Just before coach Richard Pitino got off the Gopher Road Trip caravan for its first stop in Spicer, Minn., he said he turned to radio broadcaster Mike Grimm and jokingly asked, “Do we have to talk about last year?”
Lucky for Pitino, there are seven good reasons to look forward. One day after the final signing for the seven-player 2015-16 class — the largest class since 1986 — the only question from the public the Gophers basketball coach fielded after his short speech focused on the future, specifically the five freshmen and two transfers who will start arriving on campus next month.