Zeppelin Gopher
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Offensive explosion!!
Williams too!Time to get some minutes for the bench. Let Betts get some run.
That's called grit.Is it just me or are we playing slow, almost sleepy, tempo?
Agree that he has been solid in limited minutes while he recovers from Mono. Will be interesting to see if he can carve out a larger role as the season progresses.I'd rather see Caleb Williams out on the floor than Rigsby or Patterson. The kid has confidence and a great looking shot. He looks to know how to play the game and is decisive.
It's got to be defense and rebounding. The guy can score, might not be physical enough for Johnson, would love to see what he can add as another scorer on the floor.I'd rather see Caleb Williams out on the floor than Rigsby or Patterson. The kid has confidence and a great looking shot. He looks to know how to play the game and is decisive.
That's where Cochran is intriguing. Hopefully he fills that void when he comes back. Caleb is more of a specialist off the bench. A catch and shoot guyIt's got to be defense and rebounding. The guy can score, might not be physical enough for Johnson, would love to see what he can add as another scorer on the floor.
I'm beginning to lose faith that we'll see Cochran at all this season...That's where Cochran is intriguing. Hopefully he fills that void when he comes back. Caleb is more of a specialist off the bench. A catch and shoot guy
I should have emphasized the word hopefullyI'm beginning to lose faith that we'll see Cochran at all this season...
It's possible that we could have run the table in non- conference, but the grim reality is that we set the table full of patsies and at best we would be 11-2, having gotten smoked by the only two legit teams we have played. This looks like a team that will struggle to win 4 in the Big Ten.Mike Mitchell made it clear today. He doesn’t go down with the sprained ankle early in the nonconf schedule and the team wins 3-4 more games.
He is not good for the team out there- 22% 3 point shooting and 32% FG shooting overall. It is crazy that our two highest volume 3 chuckers, are him and Rigsby and both of them shoot 22%. It was interesting to hear yesterday that Patterson's dad is a good friend of Ben's......Patterson needs to stop shooting!
Hahahahaha.Mike Mitchell made it clear today. He doesn’t go down with the sprained ankle early in the nonconf schedule and the team wins 3-4 more games.
Morgan State covers the - 22.5 spread. Nice of the Gophers to hold the ball to end the game.
Patterson at Charlotte the last two seasons:
22-23: 48% FG - 39% 3pt FG - eFG% .533 (pretty damn good)
23-24: 43.6% FG - 35% 3pt FG - eFG% .494 (down a little, but still respectable)
Patterson at MN this season:
24-25: 31.7% FG - 21.5% 3pt FG - eFG% .367
so, does someone just forget how to shoot? I wonder if the issue is more with the type of shots he is taking - both location and where/how the shots are coming in the flow of the offense?
to analyze that, I'd need shot-chart info for the two seasons at Charlotte in order to compare it with the shot-chart info for this season at MN. and that's more work than I care to put in on this question.
Torvik has stats for close 2 (at the rim) and far 2 (midrange). Here is last year at Charlotte - he shot a lot of far 2s for the taste of an analytics aficionado, but it was "only" at a 1.3:1 ratio far:close :I wonder if the issue is more with the type of shots he is taking - both location and where/how the shots are coming in the flow of the offense?
to analyze that, I'd need shot-chart info for the two seasons at Charlotte in order to compare it with the shot-chart info for this season at MN. and that's more work than I care to put in on this question.
Johnson playing him out of position to get him on the court maybe, not going to take Mike Mitchell's minutes, whatever it is it's not working, if he go's 1/11 against a B1G opponent they lose.Patterson is an interesting case study. His college career 3pt percentages:
Missouri State (FR): 4-32=12.5%
Missouri State (SO): 6-39=15.4%
Charlotte (JR): 27-69=39.1%
Charlotte (SR): 41-117=35%
Minnesota (GR): 14-65=21.5%
TOTAL: 93-322=28.6%
I would say the evidence may suggest he isn't a great 3pt shooter.
Torvik is more of a Norwegian name. Now, Toivo or Taisto, well there's a good Finn!I'm old. Torvik sounds like some guy who should be playing for the Finnish Hockey team in the Winter Olympics.
but your point is well taken. I may joke about analytics, but I realize they have value. and as you point out, long 2's are a low-value shot. It does make me sad a little bit thinking about Sam Jones nailing 18-foot bank shots for the mid-60's Celtics, but those games can live on in my memory while the real world marches forward.