***OFFICIAL NORTH DAKOTA AT MINNESOTA IN-GAME THREAD!!!***

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The North Dakota swing of the exhibition schedule continues, this time lesser of the two programs. Second half was good progress against NDSU. Goal is to pick up where that half left off and build off it.

Last game to work the kinks out before it’s go time.

GET ‘ER DONE MEDVED!!!!!!!!!!
 







Married@SiebertField said:
Random fact: the 69-70 team played at UND (12/4) and then hosted UCLA (12/6). Nothing like a trip to Grand Forks to prepare for the Wizards of Westwood at Williams Arena. (It almost worked: lost by one in OT.)
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Even More random: How many days in our lives do we know what we were doing on a particular date in history years ago?
On December 6th 1969 I was at the Pasadena Bowl at the Rose Bowl. San Diego St beat Boston College 28 to 7. Head Coach Don Coryell completed his third undefeated season at San Diego St.

The PA at the Rose Bowl, in Jules Perlt style, said: In college basketball in overtime Minnesota 71 UCLA 72 and the crowd audibly gasped. Hours later when I could get to a phone, I called my brother to get a full report on the Gophers game because I knew he witnessed it.
UCLA under Wooden won another National Championship at season's end.
 

Great story—thank you for sharing.
60's Guy said:
Even More random: How many days in our lives do we know what we were doing on a particular date in history years ago?
On December 6th 1969 I was at the Pasadena Bowl at the Rose Bowl. San Diego St beat Boston College 28 to 7. Head Coach Don Coryell completed his third undefeated season at San Diego St.

The PA at the Rose Bowl, in Jules Perlt style, said: In college basketball in overtime Minnesota 71 UCLA 72 and the crowd audibly gasped. Hours later when I could get to a phone, I called my brother to get a full report on the Gophers game because I knew he witnessed it.
UCLA under Wooden won another National Championship at season's end.
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Great story—thanks for sharing. I know someone who was at the game. He was 12 years old. He claims Minnesota had the ball & the lead in OT & were victimized by a “Wooden call”—a suspect traveling or offensive foul against Minnesota. I have no idea if this is true. I need to go to the StarTribune archive and read the game account.
 

Married@SiebertField said:
Great story—thank you for sharing.

Great story—thanks for sharing. I know someone who was at the game. He was 12 years old. He claims Minnesota had the ball & the lead in OT & were victimized by a “Wooden call”—a suspect traveling or offensive foul against Minnesota. I have no idea if this is true. I need to go to the StarTribune archive and read the game account.
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Close. I was at that game.

Minnesota guard Ollie Shannon had a great night, but....

With about 15 seconds on the clock in regulation, the Gophers got the ball with a 2 pt lead. Ollie comes down the court, and with two Bruins under the basket, without hesitation jacks a 20 footer. A miss & UCLA is able to get the tie. Ollie, Ollie, Ollie.. All you had to do was hold on to the f***ing ball. Maybe the second most memorable play I've ever seen.
 



Mikie S said:
Close. I was at that game.

Minnesota guard Ollie Shannon had a great night, but....

With about 15 seconds on the clock in regulation, the Gophers got the ball with a 2 pt lead. Ollie comes down the court, and with two Bruins under the basket, without hesitation jacks a 20 footer. A miss & UCLA is able to get the tie. Ollie, Ollie, Ollie.. All you had to do was hold on to the f***ing ball. Maybe the second most memorable play I've ever seen.
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Ollie was what you call a "volume" shooter.
 

Mikie S said:
Close. I was at that game.

Minnesota guard Ollie Shannon had a great night, but....

With about 15 seconds on the clock in regulation, the Gophers got the ball with a 2 pt lead. Ollie comes down the court, and with two Bruins under the basket, without hesitation jacks a 20 footer. A miss & UCLA is able to get the tie. Ollie, Ollie, Ollie.. All you had to do was hold on to the f***ing ball. Maybe the second most memorable play I've ever seen.
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I was at that game too. The details are a little fuzzy for me, but I do remember thinking afterwards that we definitely should have won that game.
 

