How to watch today’s Gopher hoops game against Yale and 3 keys to a win
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The Barn
3:00 PM
BTN
Yale
The Gophers are back on the floor, this time against an Ivy League opponent.
Yale Bulldogs
Record: 2-2
KenPom Rank: 104
The Bulldogs are 2-2 having beat Quinnipiac and D3 Emerson. The lost to the Flames of Illinois-Chicago and then played well at Purdue before losing by eight. Can the Gophers bounce back after their loss to North Texas? Here’s how.
KEYS TO A GOPHER WIN
Figure out some offense – Can this team shoot? This team has shot 9/40 from three over the last two games. But it isn’t just about their shooting.
Figure out some offense – The offense is stagnant. Ben Johnson and staff need to figure out how to get this group to operate the offense together. Getting good shots for each other and perhaps even making them.
Figure out some offense – But it has to be five guys understanding the offense and working together, not just relying on Dawson Garcia to account for half of our points.
PREDICTION
This Yale team starts a backcourt of three seniors who have all been at Yale for their entire collegiate career. Led by John Poulakidas, the Bulldogs are projected to be the 2nd best team in the Ivy.
After that North Texas game, it is hard to have much confidence in this Gopher team until proven otherwise. This one will not be an easy one but the optimist in me believes that Minnesota can, and will, play better than they did on Wednesday.
It may not be pretty, we may not have any answers about scoring outside of Garcia, but I think they come away with a win.
Minnesota – 68
Yale – 64