M vs Minny BBall Game Thread

I hope Hunter isn’t hitting the freshman wall. Might need more Country today. 

Come on!  He ran him the fuck over!

They get back into it .... and then giving it all back. Dumb mistakes. 

Horrible blocking call.

So many effing turnovers.....

Minny really stomped out that run we had there.

dickinson forcing too much. come on man.

Turnovers are fucking killing us. We just don’t value the basketball at all. 

Minnie's hot.

turnovers!

Being elite requires strong mental toughness ‘outside of your home arena’. 

And now they just pulled a Wisconsin to end the half. 11 turnovers in the first half alone. 

These turnovers are ridiculous 

stooooopid

Howard has some work to do during the next fifteen minutes.  We can recover from this if we get our act in gear.

Smith has not been good and you can't really sub him with Brooks hurt.

Just when I thought they were back in the game, they blow the end of the half come back!

Some of you guys need to chill or GTFO. Minnesota is playing great defense...give them credit. We are lucky they were off.

Win the 2nd half! 

I mean, we're definitely lucky to only be down 7.

11 first half turnovers is insanely heinous. 

Not over, just need to reset well. 

Missing your best defender on the road against a team undefeated at home and turning over 11 times in a half with your star freshman melting down while you shoot 2-9 from 3 while losing 2 points as a result of your player not knowing where the 3-point line is, is a recipe for a loss.

Smith I think played the entire first half w/o a break. And he's not made some smart plays, like the last one. If he has to play this entire game, he's going to get tired and be a liability at some point down the stretch.

Passing was downright dreadful.

I cannot stand the turnovers

I would rather watch us chuck up 30 missed threes than turn the ball over as much as we do

If we can get Hunter to stop turning it over, Wagner to make a shot (or stop shooting), and Chaundee to get his toes behind the line, we have a shot at a comeback.

Please just stop turning the ball over.

Value the ball. Play with more energy. Make some shots.

stay in front of carr.  clean up the turnovers. need to attack the basket more; especially when robbins is out.

Hard to win against anybody when they have 10 more shots than you do...in the first half.

I will be shocked if this second half is anything but an endless foul parade

I've seen this movie about 10 times each of the last 10 years

Juwan knows how to adjust. It’s only 7 points. This game is still very winnable. 

We will see how this team responds. Other than Minnesota not hitting threes, that was all their half. They got every close call, Michigan is loose with the ball, they hit their free throws and were driving on us into the lane with success. We played a horrible half by our standards, this is the way Minnesota likes to play all the time. They want this game in the 50’s or 60’s and a slug fest. Time for a gut check for this upper class man team. 

I’d like to see Hunter get the ball in the post, turn and look opposite (like he has been), hard pass fake (as opposed to throwing it away), spin back baseline and throw it down.  Maybe swing his nuts in the defender’s face.

Win or lose, I just hope M play is better in the 2nd half. Lets try to keep TO to just a few in the  2nd half.

Win or lose, I just hope M play is better in the 2nd half. Lets try to keep TO to just a few in the  2nd half.

Franz needs to come alive in the second half, I think he can be the equalizer. 

Amazing we're only down by 7 with all those turnovers and missed 3's.  I have to believe we'll be better in both areas in the 2nd half.  In Howard we trust.  

On the one hand, it was tightly called, on the other, Minn doing a lot of bumping on screens and in man. I think that's why Livers was so aggressive on his drives and back downs - a little frustrated.

I wish we had a guard like Z again who could drive to the basket. None of our guards look capable of driving to rim and making a shot.

Start the half with mental issues. 

3 fouls on Wagner. Minnesota still seems to be working harder. Or smarter.

Bullshit officiating in the Barn is bullshit. Every year.

Goddammit. This whistle and a key injury is exactly what Brian described as the way this team loses.