Well, we’re halfway there. How’s everyone feeling?
I was talking to a friend of mine at a holiday party last week and Gopher basketball came up. He told me that he doesn’t really start paying attention to the season until conference play starts. I gave him a rundown as best I could, and I realized that my Clift Notes version of the non-conference season was pretty morbid. We discussed the lack of any inside game, the inability to score or even shoot effectively, and the terrible mental lapses on defense. But I was also surprised at how often I said, “he’s gonna be good, you can already see it” for several of the young guys on the team.