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

[Gophers7633]

If you win enough games, the “metrics” don’t matter.

Go 13-7 in the conference and you’re good to go.

I think that would be enough. Have to hope none of these B1G teams fall into Q4. Right now we're 3-3 in Q's 1-3. Need some more (and top end) quality wins.

 

[stocker08]

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How dare you short change us like that!?

 

[Gopher_T-line]

Hawkins is a completely different player from the start of the season...who go to him?

he's finally playing with pace. it felt like he was going a million mph the first few games. he changes direction so quickly it's incredible

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

There will be a lot of swing games like this and Michigan this year. 2 more next week agains Indiana and Iowa.

The season will be defined by winning or losing a bunch of close games. Huge to get two on the good side this week.

Learn to win the close ones and build that confidence.

There appears to be no panicking either

 

[pharmacygopher]

Hawkins is a completely different player from the start of the season...who go to him?

CBJ made a comment during the post game interview after the Michigan win that they've demanded he play a different style than he did at his prior school. Learning curve

 

[Gopher_T-line]

also, Hawkins has really been holding his own on defense. I didn't expect it at all.

 

[PMWinSTP]

Man, they are fun to watch! Good, tough win. Hawkins is a fireball.

 

[Lutefisk guy]

Hawkins playing at a high level.

When the offensive goes stagnant he can breakdown his defender and get his teammates easy buckets.

If Hawk plays the first half like he did the second, we win by 15!!! Go Gophers

 

[Chico Gopher]

Amazingly, the Gophers end up outshooting Maryland 41% to 38%. Rebounds ended up about even. And despite the ugly number on the box score, we make 6 clutch free throws in the final :25 seconds.

A couple of other numbers that were interesting. Offensive rebounds, relative to 2nd chance points. One would expect each offensive rebound to be worth at least a point. Maryland had 12 offensive boards worth only 8 points. The Gophers actually had more offensive rebounds (13), but only cashed in 4 points.

Turnovers: The expectation is that each turnover is worth a point. Maryland with 17 turnovers. Gophers scored 15 from that. Terrapins were much better at cashing in on Gopher turnovers. 10 TO cost Minnesota 17 points.

Nice comeback win. Actually, considering that 10 minute stretch in the first half, it was a GREAT comeback win! Good to see Payne come alive in 2nd half. Garcia got some big points at the end of the game. Although he got to the line a lot, I thought we did a nice job on Young. Prior to his last 2 shots, he was just 3-15 from the field with only 1 three point make.

 

[LongLiveMilesTarver]

I have no idea why maryland is our kryptonite but time to change that. 2-16 all time, 0 for the last 10! At home, they have been poor on offense, now is the time!

The Joey king game, the 07 game on the road and tonight.

 

[GopherJack]

Sorry. My mental math was off by .9%. Will do better boss.

No problem. Hopefully, today's FT shooting was an outlier.

 

[Dakota2]

Hawkins has been awfu.

Post of the night. Exceptional basketball knowledge.

 

[MNVCGUY]

Hawkins is playing at an All-Big Ten level right now.

Horrible shooting in the first half, Mitchell and Garcia were both really off offensively and yet they still found a way to battle back and get the W. Has to be a huge confidence booster for the team knowing that even when their top offensive players have off nights they can still win the game.

Major bummer still that Payne is so bad from the line. That is going to keep him off the court late in games. Carrington and Garcia though came up clutch from the line late.

Fox made an impact in limited minutes as he was all over the court.

This is fun.....this team is fun.....here's hoping they can keep on stacking up the wins.

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

In case you didn't notice, we are now 14-1 against the betting line. #1 in the nation. I guess that's the result of being underestimated. Eventually they'll start giving us tougher lines to beat.

 

[JZABR]

Learn to win the CB lose ones and build that confidence.

There appears to be no panicking either

They said during the game that CBJ said he's now dribbling with a purpose and changing pace, slowing down when needed. Another advantage of a weaker nonconference is being able to implement a bit of a learning curve for him and it's paying off. Possibly why some of those games were a bit closer than they could've been

 

[LongLiveMilesTarver]

Reese whines every single play.

Consider his sister.

 

[Gold Vision]

Give MD some credit.... they are good defensively!!

That was an ugly game we found ways to lose every time last year.

 

[LongLiveMilesTarver]

That last crowd zoom out shot looked like an average age of 70.

And that includes the several toddlers.

 

[FinnGopher]

So much positive in this game.
One thing, I am really happy Carrington is back. His defense and rebounding are vital. It allowed us to play small in the last 3 minutes. If I am giving out atta boyz, I give one to Carrington.

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

Huge minutes by Fox capped off with the dunk.

 

[CentralGopher]

That was a bit of an ugly win. However this year ends up I’ll say at least this team is more fun to watch than the last couple of years.

 

[GopherVotary]

Coach Ben! Coyle is a genius!

 

[Batc0017]

Post of the night. Exceptional basketball knowledge.

Elite post.

 

[Unregistered User]

We made 61.1% FTs. I want better. Great win though. Go Gophers!

0-2 from JOJ , 0-3 from Payne on only 18 total attempts, but yes, it needs to get better.

 

[LesBolstad]

Good win boys! Didn't think it was happening after watching that first 15 minutes.

Poorly officiated game. Most notable was the late obvious basket interference missed. How do 3 guys miss that? And then the ridiculous explanation given to the announcers. Who's that short official who always seems to hose the Gophers? He was the guy who called a horrendous last second call vs. NE on Coffey- damn near cost us a NCAA berth.

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

Story of Johnson’s time as a coach. Every team has bad stretches but his teams go well beyond that. You can recover from a 14-7 run but 14-0 is ridiculous.

Look at what Maryland put up from the start of the 2nd half to the 9:27 mark. 14 points

 

[GopherJack]

0-2 from JOJ , 0-3 from Payne on only 18 total attempts, but yes, it needs to get better.

But we have been better this year. Coming in to the game, we've been much better than last year right?

 

[MNVCGUY]

0-2 from JOJ , 0-3 from Payne on only 18 total attempts, but yes, it needs to get better.

somehow someway Payne has to figure this out. I am sure they work on it all the time and he probably hits them at a decent clip in practice but in the game he is a mess. He can be a major difference maker but if he has to be on the bench late it close games it really limits his value and will hurt his pro prospects as well when the time comes.

 

[Unregistered User]

First 3 game B10 win streak since we won 7 straight in 2016-2017

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

somehow someway Payne has to figure this out. I am sure they work on it all the time and he probably hits them at a decent clip in practice but in the game he is a mess. He can be a major difference maker but if he has to be on the bench late it close games it really limits his value and will hurt his pro prospects as well when the time comes.

Parker canned a couple, so evened things out a little in that regard. Think Payne will get better on them.