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With summer practices and the foreign trip in the rearview mirror, Richard Pitino had a chance to reflect on how the 2019-20 Gophers basketball team compares so far to other squads that he’s coached.
The Gophers went to their second NCAA tournament under Pitino last season, but he doesn’t see much similarity between that team and this one.
It’s not necessarily a bad thing. They’re just different.
“We kind of remind me a little bit of my (2014) NIT championship team,” Pitino said on the Golden Gophers podcast Wednesday. “I think that team was a pretty good offensive team.”
One of key players on the U's 2017 NCAA tournament team was big man Eric Curry, who is expected to return this fall after getting pins removed from foot surgery in March.
"That’s the beauty of I think he’ll be able to jump right in once school starts," Pitino said. "Maybe not 100 percent, but we’ll bring him along slowly. Very, very important that he has September and October where he’s gaining momentum and gaining confidence on the basketball court."
On Curry’s recovery
Pitino: He got the pins taken out of his foot the other day. That was a relief for him. I don’t know why to an extent, but I guess it’s something and it’s good. He needs like a healthy fall. Where he came back last year in the middle of the season. That’s hard to do. Now he’s got the brace off the knee. He can just be confident mentally and physically. He'll be fine.
Much more here:
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...n-reflects-on-summer-with-new-team/557756422/
Go Gophers!!
With summer practices and the foreign trip in the rearview mirror, Richard Pitino had a chance to reflect on how the 2019-20 Gophers basketball team compares so far to other squads that he’s coached.
The Gophers went to their second NCAA tournament under Pitino last season, but he doesn’t see much similarity between that team and this one.
It’s not necessarily a bad thing. They’re just different.
“We kind of remind me a little bit of my (2014) NIT championship team,” Pitino said on the Golden Gophers podcast Wednesday. “I think that team was a pretty good offensive team.”
One of key players on the U's 2017 NCAA tournament team was big man Eric Curry, who is expected to return this fall after getting pins removed from foot surgery in March.
"That’s the beauty of I think he’ll be able to jump right in once school starts," Pitino said. "Maybe not 100 percent, but we’ll bring him along slowly. Very, very important that he has September and October where he’s gaining momentum and gaining confidence on the basketball court."
On Curry’s recovery
Pitino: He got the pins taken out of his foot the other day. That was a relief for him. I don’t know why to an extent, but I guess it’s something and it’s good. He needs like a healthy fall. Where he came back last year in the middle of the season. That’s hard to do. Now he’s got the brace off the knee. He can just be confident mentally and physically. He'll be fine.
Much more here:
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...n-reflects-on-summer-with-new-team/557756422/
Go Gophers!!
