Recent content by Holf

sorry but when you start making decisions based on the psychological impact of an individual vs. what’s best for the entire team, you’ve lost the thread. If you keep starting him cause you believe it will damage his ego, the opposite effect occurs, it will only damage it more, because it’s now...

Hot take: easy way to solve Carr over dribbling/tunnel vision issues while simultaneously limiting Gabe’s overshooting - play Mashburn at point. There was much better flow to the offense when he was primary ball handler. Maybe Pitino wants him to “earn it” as a freshman, but from what I saw this...

Oturu. Isn't. Returning.

I agree with you that some if it is a tactical issue i.e. Gophers playing slow-down offense to milk clock, but that also has to do with fatigue. Go back and watch the tape (if you happen to have recorded the game) - Marcus can barely stand at times in the last 5-7 minutes. That's not on him -...

Bravo!

Fatigue isn't just game by game, it's cumulative throughout a season, in addition to more substantial wear and tear that occurs that kids play through. Toward the end of the game, Marcus Carr was getting the ball over half court, passing it off, and retreating to the corner to put his hands on...

I've heard from folks that know him personally that it's about 99% that Daniel is going to the NBA this summer. I don't think there's any question he's going, and he should. That being the case, I wonder how that impacts people that are still on the fence about Pitino? Regardless of what Daniel...

I agree, crazy how different he looks now vs. preseason, wouldn’t surprise me if he’s gained 10 lbs. His lateral quickness on D has improved significantly. They’ll need to find ways to incorporate him in O next year, and hopefully he can turn into a Coffee type transition player. Appears to be a...

Can we also cool it on the ELITE defender line? He got beat back door several times last night, and that is a trend. He's a decent on-ball defender, but often times gets beat to the rim or bails a player out with silly fouls because he gets off-balance. And I really don't understand his refusal...

Hoping some momentum for big Tampa W will carry over. LFG.

Hey, 247 has us in 2nd place for the Hurt sweepstakes... Nice (South Park cop voice)

Gonna be a great day for the program! (top 30? Marcus, you don't gotta lie tuh kick it)

I would have assumed we offered a long time ago, apparently we never did which seems strange. Pitino tosses out all kinds of offers on improbable recruits, why not one where you have a teammate of his committed? We offer Moses Brown and not Sid ? Coaching staff knows a whole lot that I don't...

I was poking around on YouTube after watching the previous Sam Jacobson dunk contest video which was posted. Found this, figured it deserved to be enshrined in a Gopher.hole thread. Of course, this is an extremely bitter-sweet game to revisit for various reasons.. still.. what a thrill for the...