Minnesota has to be the unluckiest team

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Nuff said, but it is all Tubby's fault.
 

Every whistle every 50/50 ball went against them its kind of sad.
 

Unlucky? 19 turnovers is not unlucky. I'm usually wearing maroon and gold colored glasses, but this repeated sloppiness with the ball is so hard to watch. And, it's nothing new, it's been an ongoing problem in the past six years or so.
 

When you are a good team that doesn't turn the ball over at an alarming rate and makes winning plays at the end of games luck is on your side.

When you are a team that doesn't do those things the team appears unlucky.
 

Johnnyboy18 said:
Every whistle every 50/50 ball went against them its kind of sad.
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Give me a break. As I already said, I am a huge homer, but there is no way the calls went against us today. At one point it was 7 fouls on them, 1 on MN in the 2nd half.

It's simple, the Gophs didn't play well, again.
 


Ozzy&Ray said:
Give me a break. As I already said, I am a huge homer, but there is no way the calls went against us today. At one point it was 7 fouls on them, 1 on MN in the 2nd half.

It's simple, the Gophs didn't play well, again.
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The 50/50 (charge or block) whistles went against them.
 

This is good to have a thread like this to keep next to the "Wisconsin is the luckiest" thread.
 

Stop with the lucky and unlucky bull*&^!#*&^!#*&^!#*&^!#, its annoying! Basketball is not about luck...if you have ever played the game, you would know that!
 

Johnnyboy18 said:
The 50/50 (charge or block) whistles went against them.
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No they didn't. One bad one - the one against Trevor in the first half. No concerns with others, and Andre Ingram's 3 pointer easily could have been a no call.
 



I think we had a team this year of good, individual-style athletes. We either need to convert those returning to a passing, team-style of ball or recruit kids who played that way in HS. Everything improves with good passing: more open shots resulting in higher shooting percentage; fewer turnovers; more fatigue to the opponent; more player engagement. Create-your-own-shot basketball is for the playground where there is no officiating. College basketball requires good passing.
 

You're right. It was really unlucky for Austin to fall out of bounds and for Tubby to bench Trev with 2 fouls.
 

Ozzy&Ray said:
Give me a break. As I already said, I am a huge homer, but there is no way the calls went against us today. At one point it was 7 fouls on them, 1 on MN in the 2nd half.

It's simple, the Gophs didn't play well, again.
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Could the 7-1 disparity be because Illinois was actually fouling more?

I'm not sure, but I find it highly unlikely that in the first 10 minutes Illinois fouled 7 times and MN once. Then in the following 10 minutes, MN started fouling like crazy and Illinois just stopped.

Brutal officiating as they try and even up the foul calls.

That said, luck/unlucky has NOTHING to do with this. This is a team loss. Coaches and players. Just painful.
 

Also unlucky that a play was drawn up with Austin receiving the ball so close to the baseline!
 



Was it unlucky that with three tries at it and two timeouts we couldn't get the damn ball in bounds? Was it also unlucky that we managed to turnover the "safe" inbounds lob to the backcourt?
 

BuckyGopher said:
Stop with the lucky and unlucky bull*&^!#*&^!#*&^!#*&^!#, its annoying! Basketball is not about luck...if you have ever played the game, you would know that!
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agreed to an extent. the 50/50 calls can decide a game, however this all shakes out as even throughout a season so i agree with what your saying. Good teams create their own "luck" and therefore win more games. simple as that.
 


FanSinceTheFifties said:
I think we had a team this year of good, individual-style athletes. We either need to convert those returning to a passing, team-style of ball or recruit kids who played that way in HS. Everything improves with good passing: more open shots resulting in higher shooting percentage; fewer turnovers; more fatigue to the opponent; more player engagement. Create-your-own-shot basketball is for the playground where there is no officiating. College basketball requires good passing.
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FanSinceTheFifties, I agree but to accomplish that we need a new coach who can RECRUIT those types of players and TEACH those things
 

Gopherpride13 said:
I'd rather be lucky than good.
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Maybe if you are playing blackjack and not basketball. Like the above poster stated, some calls are 50/50 and can influence a game but not throughout the ENTIRE season. Team acted like they did not care anymore and that is why they lost.
 

upnorthkid said:
agreed to an extent. the 50/50 calls can decide a game, however this all shakes out as even throughout a season so i agree with what your saying. Good teams create their own "luck" and therefore win more games. simple as that.
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I agree.
 

Luck has nothing to do with scoring two points in final four minutes of the game. The Gophs have to do better than that, and they handled the ball terribly the last 3-4 minutes of the game, and gave Illinois three shots on the three that tied up the game.
 

It's my team and I can cry if I want to. lol We seem unlucky at the same time we suck. Again the bottom line is ball handling. We needed another a guard or two. We got Buggs and Ellerson. I don't know if it makes a difference but I would like to see Tubby work the refs more and stand up for his players. The Gopher bench during games is a grim and seemly depressing place for the players and assistents as well.
 

If it wasn't for bad luck we wouldn't have any Parski at all.:)
 

The reffing was no worse than a typical B1G road game. But it wasn't a road game...
 

You earn your breaks, you make your own luck. And as Ozzy& Ray noted, we gave Illinois three shots at rebounds to tie the game. If you don't play hard enough, you won't get any breaks. Gut check.
 

FanSinceTheFifties said:
I think we had a team this year of good, individual-style athletes. We either need to convert those returning to a passing, team-style of ball or recruit kids who played that way in HS. Everything improves with good passing: more open shots resulting in higher shooting percentage; fewer turnovers; more fatigue to the opponent; more player engagement. Create-your-own-shot basketball is for the playground where there is no officiating. College basketball requires good passing.
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*Yawn* - Thanks coach.
 


bleedsmaroonandgold said:
Was it unlucky that with three tries at it and two timeouts we couldn't get the damn ball in bounds? Was it also unlucky that we managed to turnover the "safe" inbounds lob to the backcourt?
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Must be. Tubby is that good LOL.
 


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