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per Sid:
If there was any question about coach Richard Pitino’s future with the Gophers, it was put to rest Thursday in a resounding 86-76 victory over Louisville in the NCAA basketball tournament.
The Gophers were as confident and dominant as they have been all season.
They have now won five of their past seven games, and it wasn’t just junior guard Amir Coffey and senior forward Jordan Murphy carrying the load.
Freshman guard Gabe Kalscheur led the team with 24 points, one short of his career best, and a career-high eight rebounds.
Murphy and Coffey each finished with 18 points and six rebounds. Freshman center Daniel Oturu had 13 points and six rebounds, and senior guard Dupree McBrayer had 13 points and four assists.
All five starters were in double figures and played all but 18 of the available minutes. The Gophers hit 11 of 27 three-pointers, their second-highest total this season.
More important, they committed a season-low five turnovers.
“We were confident,” Pitino told ESPN after the game. “We got good looks. Gabe, when he gets going like that, he is really, really good. Amir hit a couple, Murphy hit a couple — he can do that as well. We just took what the defense gives you. That’s the way, when you’re playing in these tournament settings, you have to adjust throughout the course of the game and our guys were really, really confident for 40 minutes.”
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...ets-up-rematch-with-michigan-state/507493852/
Go Gophers!!
If there was any question about coach Richard Pitino’s future with the Gophers, it was put to rest Thursday in a resounding 86-76 victory over Louisville in the NCAA basketball tournament.
The Gophers were as confident and dominant as they have been all season.
They have now won five of their past seven games, and it wasn’t just junior guard Amir Coffey and senior forward Jordan Murphy carrying the load.
Freshman guard Gabe Kalscheur led the team with 24 points, one short of his career best, and a career-high eight rebounds.
Murphy and Coffey each finished with 18 points and six rebounds. Freshman center Daniel Oturu had 13 points and six rebounds, and senior guard Dupree McBrayer had 13 points and four assists.
All five starters were in double figures and played all but 18 of the available minutes. The Gophers hit 11 of 27 three-pointers, their second-highest total this season.
More important, they committed a season-low five turnovers.
“We were confident,” Pitino told ESPN after the game. “We got good looks. Gabe, when he gets going like that, he is really, really good. Amir hit a couple, Murphy hit a couple — he can do that as well. We just took what the defense gives you. That’s the way, when you’re playing in these tournament settings, you have to adjust throughout the course of the game and our guys were really, really confident for 40 minutes.”
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...ets-up-rematch-with-michigan-state/507493852/
Go Gophers!!