Gophers vs. Purdue - one more win - OPEN THREAD
by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 1:26 PM CST
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Minnesota Golden Gophers at Purdue Boilermakers, Mar 13, 2010 3:30 PM CST
This game would certainly get us into the Tournament but we have to actually win it. How could they keep a team out who has a win over Butler, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Ohio State and Purdue (and Illinois for that matter)? But looking ahead does us absolutely no good, we absolutely have to earn this win.
Minnesota is becoming a team with some buzz, and they should be after a domination of Penn State and a clutch win over Michigan State. Watching College Game Day this morning, all three of their national analysts picked Minnesota to win. The common theme was that Robbie Hummel is out for the Boilermakers. But I'm not convinced that will be enough.
We are playing our third game in three days. Add that to the fact that Purdue plays the best team defense in the conference. We are going to have to work hard on each and every offensive possession and I'm afraid that will catch up to us. To counter-act that we need to get several easy baskets whether that comes in transition off a steal or some quality inside/out offense to get some open shots for Blake Hoffarber, Devoe Joseph or Lawrence Westbrook.
Ralph Sampson III had a breakout game last time we faced Purdue. His 21 points and 7 rebounds will not likely be duplicated but one of our big men needs to out-muscle Purdue's JaJuan Johnson and you know that is what we try to do early offensively.
My pick for player of the game is Damian Johnson. DJ Swat has been playing well this tournament and for the first time he will not be faced with defending Hummel. Johnson will have more room to be an offensive weapon and should be more effective defensively.
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Thank goodness for my DVR. Won’t be able to watch this one live.
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We aren't getting any help this weekend.
Wisconsin, UTEP, Ohio State and Duke so far…
Come on, people.
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by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Mar 13, 2010 1:33 PM CST reply actions
Well
we can pretty much assume that the hoff won’t be lighting it up (purdue will stay way to close to him), which means that the following three players need to have above average games.
DJ Swat
Devoe Joseph
RSIII
Basically, someone from inside who can both hold J. Johnson to minimal impact and two players that can hit from deep, middle and drive need to be playing well enough to make the purdue defense really work hard.
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by TheEvilProfessor on Mar 13, 2010 2:03 PM CST reply actions
I’m sure you guys have talked about this already, and I hate to bring it up when he played so well last night, but to me, much of the “leadership” issue with the Gophers comes down to the fact that Joseph is just not a point guard. You can see it when he’s on the floor – he just doesn’t think like that, he’s not really directing traffic, etc. The rhythm of his game is just different than that of a pg.
He seems a bit stressed out about it at times, I think he just shouldn’t worry about it – rather than trying to change his game, I think that after he brings the ball up and makes the entry pass, he should go into attack mode, just think like a 2-guard.
Anyways, maybe last night means he’s gotten over the hump a bit. (Disclaimer: I don’t live in MN and don’t get to see them play anywhere near as much as most of you guys; I didn’t get to see the game last night, for example.)
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notice last night in the first half
the offense started SLOW then got going when the second group, with Cobbs at PG, was in.
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by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 3:23 PM CST up reply actions
UTEP losing
hurts bad, that is an at large gone that we may kind of need.
Then again, win this game and one could argue we belong ahead of Illinois.
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great start
Purdue usually starts strong and we don’t
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feeding the post again
and Purdue is throwing up bricks
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Shit
Damian is limping off.
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love this start
with or without DJ, we can win this game. Purdue is shooting horrible and we are executing offensively.
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I don't get
why Bostick is all of a sudden getting 1st half minutes. And did Rodney Williams even play last night?
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No, Rodney didn't
And I don’t understand Bostick’s minutes either, but he played well last night so it’s hard to complain.
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he played well 1st half
but didn’t give us much in the second.
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by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 3:49 PM CST up reply actions
shoot
Miss St is pulling away from Vandy. We could use a Bulldog loss to go with our win.
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Nice job drawing the charge by Westbrook
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LW taking a great charge
and when was teh last time anybody made a basket?
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Another travel
Dribble the ball, guys.
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how many turnovers do we have?
LW with two, DJ with one, PC with one and Iverson has one
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This sure doesn’t look like a team that played the last two nights, at least on D, they are moving their feet exceptionally well, the D is phenomenal so far. Every Purdue shot is really tough, that’s all you can ask for.
Now if Cobb can quit picking up his dribble at halfcourt…
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We're really crashing the boards right now
Very nice to see.
