This is not a big game and not even a real 'game'.

Indiana is horrible and a loss would be disgraceful. Losing to Indiana or Iowa anywhere, anytime, under any circumstance would be a disturbing and disgraceful loss. Don't kid yourself, it's a must win and will easily be won. Indiana is horrendous.

Indiana has not "proven they can beat anyone" and in fact they are not capable of beating most quality teams 98% of the time (Creek or not) - they are flat out bad. Terrible. This is an easy victory. (and I rarely feel that way for any game in any season)
 

its a huge game given our unexpected loss to Portland who have fallen off the face of the earth in terms of RPI...The Gophers can't afford a slip in Bloomington because they need 11-7 in Conference play. This is one of those wins we must have! OR we'll have to win a game we shouldnt.
 




It's certain the Gophers need a W for sure. I'm also worried about the manner of our victory (if we win). I think it gives us a nice boost if we go out and really take it to the Hoosiers. If we play a game like last year at Indiana, and just survive, I think that could be a blow to the confidence going into Michigan state.

Here's to a comfortable W.
 

The Big L said:
It's certain the Gophers need a W for sure. I'm also worried about the manner of our victory (if we win). I think it gives us a nice boost if we go out and really take it to the Hoosiers. If we play a game like last year at Indiana, and just survive, I think that could be a blow to the confidence going into Michigan state.

Here's to a comfortable W.
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I don't consider any single Big 10 Road game a 'must win'. But we need to win 4 out of 5 road games of Iowa, Indiana, Penn State, Michigan and Northwestern. There's no doubt that Indiana is much easier then winning at Northwestern, Michigan or even PSU. Drop this game and we now have to sweep those 3. That's rough. Is it a 'must-win'? No. But it's about 95% of the way there.
 




I think it would be more of a trap game if we played MSU on Wednesday. The fact that we do not play them until Saturday helps a great deal -- that is in long time in the B10 season.
 

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