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Gopher Men's Basketball coach Rich Pitino was on the Sports Huddle on WCCO on Sunday. (9-30)
I did not take verbatim notes - was riding my exercise bike - so this is on memory. If anyone else listened to the interview, feel free to fill in the gaps.
I will do this as bullet points
-practice off to good start. 7 new players in program. older guys working with younger players
-Curry tweaked a calf muscle. put him about 2 weeks behind. will bring back slowly, but he's looking good.
-Curry injury has allowed more time for Stockman to work with regulars in practice.
-Oturu still not 100%. gets about 10 minutes of full-contact work per practice. He missed a lot of time in off-season, so not fully up to speed with rest of team.
-Murphy has green light to work on his outside shot. But don't forget bread-and-butter - working inside.
-(asked about 3-point shooting). mentioned Gabe K, McBrayer, Coffey, Stull
-Coffey will play huge role with team. playing him more on the ball. he needs to do a little of everything for team to be good. Said he would have used Coffey more on the ball before, but had Nate Mason.
-Washington matured last year. still has lots of room for improvement. quick - gets ball up court, good passer. But - he will be evaluated on what he does when he doesn't have the ball in his hands: defense, fighting through screens, etc.
-said B1G will be tough again - MSU, Michigan, some new coaches will bring new approaches to traditional powers.
-(asked about FR) Omersa and Gabe K working hard. great kids. athletic. they want to be Gophers.
That's what I remember. Overall, Pitino sounded upbeat. (and I got in a good workout.........)
I did not take verbatim notes - was riding my exercise bike - so this is on memory. If anyone else listened to the interview, feel free to fill in the gaps.
I will do this as bullet points
-practice off to good start. 7 new players in program. older guys working with younger players
-Curry tweaked a calf muscle. put him about 2 weeks behind. will bring back slowly, but he's looking good.
-Curry injury has allowed more time for Stockman to work with regulars in practice.
-Oturu still not 100%. gets about 10 minutes of full-contact work per practice. He missed a lot of time in off-season, so not fully up to speed with rest of team.
-Murphy has green light to work on his outside shot. But don't forget bread-and-butter - working inside.
-(asked about 3-point shooting). mentioned Gabe K, McBrayer, Coffey, Stull
-Coffey will play huge role with team. playing him more on the ball. he needs to do a little of everything for team to be good. Said he would have used Coffey more on the ball before, but had Nate Mason.
-Washington matured last year. still has lots of room for improvement. quick - gets ball up court, good passer. But - he will be evaluated on what he does when he doesn't have the ball in his hands: defense, fighting through screens, etc.
-said B1G will be tough again - MSU, Michigan, some new coaches will bring new approaches to traditional powers.
-(asked about FR) Omersa and Gabe K working hard. great kids. athletic. they want to be Gophers.
That's what I remember. Overall, Pitino sounded upbeat. (and I got in a good workout.........)