They can retire the "Cold as Ice" and properly announce the visitor starting line ups. I wont mind.
 








Did something happen to Asuma? He didn't play at least the last 5-6 minutes.
 




howeda7 said:
Did something happen to Asuma? He didn't play at least the last 5-6 minutes.
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Just following live stats had two fouls and was not very efficient. Already received more minutes in second half that all of the first 9 minutes into it. Not doing much in second half either. Seems like Omot is not doing much either....3 turnovers 2 fouls and only 1 assist.
Edit: As I post Omot has a dunk! :)
 


Point of emphasis from coaches after the game will be, "great job attacking the basket, but we must clean up the turnovers." I think we are now at 17 turnovers despite being up by 23 points.
 



A pretty meh outing. But I'm not convinced NDSU is that much better than UND.
 

howeda7 said:
A pretty meh outing. But I'm not convinced NDSU is that much better than UND.
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If “pretty meh” outings result in 20 point wins I’ll take those any day of the year! Seriously though, I know what you mean. Gives me a little reason for optimism when we’re thoroughly beating D1 opponents despite not necessarily playing that well yet.
 

First time seeing this new squad.

Top 2:
Tyson looks and plays like the real deal. He’s a nice all around player.

Willis Jr. is a nice, crafty player, quick and strong. 8 nice assists, needs to take a little better care of the ball, but he is generating a lot of our offense.

Next 2:
JCJ: Big body, decent hands and runs the court well. Would like to see him much more active on the boards.

Reynolds: He was very efficient and quietly put up 17 on 6-6 shooting and 5-5 on the line.

Next 2 (Pretty big drop)
Asuma: Very similar to last year, he looks like he should be really good with his strength and physicality, but he just kind of floats around and really doesn’t do a whole lot with or without the ball. Only 1 assist and pretty poor shooting.

Vaihola: He’ll be good taking up space and grabbing boards. Probably a ~20 minute type of guy to foul and grab rebounds.

Next 3:
Durkin, Omot and Grove: All 3 look uncomfortable with the ball. Durkin and Omot just look awkward. Grove hustles, but somehow did not even put up a shot attempt in 12 minutes despite having the ball deep in the paint multiple times. I think you can only have one of these three on the floor at the same time to eat minutes. Durkin can be a pick and pop guy, but shouldn’t put the ball on the floor.

Overall, I think we will rely heavily on Willis Jr and Tyson all year. Depth past the first 6 is pretty weak based on first impressions, but it’s super early.
 

Gold Vision said:
First time seeing this new squad.

Top 2:
Tyson looks and plays like the real deal. He’s a nice all around player.

Willis Jr. is a nice, crafty player, quick and strong. 8 nice assists, needs to take a little better care of the ball, but he is generating a lot of our offense.

Next 2:
JCJ: Big body, decent hands and runs the court well. Would like to see him much more active on the boards.

Reynolds: He was very efficient and quietly put up 17 on 6-6 shooting and 5-5 on the line.

Next 2 (Pretty big drop)
Asuma: Very similar to last year, he looks like he should be really good with his strength and physicality, but he just kind of floats around and really doesn’t do a whole lot with or without the ball. Only 1 assist and pretty poor shooting.

Vaihola: He’ll be good taking up space and grabbing boards. Probably a ~20 minute type of guy to foul and grab rebounds.

Next 3:
Durkin, Omot and Grove: All 3 look uncomfortable with the ball. Durkin and Omot just look awkward. Grove hustles, but somehow did not even put up a shot attempt in 12 minutes despite having the ball deep in the paint multiple times. I think you can only have one of these three on the floor at the same time to eat minutes. Durkin can be a pick and pop guy, but shouldn’t put the ball on the floor.

Overall, I think we will rely heavily on Willis Jr and Tyson all year. Depth past the first 6 is pretty weak based on first impressions, but it’s super early.
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Great summary! I saw only the first game but had mostly the same opinions.
 

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