Ogee Ogilthorpe
Over Macho Grande?
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I'm extremely happy with the outcome of the game. Not just getting a win but how it happened. This team seems to take another step (in different ways each time) every time they take the floor. Tonight, it was overcoming another slow start but THIS time on the road.
A few notes:
Sampson and Iverson were REALLY getting pushed around in the paint, a fair amount of which should have been called probably, so Tubby went away from that and went small. The Iowa "bigs" were pushing and shoving them out of the lane and denying them both position and the ball. That pretty much forced the offense to start 30 feet from the basket way too often.
Despite this, Sampson and Iverson missed some bunnies down low that they just won't miss very often; along with a few Hawkeye circus shots, combined for a fast start for the Hawks.
This game, and probably even the OSU game, are games that the Gophers just didn't win under the previous regime. These are character building wins that are really going to do the Gophers a lot of good come February and March.
Ugly, ugly, ugly, but it sure doesn't look ugly in the W-L column.
Officiating was way too ticky-tack for BT basketball. There was less contact in this game than I've seen in a game in a while and both teams were still in the double bonus at the end. Gotta let them play a little bit.
If Westbrook doesn't leave his man wide open on Iowa's last 3-pointer and Nolen makes at least 1 of the 2 FT's he bricked, things wouldn't have been so tense.
A few notes:
Sampson and Iverson were REALLY getting pushed around in the paint, a fair amount of which should have been called probably, so Tubby went away from that and went small. The Iowa "bigs" were pushing and shoving them out of the lane and denying them both position and the ball. That pretty much forced the offense to start 30 feet from the basket way too often.
Despite this, Sampson and Iverson missed some bunnies down low that they just won't miss very often; along with a few Hawkeye circus shots, combined for a fast start for the Hawks.
This game, and probably even the OSU game, are games that the Gophers just didn't win under the previous regime. These are character building wins that are really going to do the Gophers a lot of good come February and March.
Ugly, ugly, ugly, but it sure doesn't look ugly in the W-L column.
Officiating was way too ticky-tack for BT basketball. There was less contact in this game than I've seen in a game in a while and both teams were still in the double bonus at the end. Gotta let them play a little bit.
If Westbrook doesn't leave his man wide open on Iowa's last 3-pointer and Nolen makes at least 1 of the 2 FT's he bricked, things wouldn't have been so tense.
