One thing to watch tonight

[jdubs30]

The guards vs. the Minnesota pressure. The Gophers run that havoc style with constant pressure and there's not that much tape on it since Pitino just got there. I'm really interested to see how Ennis handles it and how we handle it without Ennis in. We've been lucky lately to have veterans (Scoop, Triche) and studs (MCW, Waiters); but now there's no vets back there.

 

[jekelish]

This is most definitely a key. Hop himself took to twitter last night saying they play the exact same style as Louisville (shocking!), so it'll be interesting to see how Ennis, Cooney, and Gbinije hold up against the pressure. It'll also give us a good indication of how they'll do against better guard competition this season. I think with one on one man pressure, Ennis can get the ball up the floor just fine.

Trapping pressure, however...we'll see if it happens and how we're able to react.