***OFFICIAL OHIO STATE AT MINNESOTA IN-GAME THREAD!!!***

[Spaulding!No!]

Lol Edmans blocked out Garcia.

Edmonds.

 

[Angry]

Edmonds.

He’s not good enough for me to care to spell his name correctly.

 

[Gilthorp57]

Shot clock never reset after tOSU hit the rim and Dawson got the board, we came down the floor with a 12 second shot clock

So much for the home court advantage

 

[Ewert86PC]

The O/U for this thread is 4.5

 

[Gilthorp57]

Betts got his 2 minutes

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

Nice decision there from Asuma. So many kids settle there instead of driving for an easy 2.

 

[drewhaus7]

Betts got his 1 minute again!

 

[Gilthorp57]

Betts got his 1 minute again!

Him and Rigsby are now on the same plan

 

[bga1]

Betts got his 1 minute again!

Ben has some bizarre substitution patterns and starting lineups. Big Frank is a disaster out there and Garcia- ooof is he way off tonight.

 

[Spaulding!No!]

Drops and stops!

 

[drewhaus7]

Would be curious to see if a different coach with this team would have a different rotation. One rotation I would like to see would be Asuma, Mitchell, Betts, Edmonds, Garcia.

 

[short ornery norwegian]

Patterson with some good drives to the paint tonight - showing another aspect to his game.

 

[stocker08]

Odekale three pointer! May actually be our night.

 

[Gilthorp57]

Odekale three pointer! May actually be our night.

The defender looked stunned that he shot it.

 

[bga1]

Asuma may have a ways to go but he is by far the smartest player we have on the court. He makes plays for other guys and doesn't have to dominate the ball to do it.

 

[FinnGopher]

Patterson with some good drives to the paint tonight - showing another aspect to his game.

Followed by a horrible drive. Son, I don't know what you see in him.

 

[bga1]

Followed by a horrible drive. Son, I don't know what you see in him.

He should be a football player or maybe rugby. Tough kid, but not fun to watch as a basketball player.

 

[Gilthorp57]

Weird four guard line up with Parker

 

[FinnGopher]

Betts with the metaphoric wedgie shot that speaks to this season.

 

[Gilthorp57]

Beautiful two man, Fox with the flush!!

 

[bga1]

oh my, that was a classic possession. What a play by Mike Mitchell. yikes. We did win the half though!! That is the first half we have won in Big Ten play...

 

[Spaulding!No!]

Raise and extension!

 

[Outsider]

Zip, zero, zilch from Garcia and we lead at the half. Must be a parallel universe.

 

[ecoperson]

The O/U for this thread is 4.5

The Gophers lead at half so there's nothing to write about. The fans will push this to 5 pages once the Gophers lose... that's just how it goes.

 

[FinnGopher]

I get putting Garcia in for a last shot at half, but why substitute Asuma out? Take out a poor shooter. Instead our spacing gets all messed up and Mitchell throws up something (can't call it a shot) in the direction of the basket. Does Ben have no set play for this scenario or was the play horribly botched by the players?

 

[Spaulding!No!]

I get putting Garcia in for a last shot at half, but why substitute Asuma out? Take out a poor shooter. Instead our spacing gets all messed up and Mitchell throws up something (can't call it a shot) in the direction of the basket. Does Ben have no set play for this scenario or was the play horribly botched by the players?

It’s possible there is no set play. Remember Pitino ball.

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

Well, the defense is better tonight or maybe it's partially because Ohio State doesn't shoot like Purdue. I like the unlikely result of a one-point lead at half without Garcia scoring a point.

They were terrible in the second half of the Purdue game but not so bad in the second half of the first two games. I'm sure that even if they have a 5 point lead with two minutes left I'll be thinking like Randy Quaid in Major League 2: "They'll blow it. They always do!"

 

[bga1]

Patterson, Garcia, Mitchell 3-17 from the field. The rest of the team 9-13.

OSU is going to score 40 in the second half. Can we match? I hope so.

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

Does Ben have no set play for this scenario or was the play horribly botched by the players?

I'm not sure I want to know the answer to that question. What I don't know probably won't annoy me as much.

 

[bga1]

Well, the defense is better tonight or maybe it's partially because Ohio State doesn't shoot like Purdue. I like the unlikely result of a one-point lead at half without Garcia scoring a point.

OSU is going to jack every three they can get. They were 3-15 in the first half. Let's hope they stay cold.

They were terrible in the second half of the Purdue game but not so bad in the second half of the first two games. I'm sure that even if they have a 5 point lead with two minutes left I'll be thinking like Randy Quaid in Major League 2: "They'll blow it. They always do!"