BleedGopher
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per Pitino:
Minnesota, with less than two weeks to the finish line, has the easiest remaining schedule of any team in the Big Ten. Three of the Gophers last four opponents -- Rutgers twice and Illinois on the road -- sit in the conference's bottom three. The other game comes against Wisconsin at home. The Badgers were as hot as any team heading out of last weekend, but in the meantime they lost at Michigan State and barely skid past Illinois on Sunday. Minnesota also has the benefit of recent history against Wisconsin -- in two of the last three years, the Gophers have upset their border rival at home.
In short, it's not completely crazy to think Minnesota could win out. And if that happens, Guy With The IPhone, who knows what could happen in the Big Ten tournament?
The flip side, of course, is that the Gophers could follow up coach Richard Pitino's second top-10 win by falling on their faces as early as tomorrow in the first league game Minnesota has been favored in all year, at home against Rutgers (7:30, BTN). There's no new rule that says the Gophers can't lose three of their next four, either.
But after the first event that inspired optimism all year, perhaps its best to just enjoy the moment.
http://www.startribune.com/after-up...-win-out-it-s-not-completely-crazy/369670281/
Go Gophers!!
Minnesota, with less than two weeks to the finish line, has the easiest remaining schedule of any team in the Big Ten. Three of the Gophers last four opponents -- Rutgers twice and Illinois on the road -- sit in the conference's bottom three. The other game comes against Wisconsin at home. The Badgers were as hot as any team heading out of last weekend, but in the meantime they lost at Michigan State and barely skid past Illinois on Sunday. Minnesota also has the benefit of recent history against Wisconsin -- in two of the last three years, the Gophers have upset their border rival at home.
In short, it's not completely crazy to think Minnesota could win out. And if that happens, Guy With The IPhone, who knows what could happen in the Big Ten tournament?
The flip side, of course, is that the Gophers could follow up coach Richard Pitino's second top-10 win by falling on their faces as early as tomorrow in the first league game Minnesota has been favored in all year, at home against Rutgers (7:30, BTN). There's no new rule that says the Gophers can't lose three of their next four, either.
But after the first event that inspired optimism all year, perhaps its best to just enjoy the moment.
http://www.startribune.com/after-up...-win-out-it-s-not-completely-crazy/369670281/
Go Gophers!!