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per Marcus:
One of the keys to winning in college basketball is staying old, but the Gophers are one of the Big Ten programs suffering the most from the growing pains of having to rely almost exclusively on underclassmen.
Richard Pitino’s top three scorers are sophomores Marcus Carr, Daniel Oturu and Gabe Kalscheur. His bench is even younger, with mostly freshmen not yet ready for major minutes.
Pitino doesn’t have a choice but to rely on youth in Wednesday’s critical game for the Gophers (13-13, 7-9 Big Ten) against No. 9 Maryland (22-5, 12-4) at Williams Arena.
“When Amir [Coffey] went pro and Eric [Curry] got hurt, we became substantially younger,” Pitino said. “The only way we could survive it is the guys who have played before had to act like elder statesman.”
Teams short on Big Ten experience are in this spot mainly as a result of what happened to their 2016 and 2017 recruiting classes.
Northwestern, Nebraska and Minnesota are at the bottom of the conference. They also are the three teams in the league getting the least production from the junior and senior classes.
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!
One of the keys to winning in college basketball is staying old, but the Gophers are one of the Big Ten programs suffering the most from the growing pains of having to rely almost exclusively on underclassmen.
Richard Pitino’s top three scorers are sophomores Marcus Carr, Daniel Oturu and Gabe Kalscheur. His bench is even younger, with mostly freshmen not yet ready for major minutes.
Pitino doesn’t have a choice but to rely on youth in Wednesday’s critical game for the Gophers (13-13, 7-9 Big Ten) against No. 9 Maryland (22-5, 12-4) at Williams Arena.
“When Amir [Coffey] went pro and Eric [Curry] got hurt, we became substantially younger,” Pitino said. “The only way we could survive it is the guys who have played before had to act like elder statesman.”
Teams short on Big Ten experience are in this spot mainly as a result of what happened to their 2016 and 2017 recruiting classes.
Northwestern, Nebraska and Minnesota are at the bottom of the conference. They also are the three teams in the league getting the least production from the junior and senior classes.
Gophers basketball playing with youth movement, but not by choice
Northwestern, Nebraska and Minnesota are at the bottom of the Big Ten. They also are the three teams getting the least production from their junior and senior classes.
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!