***OFFICIAL MINNESOTA VS MICHIGAN STATE BTT IN-GAME THREAD!!!***

[TwistingMyMelon]

Taking Mitchell out takes one less player out for the bigs to kick it too. Plus he is best bet to get a steal yet he still on bench. CBJ just doesn't know how to get it done in these tough games in the 2nd half and down the stretch. Pretty much just relying on Garcia to score it all. We are tired and two steps behind them.

I agree with you on the whole but it isn't a matter of just one player sitting who could help. Ben Johnson consistently has left his roster too short over his three seasons. These critical mistakes are made in the offseason.

 

[Homerpalooza]

Ouch.

 

[stocker08]

MSU has been making shots and the Gophers haven't. Hustle plays goes towards MSU as well. Just didn't play well enough.

 

[Spaulding!No!]

Coyle could fire em all. I am certain 98% of the fan base wouldn’t flinch

 

[EasyThere Pilgrim]

Pretty obvious to most, but there's no excuses because we're healthy and have beaten them before. And it's essentially a home game.

No such thing as a meaningless game for this program, especially against one of the conference elites.

If you only care about next year, you might wanna stay out of this thread...it could get messy depending on which Gophers show up.

I see others saying "no excuses" too. Yeah...it's a setup for a COLOSSAL MELTDOWN...so I'm staying out of this thread (read page 1 & 2 only).

It IS a meaningless game for us...as in it doesn't change anything if we win or lose. Assuming we get some more NIT or CBI games to practice before gearing up for what's really important...which is next year.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Payne has SEVEN Turnovers

 

[USAF]

Fucking Johnson is in so far over his head he can't even see the surface of the water.

Fire his ass before sunset.

 

[007gopherfan]

I agree with you on the whole but it isn't a matter of just one player sitting who could help. Ben Johnson consistently has left his roster too short over his three seasons. These critical mistakes are made in the offseason.

Agreed....Seems like banking on Ihnen, JOJ, Jack Wilson and seeing how that worked now. Surprised Ramberg also hasn't been used...not flashy...but can provide 2-5 minutes of tough cutting grit down low I think.

 

[Gilthorp57]

Not much to say....same old shit

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

Airball from 7 feet sums up the day.

 

[Spaulding!No!]

Bleed’s off-season thread to drop in 3.2.1

 

[stocker08]

Payne has SEVEN Turnovers

He had a really bad stretch when MSU went on that run. Missed layup....stripped twice....magnet hands on a dunk leading to a basket interference on himself.

 

[Homerpalooza]

Make a 3 when it doesn't matter.

I suspect we will play MSU for the B1G Hockey title

 

[kg21]

Gopher Hoops is just one big snooze fest.

Some are excited if they all come back. I have no idea why!

Please get a new coach and a new plan.

 

[Gilthorp57]

Agreed....Seems like banking on Ihnen, JOJ, Jack Wilson and seeing how that worked now. Surprised Ramberg also hasn't been used...not flashy...but can provide 2-5 minutes of touch cutting grit down low I think.

Ramburg SHOULD have had some run

 

[Gopherbbdude]

To many fouls down the stretch

 

[WindyCityGopher]

Normally I'd expect to lose to MSU by double digits in our first game of the B1G tournament, but this just happens to be one of Izzo's least accomplished teams of the last 20 years, and we were playing at home, so this one feels pretty egregious. Same old shit.

 

[Spaulding!No!]

Gopher Hoops is just one big snooze fest.

Some are excited if they all come back. I have no idea why!

Please get a new coach and a new plan.

Tougher non con and the season record is 14-18. BJ might be a genius.

 

[stocker08]

At least we didn't lose because of the reffing.

 

[Homerpalooza]

To many fouls down the stretch

That didn't help, but we got so much stripped away from us under the basket.

 

[007gopherfan]

We sure can talk like we are going to put up a fight, but still not any walk.....what a disappointing showing in the 2nd half....not much fight at all. Just don't see why we still only have 2 recruits coming in.....better pound the transfer portal tough and make playing time earned for all!

 

[MplsGopher]

NIT?

 

[Ewert86PC]

Well, that was oddly expectations meeting disappointing. It's like we just gave up with 4 minutes left. Sloppy play, no defense, no fire.
Ugh.

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

MSU has been making shots and the Gophers haven't. Hustle plays goes towards MSU as well. Just didn't play well enough.

Since the last time these two teams played, Minnesota has been outscored in the second half, sometimes by a lot, in most of the games. There is a cumulative effect of fatigue as the season wears on and its been very evident in these late season games.

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

NIT?

I doubt it but we'll see.

 

[Gophers7633]

That was a pretty terrible 2nd half performance defensively. Which has been the case the last 5 weeks or so.

 

[jham13]

There were some great strides made this season, but finishing 3-7 in your last ten games tanked it! At least they didn't finish last in the B1G as projected.

 

[Ewert86PC]

Since the last time these two teams played, Minnesota has been outscored in the second half, sometimes by a lot, in most of the games. There is a cumulative effect of fatigue as the season wears on and its been very evident in these late season games.

So you're implying that we're lacking in stamina?

 

[stocker08]

We sure can talk like we are going to put up a fight, but still not any walk.....what a disappointing showing in the 2nd half....not much fight at all. Just don't see why we still only have 2 recruits coming in.....better pound the transfer portal tough and make playing time earned for all!

Because the scholarships are accounted for.

 

[VanillaThunder]

Ben should be fired. He failed to develop his players. He continued to only play 7 guys. Even if they had won today, they would have had no legs for tomorrow.