Dev"Oh" Canada. "Bostick with the Basket." 0 > 1 ?

It was nice to see all of the Gophers get good minutes tonight.  Everyone played at least 7 minutes and contributed to the routing of High Point.  I was most impressed with Devoe Joseph's and Devron Bostick's performances.  Devoe and Devron each shot 3 for 4 from three point land, each scored 11 points, snatched 2 steals each, and each dished out 2 assists.  As a team the Gophers played very well and were focused on the task at hand and not concentrating on Michigan State.  However, the Gophers continue to struggle from the charity stripe, shooting a pitiful 58.3% from the line tonight.  The Gophers will need to improve free throw shooting if they want to win close hard-fought games in the Big Ten this year.  The 12-0 start doesn't tell us much about the team yet, the Louisville win was a nice win for the program, but besides that game the rest of the schedule has been fairly weak.  I am looking forward to seeing us compete against two of the Big Ten's best in our next two games, Michigan State and Ohio State.  Michigan State will come ready to play and the point guard match up will most likely determine the outcome of the game.  I am a big fan of Al Nolen, but he won't be the best point guard on the floor that day.  Kalin Lucas comes into the game with the best assist to turnover ratio in the country (6.5 assists to 1 turnover) and he is averaging 11.4 points per game, 6.5 assists per game, and 1.2 steals per game.  His statistics are comparable to Nolen's 8.7 points per game, 6.2 assists per game, and 1.2 steals per game, but Nolen averages 3.78 assists to 1 turnover.  I am not saying Nolen will be outplayed by Lucas, and I don't believe he will be, but Nolen will be the key to the Gophers chance of winning this game.  Nolen must keep Lucas out of the paint for most of the game and continue to distribute the ball well on the Gopher's offensive end.  Hopefully, #0 will be greater than #1 on Wednesday.