Agree. Hard to take the appearance of sports seriously when the government is telling us that there's an existential threat surrounding us.
"let's give them just enough of their precious little sport to keep them pacified."
We keep hearing "oh Carr and Oturu are so talented" every single game, yet same result. At some point you have to conclude that common denominator is the X's and O's.
Meanwhile, Wisconsin is in the hunt for a B1G title with... Brad Davison...
Richard's mid-to-lower level recruits (aside from the obvious high-end guys like an Oturu or Carr) are aaaaaaalllllllllllllways painfully one-dimensional (Omersa, Konate) or zero-dimensional (Hurt, Diedhiou).
To develop an NCAA-threat team and a decent bench you need a steady stream of...
5-2 finish that'll be consistent with the hot and cold trend this year.
W - Iowa
W - Indiana
W - @Northwestern
L - Maryland
L @Wisconsin
W - @Indiana
W - Nebraska
Lack of quality wins will leave them needing 1 win in B1G to seal NCAA berth.
"home court advantage" implies getting behind the team and making it difficult for the opponent no matter what the score.
"It gets really loud when Minnesota is playing well or goes on a run" is not a home court advantage.
"Give us something to cheer about!" misses the whole point.
My guess is that things are slow to change and adapt because of "we've always done it this way" syndrome. Joe bagadonuts in the athletic department has been there for 25 years and his job is safe so long as the bottom doesn't fall out. "Good enough" is all that's required.
It is basically a...
But my main point is that it was a morgue for the first 10 minutes when it was a very tight game. Sure, we weren't scoring, but we were stopping them as well.
What's the verdict?
Is it the team's job to get the crowd in the game, or is it the crowd's job to be in the game from the start?
I wager that it's the latter - especially if the team is having a reasonable amount of success on the year. If a crowd is in the game from the start, then it has an...
My favorite is when a guy gets highly contested bucket or rebound:
"Keep that in mind. That could be the difference maker if this game is decided by 1 or 2 points."
... that's pretty much true for all the plays in a tight game...
That was your toughest game of the year so at least you can take solace in the fact that it won't get any tougher than that this year. Nice to at least not get blown out by halftime, but it's about time for a Gopher basketball team to win there.
Disappointing to lose the two tough road games...
Illinois steal it from Wisconsin late in Madison with some cold-blooded threes in the last 3 minutes. Seems like a little karma for the one Wisconsin stole at the end from OSU.
Northwestern took Indiana to the brink in Bloomington. Yikes.
This conference is a bloodbath.