Saint Joesph's Hawks vs. our Golden Gophers - OPEN THREAD
by GopherNation on Dec 12, 2009 2:30 PM CST
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PrintSt. Joseph's Hawks at Minnesota Golden Gophers, Dec 12, 2009 3:00 PM CST
The Gophers are in the midst of a five game stretch vs. ho-hum opponents who are stepping up to the Barn floor for the sole purpose of getting the Gophers ready for Big Ten basketball. Today's opponent is the Hawks of Saint Joeseph's. At the very least this is a team we have heard of, but this NOT the Jameer Nelson led team that earned a #1 seed and made a run to the Elite Eight back in 2004.
The 2009-10 version of the Hawks features balanced scoring with five guys averaging between 9.0 and 13.0 ppg. They started the season 3-0 with a win over Boston College but have since dropped five in a row. Do not underestimate this team however. Phil Martelli is a very good coach and this team will get better. Their most recent loss was a hard fought, eight point loss to Villanova.
As a team the Hawks have struggled with defending teams well and have REALLY struggled with rebounding.
If the Gophers take care of business on the boards and can generate some turnovers they should be OK, but we have not been a great rebounding team and if this becomes a half-court game we could really be in trouble.
Keys to the Game
- REBOUND - the Hawks already struggle on both ends of the floor in this area. Sometimes we clean the glass and other times we really stink in this area. The point of this game is to get better and start doing some things well.
- Execute - If this becomes a transition game, I'm certain we will win. But I kind of want this to become a half-court game that forces us to learn to execute an offense and play some half-court defense.
- Keep Hoffarber hot - he has had a couple very good games in a row. He is our best passer, our best shooter and has great basketball IQ (if only he had some athleticism).
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WR James Green, a 2009 4-star recruit, said he has committed to the #Gophers coaching staff.
breaking news?
as of today I guess. But this is a nice pick up
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Okay heres Legit breaking college football news
Kansas has Selected Turner Gill as their next head coach..Brewster is staying :(
Glad it's Gill
I heard rumors it was going to be Harbaugh, I want him in Minnesota next year if Brewster gets canned.
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There is no buzz with this game
must be the Saturday afternoon nap-time thing
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Yes.....atleast the crowd to be packed
Nice to see the Gopher Faithful showing up
So who do you think win's the Heismann GN? Suh, Tebow, Ingram or McCoy?
Me personally..It would be a crime if it wasn’t Suh
I think it will be Su
or McCoy or Ingram, I don’t really know. I hope it is Su, that guy dominates a game more than anybody I’ve seen all year. But it always goes to a QB or RB, especially if they are in the title game.
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I like our half-court execution
much more today than other games. Offensively we are moving the ball well and getting some good inside looks which have led to inside-outside open threes.
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it was
game over.
Now you can watch Gopher volleyball try to get to the Final Four with one more set win over Florida State (on ESPN U).
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