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per Maxie:
“What we had to fix was off the court: strength and conditioning, through diet, through practice,” said Gopher basketball coach Richard Pitino. “He’s done that, and now he’s reaping the rewards from it.”
Like most big men, it takes time to get up to speed, but when they do, they change or they leave. That’s just the Darwinism of the Big Ten.
“You look at the guys on our team who didn’t play a lot last year…and Elliott is a guy who was not [a focal point], he was a backup,” Pitino said. “Now, he’s playing 30-35 minutes a game.
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/01/21/off-the-court-work-earns-elliott-eliason-time-on-it/
Go Gophers!!
“What we had to fix was off the court: strength and conditioning, through diet, through practice,” said Gopher basketball coach Richard Pitino. “He’s done that, and now he’s reaping the rewards from it.”
Like most big men, it takes time to get up to speed, but when they do, they change or they leave. That’s just the Darwinism of the Big Ten.
“You look at the guys on our team who didn’t play a lot last year…and Elliott is a guy who was not [a focal point], he was a backup,” Pitino said. “Now, he’s playing 30-35 minutes a game.
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/01/21/off-the-court-work-earns-elliott-eliason-time-on-it/
Go Gophers!!