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man that dude is stuck to Hoffarber like glue, not even looking to help, hehe
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I wasn't watching for that
is it Kramer? #3
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by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 3:59 PM CST up reply actions
yeah think so
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by plinytheelder on Mar 13, 2010 4:00 PM CST up reply actions
GREAT D by
Damian
and I love the two post offense.
Remember beginning of last year how Tubby went with it often and it wasn’t very good? They are executing it well now.
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Great start to the game.
This is exactly what we needed.
by MinnesotaCatFan on Mar 13, 2010 3:59 PM CST reply actions
no doubt
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by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 3:59 PM CST up reply actions
I love our approach so far
Let’s keep this up for 31 more minutes.
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I REALLY like
that through 12:30 we’ve held Purdue to 4 points
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almost looking like Illinois game, though that was zone the whole way if I remember right
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by plinytheelder on Mar 13, 2010 4:03 PM CST up reply actions
hehe ball fake from Sampson at 3pt line and it works ;)
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They gave him that shot in Minneapolis
and he hit it :p
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lol
that’s because his one career make was against them
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by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 4:03 PM CST up reply actions
Iverson making a jump shot?! What!?!
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and
look at him move those feet on D! Nice!
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by plinytheelder on Mar 13, 2010 4:09 PM CST up reply actions
what the hell?
I go away and by the time I come back Purdue increased their point total by 33%
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hehe nice
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by plinytheelder on Mar 13, 2010 4:14 PM CST up reply actions
allen?
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by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 4:13 PM CST up reply actions
yes
very similar games
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by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 4:15 PM CST up reply actions
Do you think Colton likes to practice? haha!
by MinnesotaCatFan on Mar 13, 2010 4:15 PM CST up reply actions
hahahahaha
although I don’t think Colt is our franchise player LOL
who would have thought
we’d be up by 22 and have made only 1 three
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I mean 24
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by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 4:16 PM CST up reply actions
Who coulda saw this coming..30-6!!!!
a Win should get us into the dance..
probably, but...
things are not playing out in our favor right now.
UTEP losing was bad.
Illinois beating Wisconsin was bad
Miss St winning is bad
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by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 4:17 PM CST up reply actions
I think a win today should put us ahead of Illinois
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But if we win this game
Our two wins over Mich St. and Purdue are better than any other “bubble team” can claim.
by MinnesotaCatFan on Mar 13, 2010 4:18 PM CST up reply actions
they are huge
and I think we’ll get in, but it isn’t such a sure thing. The UTEP loss REALLY concerns me.
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by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 4:20 PM CST up reply actions
Vandy catching up
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by plinytheelder on Mar 13, 2010 4:21 PM CST up reply actions
no it did not
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by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 4:18 PM CST up reply actions
if Purdue does lose big
it is going to destroy their seeding
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nope
last shot time. this is insane
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by plinytheelder on Mar 13, 2010 4:21 PM CST up reply actions
hehe
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by plinytheelder on Mar 13, 2010 4:21 PM CST up reply actions
What?!?
The refs have nothing to do with why Purdue is getting slaughtered.
by MinnesotaCatFan on Mar 13, 2010 4:21 PM CST up reply actions
you know to the credit of the TDG community
in spite of several very close losses and frustrating games, nobody has gone to the bad refs card this year.
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by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 4:22 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, it has nothing to do with their inability to make anything
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even if the reffing were bad
we should get some love after last night when MSU shot like 30 free throws, while they clutched and grabbed all night
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by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 4:23 PM CST up reply actions
i find it ironic that when we lost at purdue
because we were simply unable to make a shot…we never complained about the refs. It was just a game where you out played your opponent but couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn. It’s called Karma. And I love every freaking minute of it.
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by TheEvilProfessor on Mar 13, 2010 7:56 PM CST up reply actions
Awww.. they reached double digits :(
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I swear, Cobbs and Iverson both look like they’ve aged two years in the last 2 weeks, they’ve even got some swagger (even if Cobbs shot too soon at end of half)
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especially Iverson
he has been great lately
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by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 4:23 PM CST up reply actions
He is returning to the Iverson of early this year.
The Iverson that played so well in the Anaheim tourney.
by MinnesotaCatFan on Mar 13, 2010 4:24 PM CST up reply actions
Remember Folks...Montana Rallied from being down 22 points to beat Weber State..
Anything’s Possible..
This is far from over
We can’t stop executing offensively, and if we go into the three-man weave, I will murder someone.
That being said, awesome half.
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Bostick?
