Starts this Saturday. Haven’t seen any gophers on the rosters. Has anyone heard anything?
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Marcus Fuller tweeted that none of the Gophers were playing this year- but then he didn't answer when i asked why.
There is an NCAA eligibility issue that the league has to comply with and that is why the Gophers couldn't play two years ago. But if other current NCAA players (like Geno Crandall) can play it must be a Pitino decision. my two guessing reasons are 1) that is where Dupree first injured his leg last year and 2) Isiaih got into the habit of jacking up 25 footers and never passing.
short roster, shortened leash, pro am injury would really look bad for Pitino
Just decreasing the risk for injury. Had a number of times where guys would show up right at game time or even a little late after just finishing a workout on campus.Marcus Fuller tweeted that none of the Gophers were playing this year- but then he didn't answer when i asked why.
There is an NCAA eligibility issue that the league has to comply with and that is why the Gophers couldn't play two years ago. But if other current NCAA players (like Geno Crandall) can play it must be a Pitino decision. my two guessing reasons are 1) that is where Dupree first injured his leg last year and 2) Isiaih got into the habit of jacking up 25 footers and never passing.
Thanks - this makes sense. Many times they arrived last summer dragging after long practices.I posted this on the WBB board; because the amount of summer practice time was increased, teams seem to be canceling participation in summer leagues. I referenced an Iowa story where the Prime League was ending.
One recent NCAA change that slipped by me: during the summer, teams are now allowed 4 hours of team practice and 4 hours of individual skill instruction.per week. Strength and conditioning do not count toward these hours.
I've only found the NCAA Division I Council proposal; but not the actual change. However, I've seen it in news story's like this:
https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sp...ars/702866002/
"With the opportunity created by an NCAA rule change to have four hours of practice together each week in the summer, and another four hours of individual skill work with the players, there just isn't a need for it," Larson said in a release. “When we started 32 years ago, college coaches couldn't even watch their players scrimmage; now they can actually coach them all summer, which is great for the players.
"Between summer school classes and homework, strength and conditioning workouts — and now eight hours of either practice or skill drills — the coaches at Iowa and UNI concluded that their players were just being asked to do too much. They correctly wanted the summer to still be the off-season, albeit one with much more development than it used to have when coaches didn't get to help the players improve."