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LesBolstad said:
I pity you. May God have mercy on your soul.
Also, STFU
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When you say "May God have mercy on your soul," it always sounds like he is making a sandwich. Other times, I think "Who is Mercy and when will God send me a Mercy."

Yes. STFU.
 

leib0039 said:
So just to preface, I was unable to watch. Did not see one play. Just looking at the box score, this screams of "this is why DG makes the big $$" game. That's what your star is now paid to do. Nice to see him find success at the end of a very good career.

As a hardened CBJ hater, I must say I'm shocked (in a good way) about how he's gotten a team that was 0-5 in conference and filled with guys that could've easily checked out, to play this well. Also kudos to the players, this is a nod to them as well.

Just based off a few pictures that were tweeted out, Barn looked to be pretty full and lively. I know it's old and needs some fixing, but for my money when the basketball is good, it's my favorite arena ever to be in. It just has a bit of mystique. So that is also fun to see.

The one negative I'll say, where in the actual fudge was this the first whatever 13 games? I think we can all agree after our lack luster NC and blowing it to OSU this looked like maybe the worst team in the P5, suddenly 3 straight Q1 wins? It's cool we are better but honestly, what happened to start this year?!? And I don't want to hear it's transfers. That's literally every single team
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I think Mike Mitchell missed 6 games with ankle injury.
 




PoockItInfor6 said:
I’m of the opinion this had a LOT to do with it.
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And even after he came back he was clearly limited for the first handful of games back. Team definitely needs him as he is clearly the second best offensive option on the team.
 


stocker08 said:
Quick.....let's blame the losses to North Texas and Wichita State on the poor non-conference schedule!
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60's Guy isn't very bright. There's a word for his type of thinking: solipsistic. It's the type of thinking where one believes that all the right answers are inside one's own head and there is no need to consult empirical evidence to check the validity of those beliefs.

Pomeroy ranks our nonconference schedule as #337. Here are some other teams with nonconference schedules ranked in the same general area.

Texas Tech, #329, 14-4

Maryland, #364, 15-5

Missouri, #356, 16-4

BYU, #348, 13-6

Texas, #352, 14-6

Oklahoma, #334, 15-4

Vanderbilt, #345, 16-4
 




Oneoldgopher said:
Give me USAF's losses and I bet I could get my 88-year-old mother to do a cartwheel before she is in the ground. I'm not saying she could do it independently, but George H. W. Bush sky dived as a strap on to another dude. Never say never.
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I'm of the belief that "my 88-year old mother" and "strap on" should never be used in the same paragraph no matter the context.

Unless we win...then you get a free pass from this guy.
 





I don't follow Gopher men's basketball, but I happened to look up the NET rankings, and I see there that Oregon has 8 Quad 1 wins, second most to #1-ranked Auburn, who has 11. (After Oregon, the next three highest have six.)
 

TwistingMyMelon said:
60's Guy isn't very bright. There's a word for his type of thinking: solipsistic. It's the type of thinking where one believes that all the right answers are inside one's own head and there is no need to consult empirical evidence to check the validity of those beliefs.

Pomeroy ranks our nonconference schedule as #337. Here are some other teams with nonconference schedules ranked in the same general area.

Texas Tech, #329, 14-4

Maryland, #364, 15-5

Missouri, #356, 16-4

BYU, #348, 13-6

Texas, #352, 14-6

Oklahoma, #334, 15-4

Vanderbilt, #345, 16-4
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So sad that’s Minnesota talking. Why can’t we strive to be better
 


TwistingMyMelon said:
60's Guy isn't very bright. There's a word for his type of thinking: solipsistic. It's the type of thinking where one believes that all the right answers are inside one's own head and there is no need to consult empirical evidence to check the validity of those beliefs.

Pomeroy ranks our nonconference schedule as #337. Here are some other teams with nonconference schedules ranked in the same general area.

Texas Tech, #329, 14-4

Maryland, #364, 15-5

Missouri, #356, 16-4

BYU, #348, 13-6

Texas, #352, 14-6

Oklahoma, #334, 15-4

Vanderbilt, #345, 16-4
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Oklahoma played (and beat) Providence, Arizona, Louisville, Georgia Tech, Oklahoma State and Michigan. How on earth does that = #334 strength of schedule?
 

Rocksoldier said:
So sad that’s Minnesota talking. Why can’t we strive to be better
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I'm not sure what your comment means. The point of my post was that having a weak nonconference schedule doesn't doom you to a poor season when you get to conference play.
 

