Stokes' Sports Report Vol 4 1st Edition

I had the unfortunate privilege of watching the IU/Minnesota game last Thursday at the Barn in Minnesota. It literally should have been played in a barn, it was one of the ugliest games I've ever seen in my life. Indiana's offense looked like a middle school girls team for a majority of the game, turning the ball over a rediculous 25 times in the first 30 some odd minutes in the game. Freshman Eric Gordon looked very uncomfortable handling the ball as he turned the ball over seemingly every time he touched it. However, as hard as IU tried to give the game to the Gophers, IU still ended up winning. The Golden Gophers just do not have the talent to be a force on the national stage.

In other college basketball, the Texas Longhorns fast start with wins against Tennessee and UCLA seems like long ago, as they have really struggled lately and barely squeaked out a 2 point home win against Colorado. They have lost 3 of their last 6 and it very easily could have been 4.

UNC finally lost, and since I'm a Duke fan I love it. North Carolina does not play good defense and it caught up with them against Maryland.
Duke looked very good against a very good Clemson team on Saturday night and is going pretty much un-noticed because UCLA, Memphis, UNC, and Kansas are getting the spotlight as the top teams.