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It wasn’t the ideal situation for University of Minnesota men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino, coming off a tumultuous season with no postseason tournament bid.
Though he’s called the group “wise beyond their years” and “ready mentally to compete,” having two freshmen in the starting lineup — and giving meaningful minutes to the third — was something he termed “scary” before the season started. Forward Eric Curry, after missing all of the 2017-18 season with a knee injury, required surgery at the end of October, keeping him out of game action for four to six weeks. Pitt transfer Marcus Carr’s waiver was rejected by the NCAA and an appeal is pending.
Now Pitino has no choice but to rely on the 2018 class of Daniel Oturu, Gabe Kalscheur and Jarvis Omersa in prominent roles. Pitino said coming into Monday’s 78-69 win over Utah at Williams Arena that his lineups in the second game of the regular season would be an indication of his trust for...
https://theathletic.com/651278/2018...en-daniel-oturu-gabe-kalscheur-jarvis-omersa/
Go Gophers!!
It wasn’t the ideal situation for University of Minnesota men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino, coming off a tumultuous season with no postseason tournament bid.
Though he’s called the group “wise beyond their years” and “ready mentally to compete,” having two freshmen in the starting lineup — and giving meaningful minutes to the third — was something he termed “scary” before the season started. Forward Eric Curry, after missing all of the 2017-18 season with a knee injury, required surgery at the end of October, keeping him out of game action for four to six weeks. Pitt transfer Marcus Carr’s waiver was rejected by the NCAA and an appeal is pending.
Now Pitino has no choice but to rely on the 2018 class of Daniel Oturu, Gabe Kalscheur and Jarvis Omersa in prominent roles. Pitino said coming into Monday’s 78-69 win over Utah at Williams Arena that his lineups in the second game of the regular season would be an indication of his trust for...
https://theathletic.com/651278/2018...en-daniel-oturu-gabe-kalscheur-jarvis-omersa/
Go Gophers!!