35 shot attempts. 21 of them 3’s which we’ve made only 5. Gee wonder what halftime adjustments will be?
Game Thread: Illinois vs Minnesota
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Guessing Brad comes back out with the starters. Let’s hope they got the message, get Z more minutes, and bury these guys by 25 this half.
AS cannot deal with the zone.
Johnson has scored exactly half of the Gophers' 34 points. Maybe put Bos on him the second half and force the rest of their average players to beat us? Big Z having his best game this season by far with 13 points, 6 boards, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Love the energy he has brought today, as well as Petro in limited minutes.
DITTO! Z.....11 min 13 points 6 reboundsBig Z says hello…
Very deserved. Andrej was unplayable that 1st half. An absolute disaster defensively and just as rough on offense. Here's hoping he responds this 3nd half like the last time someone called him that.
Starting lineup played like 
... I'll put my life savings on Underwood starting all of them in the 2nd half... Tell me I'm wrong
... I'll put my life savings on Underwood starting all of them in the 2nd half... Tell me I'm wrong
Seems like we missed a lot of opportunities to pass to the twin towers down low. Need to use our height advantage better.
Upcoming practices should be 80% against a zone defense. And someone who knows how to attack that defense coaching it (NOT Tyler).
Alright regroup at the half. Crowd needs to wake up. Our road crowd is better than our home crowd!
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
Well, I don’t know how these guys will respond, but I’m gonna go to my “office”, slip through screening, light two fires and attack my opponent at 500mph.
Enjoy the second half errbody!
WIN OR DIE TRYING!
Started with the very first possession. No pass, drives into 3 guys for a missed mid range. Didn't improve from there.
This is Minny's tempo, zone is controlling the pace of the game. We can't get downhill, just pass it around the horn and jacking threes.
We need guys to screen off the ball, cut through the middle, put pressure on their spacing to open driving lanes.
We need guys to screen off the ball, cut through the middle, put pressure on their spacing to open driving lanes.
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
Guess Brad wasn’t joking when he said any guy any night.. the Petro & Z(orro) game?
Earlier in the year … He wasn’t chucking as much …
Which if you’re not going to chuck, play good defense, give good effort … I’m good with it …
Our crowd is consistently very mid at best. Students being gone shouldn’t be an excuse. Plenty of arenas out there where townies come to affect the games. This program is top 15 but our local fans are not even close. Sure there are big games where they bring it. But there most needed in games like this. So tired of it.
Orangetool
Give me back my Afta, heh heh
Nicely done.
Ben getting three looks in the first half is evidence of the zone working. He is not getting inside to retrieve rebounds and the Gophers are sagging off of him.
Zone is tiring to play, so I think Minny will have to go man at some point and we should be able to take over then.
Zone is tiring to play, so I think Minny will have to go man at some point and we should be able to take over then.
Forgot Andrej was even playing today.
Petro 4 min - 4 pts 3 rebounds. More rebounds than AS/Ben/Jake (1) had in 29 minutes of combined action
Petro 4 min - 4 pts 3 rebounds. More rebounds than AS/Ben/Jake (1) had in 29 minutes of combined action
We know that Brad probably is taking the entire team and destroying them. Does he roll his starters back out or prove the point that you've got to be locked in or you don't play. Wagler hasn't been very good either. His shot selection has been awful, but made one of the three 30 footers. He's not making live ball turnovers, which keeps him on the right side of the cut line so far.
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