Michigan State got bit at home by Northwestern tonight, which in turn validates their win versus the Gophers the other night. But nonetheless the lowly 'Cats now have 2 Big 10 victories which triples their total from last season, 7 games into the Big Ten schedule.
The Cat's win allowed the Gophers to get within a 1/2 game of Sparty, but the Gooph's can't look too far down the road. They have Purdue coming to The Barn tomorrow night, then a must win in Bloomington on Sunday afternoon and then the Fighting Illini come to Willliams Arena a week from tomorrow. So a big run for the Gophers if they want to prove that they belong among the big boys in the conference and garner the respect they feel they deserve nationally.
Personally, watching the Gophers in a couple of games and seeing a lot of ACC games on local, these kids can play with anyone. With the amount of pressure that they apply and the depth of the bench would give anyone in the ACC or Big East fits. It will be interesting to see if the Gophers can continue to be strong through the remainder of their Big Ten schedule and if they can make some noise come March/April.
Hopefully rolling blog tomorrow night with the game being on ESPN2.
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