TwistingMyMelon said:
I'm not sure what your comment means. The point of my post was that having a weak nonconference schedule doesn't doom you to a poor season when you get to conference play.
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Right.

What dooms you is a bad coach leading a talent starved team.

Add the weak nonconference schedule and we hit the trifecta.
 

stocker08 said:
Quick.....let's blame the losses to North Texas and Wichita State on the poor non-conference schedule!
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Wichita State is about 60 spots lower than the bottom teams in the Big Ten and about 100 lower than the middle and 145 lower than the top of the conference in the NET. That is not preparing you to play Big Ten teams.

Nobody knew North Texas was solid when we played and surely not when we scheduled them.

So I’m really not sure what your point is? Other than we lost so they must be good?
Or, if we can’t beat them how could we play tougher teams? What?
 

This was the most "real" of the 3 wins to me in terms of quality of play and not being fluky. The "theory" of this team of Dawson Garcia being consistently very good and then getting a really good performance from one other guy out of a group of 4-5 players has started to actually come to fruition. Against Michigan it was Patterson, against Iowa it was Odukale, and against Oregon it was Fox. If that recipe can continue to replicated they should avoid missing the Big Ten tournament which seemed like a lock at 0-6.

That charge Dawson took was the play of the game. Pretty rare for your best offensive player by a mile to also be the guy who makes a play like that.
 

60's Guy said:
Wichita State is about 60 spots lower than the bottom teams in the Big Ten and about 100 lower than the middle and 145 lower than the top of the conference in the NET. That is not preparing you to play Big Ten teams.

Nobody knew North Texas was solid when we played and surely not when we scheduled them.

So I’m really not sure what your point is? Other than we lost so they must be good?
Or, if we can’t beat them how could we play tougher teams? What?
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Right. So what's the point in whining about the non conference schedule not preparing the team.....when the team wasn't even beating the teams with a pulse? We weren't prepared? That's nothing more than an excuse.....and a tougher non con would have only led to more losses.....more than likely.
 

EG#9 said:
This was the most "real" of the 3 wins to me in terms of quality of play and not being fluky. The "theory" of this team of Dawson Garcia being consistently very good and then getting a really good performance from one other guy out of a group of 4-5 players has started to actually come to fruition. Against Michigan it was Patterson, against Iowa it was Odukale, and against Oregon it was Fox. If that recipe can continue to replicated they should avoid missing the Big Ten tournament which seemed like a lock at 0-6.

That charge Dawson took was the play of the game. Pretty rare for your best offensive player by a mile to also be the guy who makes a play like that.
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His defensive play is what really has stood out to me over these past few games. He seems more involved and active on that end of the floor.
 

GopherWeatherGuy said:
Most fans just want to see the Gophers regularly make the NCAA tournament. Which is a low, and attainable bar.
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Fair points. "Most" fans varies amongst fan populations. I've run across some very negative fans. Makes me wonder if they are closet Badger fans.
 

TwistingMyMelon said:
That's certainly part of it but some of them are contemptuous of him because they see him as a "DEI hire."
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Yes. Those are amongst the negative ones I've been referring to.

Whether loved or hated, there is little to nothing that can be done but to ride out the season.
 



GopherBlood777 said:
Yeah I know a lot of Badger fans that get negative when the Gophers are losing... said no one ever.
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Think he was probably referring to the negative fans that seem to be almost giddy about the programs struggles....or you know....the ones that routinely brag about betting against the team.

There are plenty of keyboard warriors that love to go on other fan sites, pretending to be a fan of the team just to rip on the actual fans for their team's struggles. Those are the posters that get real quiet when things are going well only to reappear the moment there is something to be negative about again.
 
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60's Guy said:
Wichita State is about 60 spots lower than the bottom teams in the Big Ten and about 100 lower than the middle and 145 lower than the top of the conference in the NET. That is not preparing you to play Big Ten teams.

Nobody knew North Texas was solid when we played and surely not when we scheduled them.

So I’m really not sure what your point is? Other than we lost so they must be good?
Or, if we can’t beat them how could we play tougher teams? What?
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Disagree with North Texas they've been a top AAC team for a few years now, they knocked Wisconsin out of the NIT two years ago and that same team lost to FAU's FF squad in the conference tournament finals. As far Wichita goes we played them in a tournament, I was surprised we drew them thinking we would draw Wake Forest in the first round and we should have beaten them (fucking foul when up three) But I would say anyone who has paid attention would have said North Texas was our toughest guarenteed non con opponent
 

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