It might be hard for Gophers fans to swallow right now, but their men's basketball team is right where preseason predictors and even third-year coach Richard Pitino thought it would be.
A 6-6 record going into the Big Ten season for Minnesota seems like the sky is falling if you check social media.
There's even talk that Pitino should be on the hot seat for inheriting a program that won an NCAA tournament game and turning it into arguably the worst team in the conference a few seasons later.
So why isn't Pitino panicking entering Big Ten play with a Wednesday opener at Ohio State?