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

[kg21]

I knew that the wheels would eventually fall off when we got to the end of the first half. Despite the big lead. But that doesn’t make it any less frustrating to have seen the wheels go rolling down the hill without the bus, and down to the canyon floor.

The 18 point lead was basically gone in 10 minutes.

That's all she wrote.

 

[topos]

"depth won't be an issue next year"

Man if I had a nickel every time i heard that one the past 4.5 years.

Fair lol

 

[cheeseheadgophfan]

Don't tell the refs about the low amount of Minnesota fouls.

And still twice as many as the Badgers.....

 

[Rocksoldier]

And still twice as many as the Badgers.....

They made 5 more then we took

 

[StPaulDrew]

Anybody have a clip of the Carrington leg kick on the 4pt play? That was absurd. Realize that doesn’t get called often, but that was pretty obvious.

 

[Rocksoldier]

Anybody have a clip of the Carrington leg kick on the 4pt play? That was absurd. Realize that doesn’t get called often, but that was pretty obvious.

I was there it was obvious

 

[cheeseheadgophfan]

They made 5 more then we took

Late in the first half Morris made a comment about the Gophers having only been called for 4 fouls.....he failed to mention the Badgers had only been called for 2.

 

[howeda7]

 

[Rocksoldier]

I think they can still finish 10-10

 

[cheeseheadgophfan]

Just watched the replay and the 2nd half officiating was criminal.

It was obvious from the start of the 2nd half that the refs were going to interject themselves in the game after letting them play the 1st half. For anyone criticizing Reynold both of the traveling calls against him at the start of the 2nd half were horseshit calls. Clearly the refs were looking for something to call. It wasn't the amount of fouls called, it was when they were called and when they weren't.

Blackwell started the 2nd half just putting his head down and plowing to the basket and he got all the calls. He shot more FT's than the Gophers team did. Carrington held and grabbed and bumped Durkin the whole 2nd half and never got called for a foul. He also should've been T'd up for pushing Reynolds down. BS.

Awarding Winter the TO when I think he was on the line and sure as hell wasn't in the air and signaling TO was ridiculous.

Carrington kicking out was obvious and dangerous.

Calling 2 T's on Boyd and Shinholster was an absolute cop-out. Watch. Ref blows whistle and signals T and only points to Boyd, yet the call magically gets changed to a double T. Couple minutes later, Boyd, after being stripped by Reynolds dives into the pile with a shoulder block better than any Badger made all year. No call.

22-11 FT disparity.

There's more but I'm tired of typing and going to bed. God I hate the Badgers.

 

[EG#9]

First off credit to Niko and the guys for competing, I thought this was a guaranteed 20 point loss. Objectively, we can barely put 5 guys on the floor that have scholarships. It was nice to see Durkin finally have a lights out game from 3, in hindsight it would have been nice to have those 5 made threes spread out in a couple of these other losses.

That said, I am really bummed. You can't blow a 35-17 halftime lead. You can't give up 50 points in a second half (actually the second time in a row they've done this against Wisconsin). Starting the 2nd half with 3 straight turnovers and then 4 in their first 5 possessions really set a bad tone. The second half was every bit as bad as you'd expect from a team with ~6 scholarship guys (really hard to call Gizzi a scholarship guy to me who'd be 7, but also that's kind of on Niko). 50-28 is the type of score you put up on a team outside the top 300 on KenPom. I haven't heard Niko's postgame comments, but I have been glad in the past that he hasn't tried to excuse away losing so I hope he had a similar tone tonight.

I can see the optomist viewpoint that if Niko can be competitive with this group, we should be very good going forward. My view is that we're in the same tier as Wisconsin, USC, Iowa, and Indiana this year. There's a possiblity all 4 make the tournament. Some/all of them will have momentum to sell for next year that we will not. Two of those teams have first year coaches as well. We had a chance to breakthrough this year and there's no guarantee that will be available to us next year. We could easily be 7-3/6-4 in Conference play with a couple wins over Wisconsin and some real excitement around the program. Maybe next year will be that breakthrough, but we're going to need some significant additions from the portal/overseas to make that happen.

I have some minor quibbles with how we've played out the end of some of these games (Tyson midrange against USC twice late, not bringing a second defender to Blackwell, Asuma's 3 tonight), but for the most part it's just been horrible luck. We were very lucky at times last year, but the rebound from that has been unreal. Carrington making 7 3's, Langston fouling when Mezza was going to fall down or throw up a prayer, the goal tend at the end of the Ohio State game, and then some of the stuff tonight...it's just hard to believe all of that could happen to one team in such a short period of time.

 

[Unregistered User]

And with a bench as short as this, we need more than 4 points from JCJ and more than 7 shots.

I am not tryin to ascribe blame to anyone. Just really frustrated.

