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per Marcus:
Richard Pitino recently noticed Isaiah Washington wasn’t practicing as hard as he normally does, but it wasn’t something he had to personally handle with his talented freshman.
Senior captain Nate Mason talked to his fellow point guard away from the team. And the next day, Washington had a completely different mind-set.
“He comes in [Saturday], and he’s got this big smile on his face,” Pitino said Saturday at Gophers basketball media day. “He said to me, ‘I had a great talk with Nate last night … about me playing hard.’ ”
Mason already has that type of tough-love relationship and mutual respect with Washington where he is always competing and demanding the most out of his younger teammate.
“I’m telling him a lot,” Mason said. “I don’t take any plays off. I go at his head like he’s not a freshman, because we’re going to need him. The way I come at him is, ‘This is how it’s going to be in the Big Ten.’ ”
http://www.startribune.com/touted-f...ove-from-gophers-senior-nate-mason/453922233/
Go Gophers!!
Richard Pitino recently noticed Isaiah Washington wasn’t practicing as hard as he normally does, but it wasn’t something he had to personally handle with his talented freshman.
Senior captain Nate Mason talked to his fellow point guard away from the team. And the next day, Washington had a completely different mind-set.
“He comes in [Saturday], and he’s got this big smile on his face,” Pitino said Saturday at Gophers basketball media day. “He said to me, ‘I had a great talk with Nate last night … about me playing hard.’ ”
Mason already has that type of tough-love relationship and mutual respect with Washington where he is always competing and demanding the most out of his younger teammate.
“I’m telling him a lot,” Mason said. “I don’t take any plays off. I go at his head like he’s not a freshman, because we’re going to need him. The way I come at him is, ‘This is how it’s going to be in the Big Ten.’ ”
http://www.startribune.com/touted-f...ove-from-gophers-senior-nate-mason/453922233/
Go Gophers!!