The 2016-17 Minnesota Golden Gophers made a remarkable turnaround from last year’s debacle of a season. I am starting this post off with an admission that I was 100% wrong about how I thought this season would play out. In November I wrote that I viewed the Gophers making the NCAA Tournament this year as highly unlikely. In fact, I wondered what it would actually take for Pitino to retain his job:
But even with my skepticism of Pitino as a long-term answer here, I believe the notion that it is going to take a run to the NCAA Tournament is not only an unreasonable expectation of Pitino but also highly unlikely for this team.