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per Dienhart:
The Golden Gophers are coming off a 21-win season that included a win in the NCAA tourney under Tubby Smith. The 30-year-old Pitino—son of Rick—has one season of experience, guiding Florida International to an 18-14 mark last season. Is he ready for this colossal step? Hard to say. But Pitino’s early impressions of the Big Ten are interesting.
“I think the one misconception I think is everybody thinks it’s a grind-it-out league,” said Pitino. “But I watched Indiana’s exhibition game yesterday while I was working out and they want to run. I’ve watched Michigan State. They want to get out and run. Ohio State. All these teams really want to get out and run. I think people think it’s a grind-’em-out, physical league, but when I was in the Big East the first time around it’s probably as physical as it gets. So, no, I think they’re all great styles — they’re pretty similar to a lot of the programs I’m used to. I think what happens is as you get into conference, the game slows down a lot. I think that’s just the way it works, especially with officiating and so on. So it’s not as different, I think, as people may think.”
http://btn.com/2013/10/31/pitino-collins-face-big-ten-challenges/?cmp=user+shared+twitter
Go Gophers!!
The Golden Gophers are coming off a 21-win season that included a win in the NCAA tourney under Tubby Smith. The 30-year-old Pitino—son of Rick—has one season of experience, guiding Florida International to an 18-14 mark last season. Is he ready for this colossal step? Hard to say. But Pitino’s early impressions of the Big Ten are interesting.
“I think the one misconception I think is everybody thinks it’s a grind-it-out league,” said Pitino. “But I watched Indiana’s exhibition game yesterday while I was working out and they want to run. I’ve watched Michigan State. They want to get out and run. Ohio State. All these teams really want to get out and run. I think people think it’s a grind-’em-out, physical league, but when I was in the Big East the first time around it’s probably as physical as it gets. So, no, I think they’re all great styles — they’re pretty similar to a lot of the programs I’m used to. I think what happens is as you get into conference, the game slows down a lot. I think that’s just the way it works, especially with officiating and so on. So it’s not as different, I think, as people may think.”
http://btn.com/2013/10/31/pitino-collins-face-big-ten-challenges/?cmp=user+shared+twitter
Go Gophers!!