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

[Jack jones]

Johnson should, at least, give half his last years salary to Dinkytown, he didnt earn it.

 

[JZABR]

So far Asuma is looking Asuma!

 

[gopherlaney]

Great half. They might now win many games this year, but they are extremely well coached.

 

[bga1]

Like how our young guys like Grovy and Shin already are progressing so much early in their careers.
Didn't see much of that w/ Lil' Ricky and BJ

It's a system you can learn. Both of the previous coaches had a "make a play for yourself" offense.
That's tough to fit in when a player has short minutes and it is easy to become tentative as we saw from so many players in the past. Honestly, I think that Medved could have made a player out of a kid like Ihnen, just by having a pattern for the kid to work off of.

 

[Gophers7633]

Layups and wide open 3's for the most part that first half. Really impressive display. Grove has been a nice surprise. If we can hit our 3's in the 2nd half I like our chances.

 

[matt]

Great half. They might now win many games this year, but they are extremely well coached.

This team would be so fun to watch with a healthy, competitive roster.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Martinelli and our man with a 7-7 draw in the first half

 

[Married@SiebertField]

The Gophers are certainly more fun to watch this year as compared to last years calamity .

I was not a Ben Johnson fan and it was time to make a change but the Gophers won five Big Ten road games last year. The season was not quite a disaster.

 

[matt]

I imagine Northwestern fans (and some other opponent fans this year) grow very frustrated watching their teams be seemingly terrible at fundamental defense as they get carved up by backdoor cuts.

 

[golf]

We would be down by 10 right now with a lot of coaches.
Our buckets are coming from good coaching.

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

I think they played pretty well in the first half. These are two teams from the bottom half of the league so the Gophers need to show that they are at least competitive and close to these teams and they've done that in the first half.

Good minutes by Grove so far to compensate somewhat for Crocker-Johnson playing limited minutes. Like to see a little more from Durkin and JCJ in the second half.

 

[nitramnaed]

It’s unfortunate We don’t have a bench. If we could put somebody on Martinelli, pound the heck out of him, and get him into foul trouble that would help.
He has a tendency to get frustrated when he’s challenged.

 

[topos]

I imagine Northwestern fans (and some other opponent fans this year) grow very frustrated watching their teams be seemingly terrible at fundamental defense as they get carved up by backdoor cuts.

Past regimes had zero answers for aggressive, overplaying Ds. So refreshing to see easy buckets.

 

[jblass]

I was about to say something nice about Reynolds play today and then he makes an unnecessary turnover!

 

[BTChamp]

I was about to say something nice about Reynolds play today and then he makes an unnecessary turnover!

Me too.

 

[bhk3yx]

hallucinating or did Tyson not get straight absolutely mugged by three wildcats on that putback attempt—no replay was shown

 

[GophersInIowa]

Durkin is pretty worthless if he’s not hitting outside shots. Does nothing else well.

 

[golf]

Talent matters

 

[bga1]

Martinelli has taken Reynolds inside and has too much size. Need to switch to JCJ or Tyson on him.

 

[Duker]

Durkin is pretty worthless if he’s not hitting outside shots. Does nothing else well.

I don’t agree. He is a good passer and his defense isn’t that bad.

 

[book]

Guard martinilla. Dang it!

 

[GophersInIowa]

Martinelli talks a lot of shit. Got in Crocker-Johnson’s face after a timeout earlier.

 

[jblass]

TO’s are killing us in the second half!

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

I was about to say something nice about Reynolds play today and then he makes an unnecessary turnover!

Has 9 assists with 8:52 left

 

[Married@SiebertField]

Martinelli talks a lot of shit. Got in Crocker-Johnson’s face after a timeout earlier.

Back in the day (‘99 game at NU) Clem played Aune a few minutes to body Eschmeyer—it helped.

 

[JZABR]

Has 9 assists with 8:52 left

Was just about to say this. He may be our best passer. Good bounce back game for him

 

[book]

Tyson filed on that drive!

 

[book]

Guard the 3s and make martinilla go right

 

[Married@SiebertField]

Two well-coached teams: fun to watch.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Was just about to say this. He may be our best passer. Good bounce back game for him

Now a double double with only 2 TOs