***OFFICIAL #17 MICHIGAN STATE AT #21 MINNESOTA IN-GAME THREAD***

[GringaGopher]

This beat down is so cathartic after Sparty owning us the last decade.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

I would rather join my wife to watch her shows Say Yes to the Dress or 90 Day Fiance than watch gophers games live. Gopher games are too stressful for me to watch live and then my mood is affected too negatively if it goes badly. Not much stressful at all about choosing wedding dresses.

I'm a big advocate of Happy Wife and Happy Life concept.

BTW - this lose, err win, does not count on Pitino's record as there is no way he could beat Izzo. per the anti-Pitinoites.

 

[adchester]

Mutaf for all B10

 

[Tully55]

Mutaf on the scoreboard!!!!!!!!

 

[Cobra]

Well alright!!!

 

[howeda7]

Pitino's admonishment is no match for Mutaf....

 

[skyman31]

Mutaf looks smoooooth. Good to see freeman getting a bucket too.

 

[TruthSeeker]

Holy smokes! We crushed them.

Time to dominate Becky!

 

[Parcival]

Mutaf will be a stud for us in the future.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Pitino's admonishment is no match for Mutaf....

Well, he doesn't speak English in his defense.

 

[WhoFellDownTheGopherHole?]

Mutaf is the Patrick Mahomes of the Gophers. Once he gets his shot...lookout.

 

[golf]

Ok. Grimm needs to get a grip. Just said gophs havent beaten ranked teams back to back in 20 years as the last time it happened was 2010 in big ten tournament.

 

[bga1]

WOW! Great win for Gophers! Solid defense. Not great shooting but great game overall. Caught MSU at the right time.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Ok. Grimm needs to get a grip. Just said gophs havent beaten ranked teams back to back in 20 years as the last time it happened was 2010 in big ten tournament.

Actually 2013 IIRC per the broadcast.

 

[Travdaddy84]

Pitino found his niche. The transfer market. Screw the Minnesota kids who want to leave.

 

[WhoFellDownTheGopherHole?]

What's unusual about this is the Gophers almost always lose immediately after becoming ranked. This is rare, so i'm going to savor it.

 

[gopheraschells]

Damn. Did not see that coming. Michigan St. might have been ice-cold but we looked more talented in all facets.

Kalscheur - I often question whether Gabe is truly a good defender, but he played elite defense tonight

Gach - continues to struggle on the offensive end in both his shooting and his decision making. He impressed me with his hustle to loose balls and effort rebounding tonight.

Johnson - coming into his own. Starting to pull down some of those rebounds that I expected him to do

Robbins - stayed out of foul trouble. stud

 

[Bruno22]

20-20-20 players. Up by 20, down by 20, 20 seconds to go.

More like 2 minutes to go!

Glad the end of the bench got some burn in a lopsided game for the good guys and not the other way around that has been the custom as of late in this series.

 

[golf]

I'm a big advocate of Happy Wife and Happy Life concept.

BTW - this lose, err win, does not count on Pitino's record as there is no way he could beat Izzo. per the anti-Pitinoites.

Exactly. This is a) not a true msu team, b) coronavirus, c) Monday. Any or all of the above reasons are more reasons for the win than pitino.

 

[Mulligan]

Rebounds: Minnesota 52 Michigan State 36

Never would have thought I would ever see that stat!

 

[golf]

Actually 2013 IIRC per the broadcast.

It seems Grimm is kinda just making things up then. Needs to stick with evaluating officials.

 

[Parcival]

Exactly. This is a) not a true msu team, b) coronavirus, c) Monday. Any or all of the above reasons are more reasons for the win than pitino.

d) We were simply the better team. And last I checked the coach has an impact on the team's performance.

 

[Dano564]

Congratulations to Coronavirus on the win over Michigan State this evening.

Nice to see us win a game by a wide margin.
I turned it on late, and it was nice there wasn't a 11-2 run by the other team right after I turned it on.

 

[bga1]

That's fun to see Freeman get a slam right away.

This is how teams gel. Hammer a good team, clear the bench, everybody has fun and everyone is believing in the team instead of worrying about their own situation.

 

[Tully55]

Went wire to wire....never trailed

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Exactly. This is a) not a true msu team, b) coronavirus, c) Monday. Any or all of the above reasons are more reasons for the win than pitino.

We will out negative them all, lol.

 

[Costa Rican Gopher]

Robbins 1 rebound short of a double-double

+ 3 blks

 

[Gopherfan84]

What a fun effort. Great defense. Stepped on the throat of Sparty and didn’t lay off. Maybe the best I’ve ever seen a Pitino team play.

 

[cjbfbp]

Mutaf on the scoreboard!!!!!!!!

Mutaf must have one of the highest points per minute averages in the conference.

 

[WindyCityGopher]

Been a huge Gophers hoops fan since I first stepped on campus nearly 35 years ago. To apply a 25-point beatdown to Sparty and Izzo after so many humiliating losses to them is incredibly cathartic. This one feels really good.