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per Evan Daniels:
Midway through the year, the Gophers are 14-2 and boast a top 15 road victory over Purdue. In the non-conference they lost just one game — No. 12 Florida State — and knocked off Arkansas, St. John’s and Vanderbilt. They were the first team out of last week’s AP top 25 and have since added a win over Northwestern and will face Ohio State on Sunday before the next rankings are released.
“I just think winning breeds confidence, everyone just listens a little bit better when you’re winning,” Pitino said. “Guys are more positive. Guys feel good about themselves, and at the end of the day as a coach that’s what you want.”
That type of confidence is showing on the court.
On Dec. 27, in Minnesota’s first league game in the Big Ten, the Gophers blew a lead late in the game and lost to perennial Big Ten power Michigan State in overtime. Quite frankly, it was a game Minnesota should have won.
But the Gophers bounced back in arguably the most important stretch of the season, with the back-to-back road wins over Purdue and Northwestern.
http://www.foxsports.com/college-ba...ino-nate-mason-trevon-bluiett-notebook-010617
Go Gophers!!
Midway through the year, the Gophers are 14-2 and boast a top 15 road victory over Purdue. In the non-conference they lost just one game — No. 12 Florida State — and knocked off Arkansas, St. John’s and Vanderbilt. They were the first team out of last week’s AP top 25 and have since added a win over Northwestern and will face Ohio State on Sunday before the next rankings are released.
“I just think winning breeds confidence, everyone just listens a little bit better when you’re winning,” Pitino said. “Guys are more positive. Guys feel good about themselves, and at the end of the day as a coach that’s what you want.”
That type of confidence is showing on the court.
On Dec. 27, in Minnesota’s first league game in the Big Ten, the Gophers blew a lead late in the game and lost to perennial Big Ten power Michigan State in overtime. Quite frankly, it was a game Minnesota should have won.
But the Gophers bounced back in arguably the most important stretch of the season, with the back-to-back road wins over Purdue and Northwestern.
http://www.foxsports.com/college-ba...ino-nate-mason-trevon-bluiett-notebook-010617
Go Gophers!!
