This song brings back memories for us old timers from nearly 50 years ago, when fans showed up early to watch the Bill Musselman pre-game warm-up show. Turn your volume up to enjoy a fun 20 minutes at this YouTube link:
outside of Garcia & Payne he is basically #3 for me on who we need to keep on board!!
I agree, but he is not good off the ball at all. That’s our biggest struggle overall defensively.
I agree, and he can’t get lost on the back doors - that was 8 points on layups that shouldn’t happen. He also would get caught watching the ball and then his man beat him on the screen so he was chasing. He can learn that, but surprising he struggles with it so much still at this point in year. It’s why he sat so much earlier in year, because he was such a liability on defense even more than his turnovers. He has so much potential though, I’d love to see him stay.
They don’t get many right.
Good take on having to guard Tominaga. He reminds me of the Energizer Bunny only a lot quicker. As far as getting lost on the back door, that happened to a couple of other Gophers also.
Maximizing thrill and risk and therefore entertainment value?
Henley's three point percentage is higher than Battle's. His overall shooting percentage is roughly the same as Battle. We are not "taking a shot" with Henley. He and Payne are the best of the freshmen going forward.
Yes he is but he won't often be on the floor more than 25 minutes and sometimes much less due to foul problems. The second highest priority in the portal is a physically strong post backup.
You don't deserve a T, you earn it. Ben earned it and got rewarded. At that moment we had seven fouls, Nebby had two. Five minutes later it was Nebby 10, Gophs eight.
So that’s what happened against Elk River during a B squad game my Sophomore year, when I threw the ball against the back wall after a particularly onerous foul was called .
I was rewarded with the bench the rest of the big the game.
The next time we faced the Elks at our gym I simply slammed it as hard as I could against the floor, expecting a different result.
Was this around 2007-8? My son played for the Elks and I seem to recall something like this.
I was late 80s and as far as I know, it wasn’t any of my progeny
Sure, looking now, it’s much more clear that he’s talented, but there were a lot of points in the season where he looked very lost. Whether by choice or necessity, Ben played him through those growing pains, and we’re seeing some of the potential.