Defense!! Defense!!

[MaxyJR1]

 

[Gophearl]

we need to play tougher competition before I buy into those stats. With that said, we are much improved on defense.

 

[MaxyJR1]

we need to play tougher competition before I buy into those stats. With that said, we are much improved on defense.

We held UCONN to their lowest point total of the year and they played
UNC State
#2 UCLA
#20 Maryland and beat by 32
All of our opponents scored at or within points of their lowest point total against us.

Offense will be our big question. Having more balanced scoring this year is a good sign with 5 players having games of over 17 pts.

 

[Ewert86PC]

Wow. Good for them! Even, if they drop a little once the B1G Season starts, it's a testament to the importance of playing defense. Now if we can get the MBB team to do that, then there might be a corner to turn for them.

 

[Holy Man]

Always great to see solid defense.

 

[BigTenGuy]

HerHoopStats Defensive Rating (akin to Ken Pom's AdjD) places the Gophers 54th in the country. Last year they were 198th. Huge improvement.