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Game Thread: Minnesota at Iowa

Minnesota Golden Gophers at Iowa Hawkeyes, Jan 8, 2009 6:05 PM CST


The first Big Ten road game (and amazingly just second road game of the season) is here in the form of a trip to Iowa.

Game is scheduled for 6 p.m. central time for a tip on ESPN 2.

I'll be looking for the Gophers to push tempo. If we're turning the Hawkeyes over, scoring in transition and playing up-tempo ball, this will be a happy night for Minnesota fans. But don't expect it to be easy, even if Iowa is a lesser-caliber Big Ten team. Big Ten road games are never easy.

See you in the comments section below.

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Go Gophers!!!

Okay, I’m finally leaving work to go watch the game.

by rencito on Jan 8, 2009 5:24 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Jason Kubel

I anxiously await the Jason Kubel reference contest, in which the winner will compare a Gopher to Jason Kubel, and the winner gets shwag of some sort. PJS is of course disqualified to make it fair.

by From The Barn on Jan 8, 2009 5:51 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Oh, come on now.

I have a good Jason Kubel reference ready to go.

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by PJS on Jan 8, 2009 5:57 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Can we stop these lobs?

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 6:09 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Hi-Lo

isn’t working

by twinsfan21 on Jan 8, 2009 6:11 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I like that move

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 6:14 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Abu is the second off the bench

Disgusting.

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 6:15 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

And promptly gets beat off the dribble

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 6:15 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

No business playing.

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by PJS on Jan 8, 2009 6:16 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Nevermind.

Now it’s basically a 5 in 5 out. JAS, Devoe, Carter, Williams, and Devron.

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by PJS on Jan 8, 2009 6:15 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

JAS

needs to sit down he is worthless

by duckman86 on Jan 8, 2009 6:16 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Horrible offense with this 5.

We got the ball in the post and JAS was strangely right next to the post player.

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by PJS on Jan 8, 2009 6:17 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Correction

Horrible team with this 5.

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 6:17 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

i can't believe

they are talking about fromthebarn.org. This blog is better

by rencito on Jan 8, 2009 6:18 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Can we put a body on them?

They are just walking through our defense.

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 6:19 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

We are stooping

to Iowa’s level. Sloppy, slow play.

by rencito on Jan 8, 2009 6:22 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Yay

Double digits

by rencito on Jan 8, 2009 6:25 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Iverson got beat

but made up for it

by rencito on Jan 8, 2009 6:25 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Nice block by Iverson

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 6:25 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

that folks

in a nutshell is why brommer is not a gopher

by duckman86 on Jan 8, 2009 6:27 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Wow

we look awful

by rencito on Jan 8, 2009 6:28 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Why are we putting in Busch when our team is struggling the most?

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 6:29 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Busch provides intensity

I don’t have a probelm with him being in there now

by rencito on Jan 8, 2009 6:30 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Personally I'd rather we had a good player in there instead

Intensity means jack shit if you have no skill at all.

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 6:31 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

He plays hard

It is infectious. I think people are way too critical of him. He isn’t the best player, but I think against Iowa he has value

by rencito on Jan 8, 2009 6:32 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

But no one else

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 6:33 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I'll take it from where ever we can get it

Because we aren’t getting it right now

by rencito on Jan 8, 2009 6:32 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Hoff can't make anything

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 6:34 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I see we are ignoring box out responsibilities now too

Great game so far, really.

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 6:34 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

UGLY

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by PJS on Jan 8, 2009 6:36 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

10 points

in 15 minutes. We are awesome.

by rencito on Jan 8, 2009 6:36 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

We apparently don't want to keep it close

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 6:39 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

They’ve spread the zone out pretty far…I guess they can do that when Iowa has no size

by rencito on Jan 8, 2009 6:42 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Bench Abu

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 6:43 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Nice steal Bostick

And how many airballs is that for Iowa now?

by rencito on Jan 8, 2009 6:44 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Pathetic final possession

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 6:47 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

WTF was that.

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by PJS on Jan 8, 2009 6:47 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

32%

How the hell did we shoot that high of a percentage?

by rencito on Jan 8, 2009 6:48 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Okay, so it was 29%

Must have misread the ESPN stat…yahoo has 29. That still seems too high. It seemed like 15

by rencito on Jan 8, 2009 6:53 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Good news

1.) After all of that ugliness, we are only down by 6
2.) No one is in foul trouble
3.) Iowa doesn’t look all that good, we just look that bad—easier to improve after halftime

by rencito on Jan 8, 2009 6:55 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

ESPN

Karl Ravech is ridiculous. Yes, we scored 20 points in the first half. But this is the Big Ten. Some games are in the 40s.

