Minnesota (11/13/24)

[CMJ]

The Mean Green record book says that we defeated Northwestern in 1967-68, but I looked at the game by game and we didn't play them (we played Northwestern State) that year.  So, I believe this is our first ever road win vs a Big 10 opponent.  

[3_n_out]

Only saw the last 10mins of the game, but our defense looked outstanding. Typical in-your-face, scrappy, tight defense with excellent rotation. Players knew where to be and flustered the Gophers. They just had no room to shoot. Big win!

[GMG93]

Sports Illustrated jumped the gun a tad with the headlines.  GMG!

[Censored by Laurie]

2 minutes ago, untlynchka1 said:

lol. I was gonna ask what the timeframe was on that 3-0 because I was probably only a few rows away from you during that game.  I remember he outscored us single handedly in the first half.  

I mean...it was so cool to see those unis, especially their candy-stripe warm-ups in The Pit that night. 

couldn't find the box score from that game, just that Bracey put up 39 of their 79 in a 79-70 loss

[NT80]

1 minute ago, CMJ said:

The Mean Green record book says that we defeated Northwestern in 1967-68, but I looked at the game by game and we didn't play them (we played Northwestern State) that year.  So, I believe this is our first ever road win vs a Big 10 opponent.  

First game ever in the state of Minnesota too.

[Travis]

16 minutes ago, Censored by Laurie said:

oh duh...forgot Wisconsin and obviously Purdue. 

definitely not 3-0 though...still have nightmares about Bracey Wright and Indiana at the Pit

Bracey was the one from The Colony right??

[NT80]

2 minutes ago, Censored by Laurie said:

I mean...it was so cool to see those unis, especially their candy-stripe warm-ups in The Pit that night. 

couldn't find the box score from that game, just that Bracey put up 39 of their 79 in a 79-70 loss

https://iuhoosiers.com/documents/2018/3/5//03_04_Game10_NorthTexas.pdf

Shawnson Johnson for UNT!

[Stix]

3 minutes ago, GMG93 said:

Sports Illustrated jumped the gun a tad with the headlines.  GMG!

[Censored by Laurie]

2 minutes ago, Travis said:

Bracey was the one from The Colony right??

ya. I might be conflating teams, but he and Deron Williams were high school teammates...there was also one other DFW kid at a Big 10 school during that early aughts era that I'm blanking on...plus Keith Langford from North Crowley at Kansas...the area was well represented 

[Matt from A700]

28 minutes ago, NT80 said:

Can Ross coach Football?

I will settle for him being the defensive coordinator. That way he has a little extra time to make sure the basketball schedule gets filled.

[Cooley]

Congrats to all! I wasn't able to view or listen to the game but read that Minnesota had 3 guys out. Were they starters, reserves or both?

[untlynchka1]

Just now, Censored by Laurie said:

ya. I might be conflating teams, but he and Deron Williams were high school teammates...there was also one other DFW kid at a Big 10 school during that early aughts era that I'm blanking on...plus Keith Langford from North Crowley at Kansas...the area was well represented 

Bam Harmon? Could be wrong on the last name, and he went to colony as well. 

[Matt from A700]

14 minutes ago, NT80 said:

Stone did a great job on defense in the first half.  But he was held out of the second half for some reason, maybe no offense? 

Yeah Gophers got some threes to fall early in the second half the lead stayed at 5 or less. Couldn't put a non-scoring option on the floor.

[untlynchka1]

Laughing at the quotes on x about how our basketball plays suffocating d and our football plays absolutely no d.  
 

also all the people baggin on Minnesota for losing, and I just remind them that no big 10 fan should scoff at it since our last 2 games against the big 10 were wins against Purdue for our first ever tourney win, and that huge comeback against Wisconsin in the nit semi’s.  

[NT80]

From the Gopher board....

"Normally similar to a bracket buster, but I am guessing if these two were in a first round brack pair more people would have picked the Mean Green. Until Ben learns to fast break, we are going to have zero offense. 0 fast break points again tonight. If teams can get set, it likely be a long season unless we amp up the 3 PT shooting percentage.

Turnovers: Gophers 13 Mean Green 8
Pts off turnovers: Gophers 4 Mean Green 18
Steals: Gophers 1 Mean Green 7

Fast Break PTS: Gophers 0 Mean Green 9
Points in the Paint: Gophers 16 Mean Green 28...Mean Green tallest player that played was 6'9"

All gopher players seemed frustrated and no energy. Mean Green were ready and hungry and deserved the W."

[Censored by Laurie]

1 minute ago, untlynchka1 said:

Laughing at the quotes on x about how our basketball plays suffocating d and our football plays absolutely no d.  
 

also all the people baggin on Minnesota for losing, and I just remind them that no big 10 fan should scoff at it since our last 2 games against the big 10 were wins against Purdue for our first ever tourney win, and that huge comeback against Wisconsin in the nit semi’s.  

I think we're building a brand...it's kinda why I want to see more 54-51-esque games...this defense is a known commodity in basketball circles and was on full display tonight, especially in the first half. that's our identity and it seems like all the new kids have bought in to it. 

it's not gonna always be a pretty game on the offensive end, but if that commitment to UNT defense is there every game, we're always gonna be tough to beat

[CMJ]

1 minute ago, Censored by Laurie said:

I think we're building a brand...it's kinda why I want to see more 54-51-esque games...this defense is a known commodity in basketball circles and was on full display tonight, especially in the first half. that's our identity and it seems like all the new kids have bought in to it. 

it's not gonna always be a pretty game on the offensive end, but if that commitment to UNT defense is there every game, we're always gonna be tough to beat

Reminds me of Temple under John Chaney.  He had some teams that couldn't throw it in the ocean, but they were always super tough to beat because of their match-up zone.

[MeanGreenZen]

Fantastic win. Incredible effort on defense. Will be fun getting to know these players.  

[Matt from A700]

9 minutes ago, untlynchka1 said:

Laughing at the quotes on x about how our basketball plays suffocating d and our football plays absolutely no d.  
 

also all the people baggin on Minnesota for losing, and I just remind them that no big 10 fan should scoff at it since our last 2 games against the big 10 were wins against Purdue for our first ever tourney win, and that huge comeback against Wisconsin in the nit semi’s.  

The brand of basketball we play equals not getting a lot of recognition because it's gritty and ugly and opposing fans just think their team played awful. I'm sure you will find the same kind of comments from OSU and Wisconsin fans.

[NT80]

1 minute ago, Matt from A700 said:

The brand of basketball we play equals not getting a lot of recognition because it's gritty and ugly and opposing fans just think their team played awful. I'm sure you will find the same kind of comments from OSU and Wisconsin fans.

Yes.  The usual, Minn fans want to fire their coach theme, lol.

[GMG_Dallas]

2 minutes ago, Matt from A700 said:

The brand of basketball we play equals not getting a lot of recognition because it's gritty and ugly and opposing fans just think their team played awful. I'm sure you will find the same kind of comments from OSU and Wisconsin fans.

Basketball media folks understand the style of play. It's the fans who are baffled time and time again.

Edited November 14 by GMG_Dallas

[Cooley]

 

[BillySee58]

Proud of this program

[Aquila_Viridis]

Always good to beat a Power 2 team! 😄

[untjim1995]

52 minutes ago, Dannymacfan said:

 

This is the crap we always have to put up with from these media guys. They think we are some spare and just a buy game. We have been a damn good program, better than Minnesota, for at least the last 5 years. You’d think a guy like Rothstein would know that.