STrib: Big stretch of games ahead? Pitino wants team to aim higher

per the STrib:

"We expect to make it to the Final Four and contend for the the Big Ten championship," he told the Star Tribune this week. "In the past, we were settling for mediocrity. We needed to change our attitude."

That starts at the top, where Pitino refuses to assign weight to the coming stretch, unwilling to let his players believe the season is fundamentally affected, no matter how the Gophers fare. Three wins would be a big step toward lofty goals not often talked about in this state. But a few losses shouldn't change their mindset, Pitino believes.

"We're hoping come February, we're talking great seeds, not bubble," he said. "We know that's tough, but that's the way we talk in our locker room."

http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/283820141.html

Go Gophers!!

BleedGopher said:

per the STrib:

"We expect to make it to the Final Four and contend for the the Big Ten championship," he told the Star Tribune this week. "In the past, we were settling for mediocrity. We needed to change our attitude."

That starts at the top, where Pitino refuses to assign weight to the coming stretch, unwilling to let his players believe the season is fundamentally affected, no matter how the Gophers fare. Three wins would be a big step toward lofty goals not often talked about in this state. But a few losses shouldn't change their mindset, Pitino believes.

"We're hoping come February, we're talking great seeds, not bubble," he said. "We know that's tough, but that's the way we talk in our locker room."

http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/283820141.html

Go Gophers!!

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Lots of gh'ers havent embraced those words in the past........