***OFFICIAL MINNESOTA VS MARYLAND BTT 2ND ROUND IN-GAME THREAD!!!***

[Gopherbbdude]

Go Payne!!

 

[MNVCGUY]

I think Payne 100% making the case he is our best player. Just a monster down low

Payne has a chance to be special....and all of the sudden he can make free throws....fun to watch.

 

[howeda7]

Payne has a chance to be special....and all of the sudden he can make free throws....fun to watch.

He's the only one who worked on FT's over the Holidays...

 

[Spaulding!No!]

You cannot play Battle all 40. You cannot play Battle all 40.

Blown by on the drive, winded.

TT you want in? Nah.

 

[upnorthkid]

My god Payne

Also. The officiating continues to be wildly inconsistent

 

[Hunglikeafieldmouse]

All Ben needs to say Payne should touch the ball every trip.

 

[howeda7]

Payne keeping us in it sing-handedly. If Battle or Garcia were giving us anything...

 

[UpAndUnder43]

Battle wide open look to cut it to 7 and misses.

 

[howeda7]

Battle wide open look to cut it to 7 and misses.

Pretty much the story of the season for him.

 

[stocker08]

Oh that's BS.

 

[upnorthkid]

Absolutely horrible officiating

 

[BTChamp]

the ghost of pfeifer shows up

 

[atsgopher]

Ref got owned by Carey.

 

[Gilthorp57]

Battle wide open look to cut it to 7 and misses.

And back up to 12 sigh

 

[BTChamp]

officiating ruined what could have been a good end of the game.

 

[GophersInIowa]

It’s been over a month since I’ve seen a flop called. Halfway through the season they decided to stop calling it.

 

[MonikerSchmoniker45]

Battle had zero interest in winning this game

 

[MUgopher32]

Battle is rancid.

He gonna play pro ball in Uganda?!?!

 

[WilliamsArenaGuy]

Payne is worth watching - the others not so much - JOJ maybe but he is in foul trouble

Your ability to stick to this narrative is admirable, I guess.

 

[bc2211]

I’m under no allusions that we have a realistic shot at this game, but the refs man. Just awful. There is no flow to this game, and I don’t know what a foul is anymore.

 

[skiumah1]

Payne is a star and going to be so damn good. You've gotta get players / shooters around him.

 

[Drew21]

Maryland tackles a Gopher no call....Gophers look at Maryland and a foul is called. Horrible

 

[UpAndUnder43]

Pretty much the story of the season for him.

He’s honestly just not a good shooter right now. He shoots below the gophers paltry averages on 2s and 3s. If he wasn’t on the team our shooting %s would be up.

 

[Wet_Blanket_Guy]

Payne has a chance to be special....and all of the sudden he can make free throws....fun to watch.

His form has always been fine, shocking his percentage is so low

 

[stocker08]

officiating ruined what could have been a good end of the game.

Been very lopsided this second half.

 

[BTChamp]

I’m under no allusions that we have a realistic shot at this game, but the refs man. Just awful. There is no flow to this game, and I don’t know what a foul is anymore.

Refs are garbage both ways tonight. Absolute shit.

 

[gophereric30]

Battle wide open look to cut it to 7 and misses.

Only way this team wins is with battle, garcia, and cooper scoring close to 40-50. Tonight they have 9. Freshman have 32.

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

Henley, when in there has really put the clamps on Young tonight. No small feat.

 

[Bad Gopher]

14 turnovers

 

[howeda7]

How many passes has Garcia just rocketed out of bounds the last two games? What are you looking at?