Another near collapse

Well the Gophers went on the road to Illinois today with one last chance to make some sort of statement to anyone who still cares. They held a 15 to 19 point lead with anywhere from 9 to 7 minutes remaining at which time they proceeded to go into a stall type offense, unbelievable. With that much time left I dont care how much your ahead by you need to continue to play with the same intensity and drive that got you that lead. It was obvious the guards were instructed to break the 3/4 court pressure and then pull the ball back which is frustrating. The Illini were able to claw there way back into this one due to Minnesota's lack of offense aggresiveness and a few homer calls, not to mention some good 3 point shooting from Illinois, but to see the men in maroon let off the throttle like that is not what you wanna witness at this time of year. Hopefully we can pick up the next couple games and show something in the big ten tourney in order to get a spot in the big dance where we may be good enough to win a game or two.