And I’m really pissed that the announcing crew and the guys on the BIG show on BTN kept talking about how we were short because Tyson was out without mentioning the other 4 guys that were out. 7 scholarship guys able to play.

AND on top of that, they described traitor Carrington as “former Gopher great” traitor Carrington. FFS

 

[Roland Brooks]

JCJ and Asuma 4-17 from 3PT line tonight. Ouch! Love Asuma, but he needs to learn how to shoot consistently. You got 2 G out there Reynolds shooting 19% on year from 3PT and Asuma at 30%.

Agree.. Asuma shoot on balance.

 

[Bad Gopher]

I knew that the wheels would eventually fall off when we got to the end of the first half. Despite the big lead. But that doesn’t make it any less frustrating to have seen the wheels go rolling down the hill without the bus, and down to the canyon floor.

Against our rival that we haven't beaten since 'Nam, no less. This is a tough one. I'm feeling physically sick about it.

I feel bad for the players and coaches; I feel bad for us; I feel bad all over.

 

[MNVCGUY]

And with a bench as short as this, we need more than 4 points from JCJ and more than 7 shots.

I am not tryin to ascribe blame to anyone. Just really frustrated.

And I’m really pissed that the announcing crew and the guys on the BIG show on BTN kept talking about how we were short because Tyson was out without mentioning the other 4 guys that were out. 7 scholarship guys able to play.

AND on top of that, they described traitor Carrington as “former Gopher great” traitor Carrington. FFS

My biggest gripe about the announcing crew last night was that the color commentator kept referring to our jerseys as yellow. I mean I get that there is not a ton of difference between yellow and the gold we use but come on.

 

[Bad Gopher]

My biggest gripe about the announcing crew last night was that the color commentator kept referring to our jerseys as yellow. I mean I get that there is not a ton of difference between yellow and the gold we use but come on.

On one hand, I think Morris provides as good of technical analysis as anyone in the game. On the other hand, claiming Blackwell didn't push off while video is rolling of him pushing off is nothing more than gaslighting. At the end of the day, the league and their announcers have their favorites, and it ain't us.

 

[bga1]

Agree.. Asuma shoot on balance.

His shooting, in particular, is really hurting us. He is now 34% for all FG shooting- that is awful. 30% from 3pt range. He has made a nice step forward as a player this year and his defense is really good but he has to improve as a shooter. He gets a lot of wide open looks because of Durkin, JCJ and Tyson being the focus.

It is just crazy that this team does not shoot well, doesn't make free throws, doesn't have the size to rebound, isn't real quick and manages to compete with everyone.

 

[FinnGopher]

His shooting, in particular, is really hurting us. He is now 34% for all FG shooting- that is awful. 30% from 3pt range. He has made a nice step forward as a player this year and his defense is really good but he has to improve as a shooter. He gets a lot of wide open looks because of Durkin, JCJ and Tyson being the focus.

It is just crazy that this team does not shoot well, doesn't make free throws, doesn't have the size to rebound, isn't real quick and manages to compete with everyone.

Grove was perfect from behind the arch.

 

[GophersInIowa]

 

[GophersInIowa]

Gaard wanted to complement Medved and Medved wanted nothing to do with it at the handshake which I love. We don’t need pity. Medved is fn competitive.

Go Gophers!!

I also noticed Niko exited the handshake line instead of waiting for the players that were celebrating. I love it, he’s pissed.

This as well. He hates the badgers.

 

[MNVCGUY]

It is just crazy that this team does not shoot well, doesn't make free throws, doesn't have the size to rebound, isn't real quick and manages to compete with everyone.

You forgot - has no depth.

On paper we should be getting blown out every night. Frustrating as hell that they keep coming up just short during this stretch but it definitely is not from lack of effort on the part of the players and coaches.

 

[jovs]

They were tired by halftime, I'm surprised they were in it until the end. Asuma and Durkin kept it close.

His shooting, in particular, is really hurting us. He is now 34% for all FG shooting- that is awful. 30% from 3pt range. He has made a nice step forward as a player this year and his defense is really good but he has to improve as a shooter. He gets a lot of wide open looks because of Durkin, JCJ and Tyson being the focus.

It is just crazy that this team does not shoot well, doesn't make free throws, doesn't have the size to rebound, isn't real quick and manages to compete with everyone.

How many of those shots were last second time is running out shots. When you don't have many options it is easier to guard and shot percentages go down.

 

[Chico Gopher]

Anybody have a clip of the Carrington leg kick on the 4pt play? That was absurd. Realize that doesn’t get called often, but that was pretty obvious.

I remember watching the play and several of the replays and thinking, "Not much if any. Maybe a couple of inches if that. Certainly nothing close to the level of the Reggie Miller days.".