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by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 4:30 PM CST up reply actions
I’m really looking forward to seeing Mbakwe finally, I’ve never seen him play, heard so much about him.
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by plinytheelder on Mar 13, 2010 4:32 PM CST up reply actions
this isn't over
but this is awesome to watch. I don’t expect we’ll win by 25, but we need to stay aggressive and we can still win by 10+.
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Only a long-time U of M supporter
would be nervous with a 26 point halftime lead.
Well I’ve been a supporter for about a decade and I’m nervous ;)
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by plinytheelder on Mar 13, 2010 4:32 PM CST up reply actions
Geez
wish we had someone who would/could penetrate and finish or dish.
Hopefully Moore is ok
They should rest him for the rest of this game just to be sure.
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We need to start executing again
These have been some terrible offensive possessions.
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everything’s going to be strong to the basket now for Purdue
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yes
they are really going hard to the hoop. Maybe we should go to zone to force them into a more passive jump shooting game for a bit.
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by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 4:50 PM CST up reply actions
Slow start
A strong start would have really given me some confidence for this game.
still up 22
through 5 min
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by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 4:50 PM CST up reply actions
damn it
Technical foul…
missed layup…
dunk by Purdue
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get to 50
if we get to 50, that means they need 19 pts in 14 min, which is pretty tough
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sorry, bad math
29 in 14 min…that is even tougher
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by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 4:56 PM CST up reply actions
that better be the las time
we look like we’ve never been pressed before
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yeah they had 4 guys in our end of the court
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by plinytheelder on Mar 13, 2010 4:57 PM CST up reply actions
Stop dicking around, Gophers
We can’t give Purdue any hope.
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and bostick doesn't need to shoot that shot
good timeout
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That was Westbrook
But yeah, fully agreed.
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i cannot get over how good Joseph looks, on both ends of the floor (great D on drive that last time), he setting the perfect tone, I guess I was totally wrong in my comment at the top of the thread.
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yeah fine by me ;)
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by plinytheelder on Mar 13, 2010 5:07 PM CST up reply actions
Purdue is going to have another big run
we just have to stay composed and keep it short
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These announcers don't know what they're talking about
Evan Turner played in the first game against OSU, although it was his first game back.
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so after we beat OSU tomorrow
don’t you think it would be a good time for C Joseph to verbally commit?
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yeah sign him up
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by plinytheelder on Mar 13, 2010 5:14 PM CST up reply actions
well this one’s over, even as a MN fan I can say that ;)
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yup
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by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 5:15 PM CST up reply actions
Jesus
We just keep picking off Boilermakers.
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Hang on, Gophers!!
This is great stuff..wow. Wish we were doing this to them with Hummel playing but still, wow. YEAH!!
Great job, fellas
We didn’t have it today. Good job
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thanks
dude you think Gophers are in? CBS guys are hemming and hawing
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by plinytheelder on Mar 13, 2010 5:24 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, you're in
Taking down two of the three champs in one weekend. You’ve got it.
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three of the three champs
after tomorrow :)
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by GopherNation on Mar 13, 2010 5:27 PM CST up reply actions
Awesome win
That felt really, really good.
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U of MN on national tv
Thisappearance on CBS was BIG for the U and its recruiting efforts in basketball and football. Amazing how this team has come together at this time. Keep it up tomorrow.
by bobbyspringfield on Mar 13, 2010 6:09 PM CST reply actions
Didn't see much
With the 2OTs in the first B10 Semi and the UM blowout, us West Coast Gopher fans barely saw any of the second half, sadly. Stupid Pac-10 final. Yuck.
Feeling optimistic against OSU tomorrow. Proud of the team’s stretch run.
by Voodoo Dantley on Mar 13, 2010 6:21 PM CST up reply actions
I have to disagree
when you look at the resume, they have beaten every team that finished about them in the big ten, plus butler at neutral site.
So MSU, Purdue and Butler at neutral
Illinois on the road
and OSU and Wisc at home. They are definitely in over Illinois and I think the big ten gets 5 teams. That means Gophers go dancing.
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by TheEvilProfessor on Mar 13, 2010 8:03 PM CST up reply actions
Lunardi has MN as one of the last three in at this point and has Illinois out.
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Yeah
I just think that conference politics will get 5 big ten teams and MN has a better resume than Illinois now. MN has victories over 4 top 15 teams as well as the head to head win at Illinois. Kind of a no brainer. Plus MN is just playing better right now which has to figure in too.
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by TheEvilProfessor on Mar 13, 2010 10:24 PM CST up reply actions
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