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per Rand:
Kill did lay out a pretty specific goal: beat Wisconsin. Losing to the Badgers, he noted, was the difference each of the past two seasons between a good year and a great year (a win last season over the Badgers would have sent the Gophers to the Big Ten title game).
“They’ve been a pain in our butt. We had our opportunities last year,” Kill said. “Got to win the border games if you’re going to be a Big Ten champion and you want to play in that game. You’ve got to win the border games. Our expectation is we’ve got to get another brick, and that’s the brick.”
Pitino, too, was asked about Wisconsin — specifically coach Bo Ryan, who has announced he will retire at the end of this season. Ryan is 20-6 against the Gophers all-time, including 4-1 against Pitino.
“Thank goodness he’s gone,” Pitino joked before spending time lauding Ryan’s accomplishments — which at one point he called “miraculous.” The requisite question about emulating Wisconsin’s success came up, and Pitino did not bristle at it. “We certainly hope to get to that one day,” he said of Wisconsin’s sustained success.
http://www.startribune.com/kill-and...tations-trying-to-topple-wisconsin/320668642/
Go Gophers!!
Kill did lay out a pretty specific goal: beat Wisconsin. Losing to the Badgers, he noted, was the difference each of the past two seasons between a good year and a great year (a win last season over the Badgers would have sent the Gophers to the Big Ten title game).
“They’ve been a pain in our butt. We had our opportunities last year,” Kill said. “Got to win the border games if you’re going to be a Big Ten champion and you want to play in that game. You’ve got to win the border games. Our expectation is we’ve got to get another brick, and that’s the brick.”
Pitino, too, was asked about Wisconsin — specifically coach Bo Ryan, who has announced he will retire at the end of this season. Ryan is 20-6 against the Gophers all-time, including 4-1 against Pitino.
“Thank goodness he’s gone,” Pitino joked before spending time lauding Ryan’s accomplishments — which at one point he called “miraculous.” The requisite question about emulating Wisconsin’s success came up, and Pitino did not bristle at it. “We certainly hope to get to that one day,” he said of Wisconsin’s sustained success.
http://www.startribune.com/kill-and...tations-trying-to-topple-wisconsin/320668642/
Go Gophers!!