Good breakdown of the events from last night. To the last part, Nebraska definitely seems like a team we matchup well against. Unfortunately we don't match up nearly as well against Maryland.
Have an amazing time and here’s to beating the Twerps
been saying it since the summer......but of the freshman his ceiling is just a bit under Paynes...
He was on Tominaga because he is our best perimeter defender. Against that kid you are going to run through picks all night and if your team mates don't help you are going to get burned. He did get lost on a couple back doors though.
A big catalyst to the better ball movement has been a much better emphasis on getting the ball to Payne in the low post. He has learned to either go for it or make a quick pass. Once he makes that play everything start to move as the defense is now out of position. Earlier in the year they were only getting the ball to Payne at the top of the circle where he does nothing and is very deliberate. Now he is where he needs to be and more decisive. You can tell the players are loving it. . There is nothing more fun than to watch a team snap the ball around like that to find the open shot.
so true, dont care what level your watching or even if its the opposing team.....ball movement when it happens is a thing of beauty
The ball movement was great last night, just seeing Cooper's assist total alone says it all. Funny how getting a guy the ball where they are strongest tends to work out favorably. The Gophers did not want to go home last night, they definitely gave it their all.
I would say he is inexperienced. Not good? Far from not good.
I agree with you. He can be a really good player. He has skills on offense. He's just young. He's going to grow into his man muscles and he's going to be a good player for us as he matures.
Pfiefer is a crappy ref. End of story. However if I were a Nebraska fan I would have gone crazy over two offensive fouls in the last minute.
He's the power forward who can bang already.
Exactly it’s tough you anticipate or try to cheat on the screens they back cut… tough assignment Henley played him well the last time… Henley was running through an initial screen then through a double screen… I doubt he ever was asked to guard like that until college good experience…
In all fairness to Henley, Nebraska was running him through a hell of a lot of screens to get that guy open. He did get best on a couple of back door cuts though.
The second call was the correct call. The first one was not.
Agree. IF I remember Pfiefer is the one I think against Nebraska who called Amir Coffey for a terrible foul that decided that game… I don’t like that the ref who wasn’t involved comes in and gives the T…
You remember correctly. I also recall that game might have cost us a tournament bid.
I think it will be interesting to see if that was a mirage against a weak defensive team (battled by their own injury issues) who was forced into zone defensive schemes or if that post entry ball rotation / non-ball stopper is a trend against a better team. Tonight will tell
are we trying to say CBJ doesn’t deserve a T? Who cares who called it…it was absolutely deserved. If Hoover was going after a ref…we would demand a T…and we wouldn’t care what ref called it
Go crazy all you want but the illegal screen was the correct call and the other was a 50/50 call that went our way for once although the guard lowered his shoulder so imo correct call.
Correct. Not only did he lower his shoulder but he arm barred our guy.
Because skilled 6'8" guards with a handle, slashing ability, and a pure jump shot grow on trees, duh.
