Minnesota (12) @ Michigan - 12/31/18

[Shades]

Ann Arbor, MI - 2:00 PM ET
TV: None

Stream:
BTN2Go > Minnesota at Michigan on 12/31/2018 (BTN+)

Audio:
Michigan vs. Minnesota

vs. Michigan

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The Massey algorithm is favoring Michigan by 1.5 pts.

 

[Plebe]

The Massey algorithm is favoring Michigan by 1.5 pts.

And that annoys you why?

 

[JellyBean]

Let's go, Gophers!!!

 

[Shades]

MIN getting rattled by the full court press.

11-7 MICH with 4:35 left in first

 

[Plebe]

MIN getting rattled by the full court press.

That's surprising to me. Michigan isn't known as a full-court pressure team, and Minnesota has the quicker guards, or at least I thought.

 

[eebmg]

Whalen will get that fixed.

 

[Shades]

15-13 MICH end of first

Thome and Bell with 6 pts ea

 

[Plebe]

I am really digging this display along the bottom of the screen provided by the University of Michigan broadcast:

 

[Shades]

22-20 MICH at the 2nd quarter media break. Teams seem pretty evenly matched. Michigan fouling more.

 

[Shades]

You bought BTN+?

 

[Plebe]

You bought BTN+?

No, I subscribe to FloHoops, which shows all the BTN+ games.

Are you not watching the game? Only following the stats?

 

[Shades]

Did you buy the yearly subscription? That's pretty expensive.

Of course I'm watching the game. This is my team.

 

[Plebe]

Did you buy the yearly subscription? That's pretty expensive.

Of course I'm watching the game. This is my team.

If you didn't already know it, I'm a basketball fan

 

[Plebe]

If I wasn't watching this game I wouldn't believe it. Michigan's full court pressure has forced a lot of Maryland Michigan turnovers. Michigan finished the 2nd quarter on a 21-2 run and is leading 40-22 at the half.

Minnesota with 14 turnovers in the 1st half. That's a lot

 

[eebmg]

If I wasn't watching this game I wouldn't believe it. Michigan's full court pressure has forced a lot of Maryland turnovers. Michigan finished the 2nd quarter on a 21-2 run and is leading 40-22 at the half.

Wow. Maryland is losing 2 games on the same day.

Of course, I should not talk. I said Whelan would fix press issues.

 

[Shades]

MIN players were at shoot-around at 7:30 AM, which probably means they woke up at 6:30 AM. I wonder if they're tired/didn't get enough sleep because they look it. Started making mistake after mistake, and Whalen didn't use her timeouts... just let them bleed.

 

[Plebe]

Wow. Maryland is losing 2 games on the same day.

Of course, I should not talk. I said Whelan would fix press issues.

Ha, well, she still has time to fix those issues. But man those last 6 minutes of the half were ugly.

 

[Plebe]

MIN players were at shoot-around at 7:30 AM, which probably means they woke up at 6:30 AM. I wonder if they're tired/didn't get enough sleep because they look it. Started making mistake after mistake, and Whalen didn't use her timeouts... just let them bleed.

According to the box score, she called 2 timeouts. One at 5:24 of 3Q 2Q, another at 3:40.

 

[PAHuskeyFan]

Gophers down by 18 points at the Half... Really???

 

[eebmg]

Gophers down by 18 points at the Half... Really???

I guess the Gophers dug themselves a pretty big hole.

 

[UConnCat]

Minnesota is not a good shooting team. Bell takes the most shots and in this game and the Wis game she is a combined 9 for 37.

 

[newfrontier]

So if Michigan upsets Minnesota, it will mean that all 3 of the Big 10's pre-season top contenders (ie. MD, Iowa, Minn.) lost on the first weekend of conference games. Of course, Michigan State was not ranked early on.

 

[PAHuskeyFan]

I guess the Gophers dug themselves a pretty big hole.

I see what you did there.... Yuck, Yuck... from the land of Punsutawney Phil

 

[eebmg]

I see what you did there.... Yuck, Yuck... from the land of Punsutawney Phil

Gave me 2 likes.

 

[Shades]

According to the box score, she called 2 timeouts. One at 5:24 of 3Q, another at 3:40.

I was talking about the first half debacle. I'm not sure if the BTN+ graphic works correctly for timeouts, but if Whalen had any left, she definitely needed to use them.