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per Yahoo:
It’s too soon to declare Minnesota an NCAA tournament team, but it’s abundantly clear the Gophers will exceed preseason projections that had them finishing near the bottom of the Big Ten for a second straight year. Not only do they own solid non-league victories over Arkansas, Vanderbilt and Texas Arlington, the only two setbacks they’ve endured all season are a narrow loss at surging Florida State and an overtime heartbreaker against Michigan State.
“More than anything, what I’m proud of with these guys is their resiliency,” Pitino said. “We had a very, very difficult season last year and they had to sit and hear about it all offseason. We deserved all the criticism we got, but it’s always challenging when you can’t do anything about it. They dealt with it, they worked extremely hard on and off the floor to improve and now they’re doing a lot of good things.”
Minnesota’s turnaround stems from the influx of talent Pitino recruited to bolster last year’s overmatched roster. Four of the Gophers’ top seven players are newcomers including impact transfer Reggie Lynch and prized freshmen Amir Coffey and Eric Curry.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/under-...ineered-an-unlikely-turnaround-152955564.html
Go Gophers!!
It’s too soon to declare Minnesota an NCAA tournament team, but it’s abundantly clear the Gophers will exceed preseason projections that had them finishing near the bottom of the Big Ten for a second straight year. Not only do they own solid non-league victories over Arkansas, Vanderbilt and Texas Arlington, the only two setbacks they’ve endured all season are a narrow loss at surging Florida State and an overtime heartbreaker against Michigan State.
“More than anything, what I’m proud of with these guys is their resiliency,” Pitino said. “We had a very, very difficult season last year and they had to sit and hear about it all offseason. We deserved all the criticism we got, but it’s always challenging when you can’t do anything about it. They dealt with it, they worked extremely hard on and off the floor to improve and now they’re doing a lot of good things.”
Minnesota’s turnaround stems from the influx of talent Pitino recruited to bolster last year’s overmatched roster. Four of the Gophers’ top seven players are newcomers including impact transfer Reggie Lynch and prized freshmen Amir Coffey and Eric Curry.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/under-...ineered-an-unlikely-turnaround-152955564.html
Go Gophers!!