***OFFICIAL GOPHERS VS MICHIGAN IN-GAME THREAD!!!***


Their defense is swallowing up the drivers right now. We're making a lot desperate passes after driving and leaving our feet.
 



Good NBA move, Andre! Now make them!
 



Great kickout by Mo. That should be the plan on O.
 





And there's the upside of Morris. Hopefully he stays under control.
 



Good play. Feed Walker. That's what they expect. It will make the game a 3-point shooting contest but it gives us a shot.

As frustrated with the clumsy turnovers and defensive lapses that Morris makes.....he has been pretty good at forcing steals and has been an interesting offensive weapon on a team that needs that.
 



Wow! Great move, Walker. We may need to change his name from Big Mo.....to Quick Mo Walker.
 


Nice to see us on the right side of one of those easy transition buckets after getting behind the defense.
 

Playing some good D the last few possessions. Gotta rebound better.
 

We seem to have woken up a bit on offense. Now if we can limit 2nd (and 3rd and 4th) chance points, we might be able to steal this one.
 

#1 thing that KILLS this team is the failure to block out- gotta be 5 times this game already
 


Clean up the TOs and the glass and we've got this game.
 

#1 thing that KILLS this team is the failure to block out- gotta be 5 times this game already

Absolutely. Seems to happen multiple times per game.....every game. Nobody seems to know how to put their body in between the opponent and the basket. We had three guys around the basket....yet the ball fell right into Doyle's hands. He didn't use his height to out-rebound anyone.
 

This team has some issues, but IMO their biggest problem is that their starting center fails to move his feet on defense and fails to ever box out on the defensive boards. Neither of these are excusable from a senior.

If I were the coaching staff, the starting center would be doing footwork-based defensive drills and box out drills all practice long for the next several weeks. If he would do either of these things this team might only have 2 losses right now.
 

#1 thing that KILLS this team is the failure to block out- gotta be 5 times this game already

I don't get how it can be such a consistent problem for so long. A few minutes ago their were two Gophers alone together under the basket and neither of them tried to block a Michigan player who grabbed the rebound.
 



Good. Elliot should be able to push a freshman around.
 

And EE has still not made 2 straight FT's this season...
 

Has EE ever gone 2-2 at the line in his career? Of course the answer is yes, but it seems like it never happens.
 

Is it just me or is the arena a morgue this afternoon?

Aside from the students occasionally making noise, it seems like the rest of the fans just sit and watch.
 




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