It’s no secret that fans were hoping for a lot more from Gopher basketball last season, a season which saw the team go 4-14 in conference play and 15-17 overall.
A top-15 team in the preseason, in both the AP and the Coaches Polls, the Reggie Lynch fiasco sent the team spiraling off course mid-way through the year and Richard Pitino never managed to recover.
Nate Mason didn’t become the Player of the Year candidate many had predicted in his senior season and there was little depth to pick up the slack when he and Jordan Murphy had off nights, especially with Amir Coffey missing 14 games due to shoulder surgery.