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Minnesota Basketball: 5 Reasons to Be Optimistic About the 2015-2016 Season

While the upcoming season appears grim in several aspects, there are a few positives amongst the wreckage of the 2014-2015 season.

No one denies there was a sense of optimism coming into the 2014-2105 season. With 4 returning starters, a young coach on the rise, and post-season experience emanating from most of the roster thanks to a NIT Championship the year before, the team was expected to compete at a high level within the conference and contend for a place in the NCAA Tournament. For a myriad of reasons, those hopes didn’t quite come to fruition.