***OFFICIAL DEPAUL AT MINNESOTA IN-GAME THREAD!!!***

[Stan]

Alright Gophers, a couple of games to work the kinks out and tonight should be much better competition. Really hoping Battle or Carrington are back, though I doubt they will be.

Need to limit turnovers, limit second chance points and keep Garcia and Cooper out of foul trouble.

This is a game we need to win at home. Let's do this!

GET 'ER DONE JOHNSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[nooram]

Carrington is available this evening (to play)

 

[Stan]

Carrington is available this evening (to play)

Nice!!

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

Carrington is available this evening (to play)

Great!

 

[gopherfrommt]

Any word on Battle?

 

[forever a gopher]

I will be attending tonight, and am very interested in seeing the fan turnout. Snow + 6pm weekday tip time = low anticipated attendance.

Hope to see Carrington play in person!

 

[GopherOhana]

guessing two Blue Demons foul out tonight and gophers shoot at least 24 free throws

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

Thinking Johnson will go Cooper, Garcia, Henley, Ramberg, Thompson. Just because he's superstitious.

 

[Otis]

Thinking Johnson will go Cooper, Garcia, Henley, Ramberg, Thompson. Just because he's superstitious.

That lineup needs to be shelved. No reason not to go with:

Cooper
Henley
JoJ
Garcia
Payne

TT is a stiff and Payne should be starting. No reason not to start the freshmen, Ramberg isn’t that good on defense.

We will have to see how much run Braeden gets.

 

[howeda7]

DePaul is favored by 1.5. I'm guessing that means no Battle.

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

Bump!

 

[MonikerSchmoniker45]

I like the energy JoJ brings as a sixth man

 

[Otis]

I like the energy JoJ brings as a sixth man

I like my energy on the floor! Best if it is accompanied by a fair amount of talent. Basketball is not a “Rudy” sport.

Odds are the team with the best 5 wins.

 

[HitMeAgainIAmStillMoving]

I like my energy on the floor! Best if it is accompanied by a fair amount of talent. Basketball is not a “Rudy” sport.

Odds are the team with the best 5 wins.

Just curious, what is an example of a Rudy sport?

 

[HitMeAgainIAmStillMoving]

Hellen Keller could our rebound us.

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

Bet Garcia and Cooper log close to 40 tonight.

 

[golden10]

Our inbounds plays seem to be exclusively pass to Payne and see who he can over-power.

 

[Tully55]

4 freshman line-up?

 

[touchdownvikings]

That lineup needs to be shelved. No reason not to go with:

Cooper
Henley
JoJ
Garcia
Payne

TT is a stiff and Payne should be starting. No reason not to start the freshmen, Ramberg isn’t that good on defense.

We will have to see how much run Braeden gets.

I suspect we're heading that way sooner rather than later.

I think Trey has shown more than you apparently believe - but, that said, Payne is in a different league. And JoJ needs to be in - that's clear.

 

[touchdownvikings]

Henley!

What a pass!

 

[touchdownvikings]

Echo! ...Echo! ....Echooooooo!

 

[PhiloVance]

Wouldn't mind seeing better ball movement.

 

[touchdownvikings]

Wouldn't mind seeing better ball movement.

Ball moved from Henley to Payne nicely. ...But overall, I agree.

 

[howeda7]

Offensive rebounding is killing us.

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

Lousy defense

 

[Gopher Teeth]

Offensive rebounding is killing us.

9 to 1, terrible

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

More energy on defense and freaking block out.

 

[howeda7]

Desperately need a stop here.

 

[touchdownvikings]

9 to 1, terrible

Agree.

 

[howeda7]

Samuels is not good. Let Henly play the back-up PG minutes please.