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per Fox Sports:
This fall? Well, Pitino has been busy playing psychologist again. This time the theme is the opposite: Don’t be distracted by the hype.
“We were so eager to get the respect back of everybody and to win again and to get people talking, we’ve got to understand that can go away,” Pitino said last month. “That’s fleeting as well. What got us here was doing it for each other. No ego. Working hard. But this group has shown that thus far.”
Pitino, who benefited from the 24-10 finish with a one-year contract extension that goes through 2022 and came with $1.7 million in new bonus money, will be responsible for guiding the Gophers amid the highest preseason expectations the program has faced since the NCAA Final Four appearance 20 years ago.
They lost only one of their top seven scorers, with the departure of shooting guard Akeem Springs. They’ve brought in two heralded East Coast recruits, with point guard Isaiah Washington (New York) and shooting guard Jamir Harris (New Jersey). They’re also welcoming power forward Davonte Fitzgerald to the rotation, after two full years on the sideline.
Michigan State is predictably the Big Ten favorite, but the Gophers have been high on the list on all of the conference predictions. With senior point guard Nate Mason, senior center Reggie Lynch and junior power forward Jordan Murphy leading the locker room, they’ve got plenty of experience to rely on.
“They may not need to yell and scream, but they can speak from a great point of view about what it takes to win,” Pitino said.
http://www.foxsports.com/north/stor...nos-gophers-wont-be-distracted-by-hype-102617
Go Gophers!!
This fall? Well, Pitino has been busy playing psychologist again. This time the theme is the opposite: Don’t be distracted by the hype.
“We were so eager to get the respect back of everybody and to win again and to get people talking, we’ve got to understand that can go away,” Pitino said last month. “That’s fleeting as well. What got us here was doing it for each other. No ego. Working hard. But this group has shown that thus far.”
Pitino, who benefited from the 24-10 finish with a one-year contract extension that goes through 2022 and came with $1.7 million in new bonus money, will be responsible for guiding the Gophers amid the highest preseason expectations the program has faced since the NCAA Final Four appearance 20 years ago.
They lost only one of their top seven scorers, with the departure of shooting guard Akeem Springs. They’ve brought in two heralded East Coast recruits, with point guard Isaiah Washington (New York) and shooting guard Jamir Harris (New Jersey). They’re also welcoming power forward Davonte Fitzgerald to the rotation, after two full years on the sideline.
Michigan State is predictably the Big Ten favorite, but the Gophers have been high on the list on all of the conference predictions. With senior point guard Nate Mason, senior center Reggie Lynch and junior power forward Jordan Murphy leading the locker room, they’ve got plenty of experience to rely on.
“They may not need to yell and scream, but they can speak from a great point of view about what it takes to win,” Pitino said.
http://www.foxsports.com/north/stor...nos-gophers-wont-be-distracted-by-hype-102617
Go Gophers!!