Gopher's “firm” after having not benefited on a cheap home plan

After the Gopers in Los Angeles annoyed successive victories in Los Angeles, the Gopher had the golden opportunity to consolidate their reputation in the big ten with two cheap matchups at home against Penn State and North Western. They could not capitalize and lost both games with 21 combined points.

After the defeat on Tuesday evening, Minnesota is back in the Big Ten tournament bubble for the 15th place. You are now 10-8 at home this season, four of these defeats against teams outside the top 50 of the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) rankings.

“This felt – it is only that we hold on, and we have to fight through that. We have to fight by stuck,” said Johnson after the loss against northwest. “We have just mentally stuck mentally. I cannot determine exactly what it is absolutely possible if we are not on the go, but we are a completely different team.”

The Gophers have a respectable 4-4 record on the street this season, with victories against UCLA, USC, IOWA and Penn State. She lost 15 points against Indiana, 21 points against Wisconsin, six points against Maryland and 22 points against the Michigan state.

Johnson even said that he and his team of coaches tried to reproduce the magic they had from their road trip. They set up the changing room as if it were a visit to the visit and it even spanned his lead as if they were on the go.

Minnesota approaches his fifth full season in a row without a NCAA tournament birth, so it is only more difficult to create a fan excitement. Johnson used Gopher's fans to get into the barn several times this season, and it has achieved mixed results.

Although the Gophers in the barn in the barn in the barn are not trained more than six NCAA tournament teams, they have remarkable losses against Nordexas, Washington, Penn State and Northwestern. They had profits of five points or less in the non -conference against Omaha, Yale and Central Michigan.

Every basketball coach of Division I will tell you that winning on the street is difficult. The Gophers have proven that they can compete with everyone on the street this season, but they have not shown the opportunity to protect their homeland, which prevents them from playing the opportunity to play in the off -season.

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