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per the STrib:
When Gophers men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino considers the additions of Maryland and Rutgers to the Big Ten, he sees only opportunity.
“Commissioner [Jim] Delany, he’s always been ahead of the curve, and I think he understands this is what college athletics has become,” Pitino said. “He sees the potential market out east that can be tapped into.”
One immediate impact for the Gophers, Pitino noted, is that the games, televised on the Big Ten Network, will provide a new audience.
“We’re recruiting a lot of kids from the metropolitan New York area, New Jersey,” said Pitino, himself of an East Coast background. “So I think it really benefits us talking to those guys about ‘Hey, we’re going to get you back to maybe play in Madison Square Garden, you’re going to play a Rutgers, you’re going to play at Maryland.’ ”
http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/265316881.html#EAeIO7BzxxPTI7sX.97
Go Gophers!!
When Gophers men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino considers the additions of Maryland and Rutgers to the Big Ten, he sees only opportunity.
“Commissioner [Jim] Delany, he’s always been ahead of the curve, and I think he understands this is what college athletics has become,” Pitino said. “He sees the potential market out east that can be tapped into.”
One immediate impact for the Gophers, Pitino noted, is that the games, televised on the Big Ten Network, will provide a new audience.
“We’re recruiting a lot of kids from the metropolitan New York area, New Jersey,” said Pitino, himself of an East Coast background. “So I think it really benefits us talking to those guys about ‘Hey, we’re going to get you back to maybe play in Madison Square Garden, you’re going to play a Rutgers, you’re going to play at Maryland.’ ”
http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/265316881.html#EAeIO7BzxxPTI7sX.97
Go Gophers!!