And Potter hits an instant three 
Itās just me and my irrational prejudices, but I would much rather see Northwestern and Minnesota flounder year after year than Rutgers and Maryland.
Iām ready to admit Wisconsin is really good but itās still infuriating how friendly of a whistle they get at Kohl. This huge run was spurted by a phantom foul on a Davison three pointer where there was literally no contact whatsoever, followed by Bardo acknowledging āyou never see Wisconsin only attempting six free throws at homeā.
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The year Tubby Smith got fired he had Minnesota as a top 10 rated team in January before they hosted #5 Michigan at home on ESPN. They slid after that but I believe they still made the second round of the tournament. I have no idea what their fanbase was expecting but Tubby was doing a pretty good job with the program. Itās been complete mediocrity under Richard Pitino but they did it to themselves.
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Itās absolutely ridiculous that Tubby was fired and Pitino hasnāt been.
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They had serious conduct issues under Tubby didnāt they.
I honestly think that without the pandemic they would have moved on from Pitino last offseason.
Nope. He took over a program that was in bad shape and did things the right way. The recent conduct issues at Minnesota were under Pitino AFAIK.
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Honestly I thought Smith Minnesota teams Illinois under Weber/Groce were some of the most consistently disappointing teams Iāve seen in terms of talent vs. performance.
Kinda reminds me of the Jim Caldwell ā> Matt Patricia change.
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Idk you guys Richard Pitino has Minnesota in Chet Holmgrenās final six!!! This could be it!!!
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Yeah, itās not that Tubby was amazing. Itās that he was held to a completely different standard.
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Man does Minnesota need a coach who can keep top guys in Minnesota. Just an absolutely brutal job by Pitino in that department.
I am not sure of that the year before that he got to the tournament and won a tournament game. He has turned over much of the roster since then. Heās won as many tourney games as Tubby did at Minnesotaā¦
Thatās correct. They both had incredibly similar seasonās in their 6th years and the difference is Tubby was fired after winning an NCAA tournament game and Pitino was kept around. Tubby never had a losing season with Minnesota and Pitino could be looking at two straight and a third total including his third year where he went 8-23. Pitino also now has new practice facilities and high school basketball is exploding with talent in his backyard. I know itās hard to win at Minnesota, but I just donāt see it with Pitinoās teams.
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Looks like Pitinoās going into a seventh year while Tubby had six? Makes a straight-up comparison simpler, perhaps. They hired Pitino with one year of coaching experience.
I am on board with Minnesota entering into a Lifetime contract with Richard Pitino. Make the Buy-Out $50M. Both ways.
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This is Pitinoās eighth year. I donāt know how anyone could forget their magical run to the championship in the 2014 NIT!
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Ohio St has a new opponent in the CBS Sports Classic instead of UNC they will be facing UCLA. Then you have UNC/Kentucky playing. This was switched to make up closer to covid 19 testing protocols.
Interesting. UNC was probably the worst matchup for OSU since they have 4 functional big men to OSUās 0 (1 if you count Kyle Young). UCLA got off to a rough start but has been much better as of late so this should be an interesting matchup.