Souhan column: Gophers basketball program can't shed failure and scandal

[BleedGopher]

per Souhan:

Pitino may survive this, may develop into a good Big Ten coach, but his résumé shows Big Ten records of 8-10, 6-12 and now 2-15. Any belief in him at this juncture is purely faith-based, like hoping the Tooth Fairy will leave the mortgage payment under your pillow.

Over the decades, the occasional dramatic victory at Williams has obscured the plight of the program.

In a sport that prides itself on the unpredictability of March, the Gophers haven’t made it to the Elite Eight since 1997. They haven’t made it to the Elite Eight in a season that wasn’t wiped out by the NCAA since 1990.

Pitino is the current face of the Gophers’ problems, but he is more symptom than affliction. To compete with programs like Indiana, Michigan State and Michigan — and in recent decades Wisconsin — the Gophers have always had to take chances in recruiting, and hiring.

Difficult night, Richard?

http://www.startribune.com/gophers-basketball-program-can-t-shed-failure-and-scandal/370880311/

Go Gophers!!

 

[Winnipegopher]

per Souhan:

In a sport that prides itself on the unpredictability of March, the Gophers haven’t made it to the Elite Eight since 1997. They haven’t made it to the Elite Eight in a season that wasn’t wiped out by the NCAA since 1990.



http://www.startribune.com/gophers-basketball-program-can-t-shed-failure-and-scandal/370880311/

Go Gophers!!

Working in a field, journalism, that prides itself on accuracy, Souhan can't be bothered to check and realize that the Gophers were in the Final Four in 1997. Strib editors can't be bothered either.