FSN: Pitino's Gophers eager to defy preseason predictions

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per FSN:

"If (Diedhiou and Konate) can stay out of foul trouble and find a way to stay on the court, I think they'll be very productive," said Pitino, 33, who recently signed a two-year contract extension through the 2020-21 season.

Sophomore Nate Mason, who averaged 9.8 points per game last season, will lead a backcourt featuring lots of youth. First-year guard Dupree McBrayer figures to see action, as well. McBrayer, a 6-foot-4 native of Queens, N.Y., had four steals last Friday night, in Minnesota's exhibition rout of Southwest Minnesota State.

Unfortunately, there isn't much margin for error for the Gophers this winter. The Big Ten is loaded once more, with six teams landing in the Associated Press' preseason top-25 poll: Maryland (No. 3), Michigan State (13), Indiana (15), Wisconsin (17), Purdue (23) and Michigan (25). The Gophers are predicted to make a lower-division finish in the conference by multiple media outlets.

Pitino's bunch opens its regular season Friday, against Missouri-Kansas City at 8 p.m. in Williams Arena. The Big Ten gauntlet begins with a Dec. 30 trip to Ohio State.

"The guys are ready for the season to get here," Pitino noted last Friday. "So I know they are excited."

http://www.foxsports.com/north/stor...ll-eager-to-defy-preseason-predictions-111215

Go Gophers!!
 

We're a young but talented bunch of players. This will be a wonderful season filled with lots of speed bumps but the future looks pretty bright, but it's Minnesota, so that light at the end of the tunnel could be BNSF.
 




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