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blueribbon said:
Did any of our bigs score a basket in the second half?


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I seem to remember Curry with a little fade away at that end of the court go in. He had another that bounced out. But I might be mistaken and it could have been first half.
 

alchemy2u said:
Hell of a coaching job in the first half! This is the identity of this team. Hopefully the players buy into this type of defense all year. It could be magical.
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Spot on. This is what i have been talking about for 6 years ! We have tons of fans who would rather lose 92-91 then win this way. Not me, play defense like that and you can win anywhere, against anybody. That first 20 minutes of defense was fine art of team cohesion and toughness. By far the best of any of Richard Pitinos teams has looked.
 

I don't understand how someone can suck so badly at free throws.
 

builtbadgers said:
Spot on. This is what i have been talking about for 6 years ! We have tons of fans who would rather lose 92-91 then win this way. Not me, play defense like that and you can win anywhere, against anybody. That first 20 minutes of defense was fine art of team cohesion and toughness. By far the best of any of Richard Pitinos teams has looked.
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True that. This was 40 minutes of good defense. The Badgers got on their rolls but with very few exceptions were required to make difficult shots to score. It was the Gophers' discombobulated second-half offense that threatened the win.
 

WriterGoph said:
What was that? You just keep saying **** like that over and over so you look smart if we lose? Coward
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Not even sure what you are talking about.

It was obvious to anyone watching the game the Gophers were in meltdown mode.

To their credit they got a huge basket by Coffey and a huge steal by McBrayer and won the game.
 


tikited said:
Minnesota is where PG's go to die.
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disagree. Mason flourished here.

Apparently he wished he would've had surgery last year, which would've lead to him red-shirting and back this year. That would've been nice in hindsight
 

Bad Gopher said:
True that. This was 40 minutes of good defense. The Badgers got on their rolls but with very few exceptions were required to make difficult shots to score. It was the Gophers' discombobulated second-half offense that threatened the win.
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You know whats interesting? The Gophers scored more in the 2nd half than they did in the 1st but looked so much worse doing it. Granted, Dupree scored 8 points in the final 90 seconds but still interesting.
 

EG#9 said:
Wow, what a nice surprise! That first half defense was probably the most encouraging thing I've seen from the Gophers since their win over Michigan State in the Big Ten Tournament just before the NCAA's. That was a locked in team that was grinding on every defensive possession even after disappointing offensive trips that ended in turnovers or bad shots. I thought there were a couple bad whistles/no calls against the Gophers early: the first one on Murphy when Reuvers was leaning all over him and the ref called Murphy for hooking him. Then you had the missed shot to Murphy's face that cost us two free throws and then you had the bizarre touch foul on Oturu guarding Happ when Happ was putting his hands on guys like that on literally every play. They didn't let any of that bother them and just kept making life miserable for the Badges. Eventually, Amir Coffey started putting on a show! It seemed like after Amir knocked down that first 3 from the top of the key, his confidence went to another level. We need the Amir that's looking to score to come out consistently! Really good team effort from every single guy playing defense in the first half.

Second half. First of all, I hated going to Oturu post ups on 2 of the first 3 possessions of the half. I might be remembering it wrong, but I think we had 3 possessions with a chance to extend the lead to start the second half and we had a bad turnover from Daniel a missed tough shot from Daniel and another turnover from someone else. Only getting one shot in 3 possessions was a brutal way to start the second half. The lead was really getting cut down and things looked very shaky until Brock Stull hit those back to back 3's! For a team that's had so little outside scoring and so little bench production, those 3's were massive. I might have the order wrong here as some of the game still feels like a blur, but there was a huge negative stretch that occurred in the second half (I believe it was after Stull put us up 12) when Happ went to the bench. The Gophers had a great chance to extend the lead but instead allowed scores on 3 straight possessions, all by Reuvers, for a 6-0 run with Happ on the bench. It was at that point that I started to get very nervous about the Gophers chances. Underrated unexpected moment that occurred sometime after that run: the Gophers lead was down to either 2 or 4 and they looked out of sorts offensively. The possession before ended with a missed Michael Hurt post up shot. This possession also ended in the hands of Michael Hurt down on the very same block...and he scored! to put the Gophers back up 4 or 6. The last 5 minutes or whatever it was when the Gophers were not scoring were absolutely brutal. I will say that Murphy's 4th foul was absolutely bogus and the 5th was ticky tack at best. That said, the Gophers offense had ground to a halt before Murphy was disqualified. To go that long without getting a decent look or drawing a foul and getting to the line was truly ridiculous...especially when you are playing offense in front of your own bench. To say I was having visions of the dreaded Tubby stall and choke or Pitino losing 15 point half in the past would be an understatement. I won't dwell on the offense more than that. Defensively, I didn't understand why the Gophers weren't fouling Happ earlier on in the second instead of letting him shoot from inside 6-7 feet. Either double and deny him the shot or single him, but foul him if gets to his sweet spots. Kudos to Pitino for adjusting late and simply hacking Happ.

The moment of doom: Gophers had the ball and a chance go up 7 with 3 and change to play. Worst case scenario seemingly is that they hold the ball again and the Badgers get it back with around 3 to play. Instead, Happ steals the ball from Curry early in the shot clock and Dupree bizarrely doesn't foul him and the lead is cut to 3 in the blink of an eye. That was truly the point where I felt we were going to experience another unfathomable Gopher loss.

The lucky break: Nothing going at all on offense forever and Amir gets stuck in the air and is able to adjust and get a shot up on the rim that goes in. This is not to say the Gophers were lucky in this game (far from it), but that shot going in was badly needed at that time. In fairness, there were a couple of straight on 3's that rimmed out for Minnesota before this.

The play of the game: Dupree's steal and score with about 1:20 left. I can't say enough about this play and the player who made it. He just picked the pocket of a really solid player in Trice and took it in for a score that really won the game. He then followed it up with a steal and dunk on the very next possession to leave no doubt. The Gophers winning this game was more than enough for me, but to see Dupree make the clutch play to seal the victory was really extra special. I am so happy for that kid tonight, he certainly deserves to feel some pure elation/joy after what he's been through.
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More people would have read "War and Peace" if Tolstoy had published it as three separate books.
 

brucekaupa said:
I don't understand how someone can suck so badly at free throws.
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The misses by both teams were almost comical. The best were the fans reactions they kept showing when Happ kept missing badly. How can someone so good at that sport suck so bad at free throws?
 




UpAndUnder43 said:
You know whats interesting? The Gophers scored more in the 2nd half than they did in the 1st but looked so much worse doing it. Granted, Dupree scored 8 points in the final 90 seconds but still interesting.
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Wisconsin was forced to pick up the pace.
 


My dog still doesn’t know how to act around me. I was losing my mind the whole game.
 





salzie said:
disagree. Mason flourished here.

Apparently he wished he would've had surgery last year, which would've lead to him red-shirting and back this year. That would've been nice in hindsight
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I was mostly joking, but my point still stands as Mason has been the only one in years.
 



Turning on the stobe lights when the Gophers are on offense should be illegal. What is next, hitting them with spot lights, turning the lights off? The environment should be the same for both teams.

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Gopher in Texas said:
Turning on the stobe lights when the Gophers are on offense should be illegal. What is next, hitting them with spot lights, turning the lights off? The environment should be the same for both teams.

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They aren’t strobe lights. Quit being an overreacting fan.

They were most likely the advertisement ribbons changing ads. If it was as bad as gopherhole makes it sound the coaches, players, etc would have said something about it. Be realistic about what was happening.
 

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