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by PJS on Jan 8, 2009 6:57 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

bold prediction

we will score more than 20 this half

by duckman86 on Jan 8, 2009 7:09 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

ON the road in a game like this we need good looks on ALL possessions.

Nolen and, on the last possession Westbrook, haven’t been good.

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by PJS on Jan 8, 2009 7:11 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Nice Paul Carter!

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by PJS on Jan 8, 2009 7:15 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

ugh

we are not moving well at all defensively and offensively we have nothing. We stink in the half-court.

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by GopherNation on Jan 8, 2009 7:20 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

This second half has been really ugly

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 7:23 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

this is what I was expecting to see

get used to this every year as long as lickliter is in Iowa City

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by GopherNation on Jan 8, 2009 7:24 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I do love

switching up defenses. man to man, zone, switching man, etc

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by GopherNation on Jan 8, 2009 7:25 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Carter too

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by GopherNation on Jan 8, 2009 7:26 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

where is everybody?

did they all go to FTB?

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by GopherNation on Jan 8, 2009 7:28 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Commenting

is depressing when this sort of game is going on.

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 7:28 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I am glad we got out of the zone

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by GopherNation on Jan 8, 2009 7:31 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Stop shooting 3's

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 7:33 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Thank you for at least driving, Al

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 7:34 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I thought our offense was bad in the first half

But it doesn’t even compare to how bad the Iowa offense is in this second half. They aren’t even trying to go inside.

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 7:40 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

oh a Kris Kingsbury mention

he was priceless

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by GopherNation on Jan 8, 2009 7:42 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

he was great, yes.

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by PJS on Jan 8, 2009 7:43 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I am going to Iowa City next year

I really wanted to this year but this Thursday game right after the holidays was too tough

who is with me?

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by GopherNation on Jan 8, 2009 7:44 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Busch for MVP

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by GopherNation on Jan 8, 2009 7:45 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Busch is leading the team in scoring

That is frightening.

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 7:47 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

both of Gaten's threes

were on Johnson.

you won’t see that very often

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by GopherNation on Jan 8, 2009 7:49 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Hoff has been terrible lately

If he can’t make his shots, he’s a pretty bad overall player.

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 7:50 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

46-44. yikes

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by PJS on Jan 8, 2009 7:52 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Travis Busch

Wow

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 7:52 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Thank you for getting stuck, ball

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 7:54 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I'm tempted to delete that comment

please never say that again.

:)

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by GopherNation on Jan 8, 2009 7:57 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

first team to 50 wins

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by GopherNation on Jan 8, 2009 7:57 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

woo hoo

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by GopherNation on Jan 8, 2009 7:57 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

OMFG

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by PJS on Jan 8, 2009 7:57 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

My god..

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 7:59 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Take out DJ please, we don't want him getting fouled here

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 7:59 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

This is pathetic

We can’t even in-bound it!

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 8:00 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Nice

Right into Westbrook. Ice this Lawrence.

by nathaneide on Jan 8, 2009 8:02 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

hahahahahahaha

that idiot

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by Felix on Jan 8, 2009 8:03 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Nice win

Way to go boys.

by nathaneide on Jan 8, 2009 8:03 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

good win

ugly wins are still wins

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by GopherNation on Jan 8, 2009 8:04 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Ugly

But I’ll take it

by rencito on Jan 8, 2009 8:05 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Iowa is going to pesky all year

Glad we got out of there with a win. Nice to start 2-1 with Penn State coming up next at home.

by rencito on Jan 8, 2009 8:06 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

WHEW!!!!!

What the heck was Minnesota doing that first half. They were so worried about the outside shot by Iowa they were letting them drive off the wings time after time. Then the Gophers couldn’t (wouldn’t) penetrate in the first half even with a HUGE height advantage.
We were damn lucky we won this game!

John Maynard

by COJOMAY on Jan 8, 2009 8:13 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

7 frickin' assists

That is bad. We are not good when we have to create our own shot.

by rencito on Jan 8, 2009 8:13 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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