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per Marcus:
Is Saturday’s 85-81 double overtime loss to South Dakota the worst for Minnesota in the last decade? My opinion is: No.
The Gophers had their 47-game nonconference home win streak snapped Saturday against the Coyotes, who just joined Division I basketball seven years ago. It’s definitely the worst loss for Minnesota’s program under third-year coach Richard Pitino. The last nonconference home loss was to Virginia in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge back in 2010. South Dakota lost to Kansas State on the road by 21 points this year, but this is a young team that was feeling too good about itself after beating Clemson on Monday.
An even longer streak of 68 straight wins against non-major conference foes at home came to an end Saturday. That dates back to what I think was the Gophers’ worst loss in the last decade.
It was 67-66 to Arkansas-Little Rock in 2006-07. Limar Wilson missed two free throws with 0.8 seconds left that would’ve tied or won the game. But Little Rock dominated its Big Ten opponent on the boards 43-16 that night. Yes. You read that correctly. There was an 18-3 advantage in offensive rebounding. And ALR finished just 13-17 that season. Minnesota went 9-22 (program record for losses in a season).
So that to me was even more dreadful than falling to South Dakota on Saturday. At least it seems that way right now, but there was a coaching change at the end of the 2006-07 season after the Gophers lost nine straight games.
http://blogs.twincities.com/gophers...-starts-becoming-too-common-for-pitinos-team/
Go Gophers!!
Is Saturday’s 85-81 double overtime loss to South Dakota the worst for Minnesota in the last decade? My opinion is: No.
The Gophers had their 47-game nonconference home win streak snapped Saturday against the Coyotes, who just joined Division I basketball seven years ago. It’s definitely the worst loss for Minnesota’s program under third-year coach Richard Pitino. The last nonconference home loss was to Virginia in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge back in 2010. South Dakota lost to Kansas State on the road by 21 points this year, but this is a young team that was feeling too good about itself after beating Clemson on Monday.
An even longer streak of 68 straight wins against non-major conference foes at home came to an end Saturday. That dates back to what I think was the Gophers’ worst loss in the last decade.
It was 67-66 to Arkansas-Little Rock in 2006-07. Limar Wilson missed two free throws with 0.8 seconds left that would’ve tied or won the game. But Little Rock dominated its Big Ten opponent on the boards 43-16 that night. Yes. You read that correctly. There was an 18-3 advantage in offensive rebounding. And ALR finished just 13-17 that season. Minnesota went 9-22 (program record for losses in a season).
So that to me was even more dreadful than falling to South Dakota on Saturday. At least it seems that way right now, but there was a coaching change at the end of the 2006-07 season after the Gophers lost nine straight games.
http://blogs.twincities.com/gophers...-starts-becoming-too-common-for-pitinos-team/
Go Gophers!!