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per Marcus:
As Richard Pitino waited to grab the microphone at Monday’s Gophers Road Trip kickoff event at TCF Bank Stadium, he shook his head at one particular line during his introduction.
Mike Grimm, the voice of the Gophers, mentioned the basketball team having the biggest turnaround in the country last season. That drew cheers. Pitino smiled.
But fans were also told to put the 8-23 record a year ago in the rear-view mirror.
Once Pitino addressed the crowd, he made it clear he’s tired hearing about the eight-win season in 2016.
“We’re not going to do 8-23 every stop,” Pitino said. “We’re going to have to work on that. It was a great year; we don’t have to talk about two years ago.”
With summer practice a couple weeks away, Pitino finally shed light on how special he believes the upcoming season could be with nearly everyone returning and recruits adding more talent to the mix.
“Hopefully our guys are extremely hungry to get back into the NCAA tournament, to compete for a Big Ten title, to make a run in the NCAA tournament,” Pitino told fans. “The goal is obviously to win a Big Ten title. And I think our expectations are high. They should be high and we’re excited about that.”
http://www.startribune.com/richard-...the-goal-is-to-win-a-big-ten-title/423651523/
Go Gophers!!
As Richard Pitino waited to grab the microphone at Monday’s Gophers Road Trip kickoff event at TCF Bank Stadium, he shook his head at one particular line during his introduction.
Mike Grimm, the voice of the Gophers, mentioned the basketball team having the biggest turnaround in the country last season. That drew cheers. Pitino smiled.
But fans were also told to put the 8-23 record a year ago in the rear-view mirror.
Once Pitino addressed the crowd, he made it clear he’s tired hearing about the eight-win season in 2016.
“We’re not going to do 8-23 every stop,” Pitino said. “We’re going to have to work on that. It was a great year; we don’t have to talk about two years ago.”
With summer practice a couple weeks away, Pitino finally shed light on how special he believes the upcoming season could be with nearly everyone returning and recruits adding more talent to the mix.
“Hopefully our guys are extremely hungry to get back into the NCAA tournament, to compete for a Big Ten title, to make a run in the NCAA tournament,” Pitino told fans. “The goal is obviously to win a Big Ten title. And I think our expectations are high. They should be high and we’re excited about that.”
http://www.startribune.com/richard-...the-goal-is-to-win-a-big-ten-title/423651523/
Go Gophers!!
