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Jamal Mashburn Jr. set to decide between Minnesota and California

Could another Mashburn be coached by another Pitino?

It’s certainly a possibility.

2020 four-star guard Jamal Mashburn Jr. is currently on an official visit to Minnesota and will decide between the Golden Gophers and the Cal-Berkeley Golden Bears in the coming weeks. Should he commit to Minnesota, Mashburn will play for Richard Pitino, son of former Kentucky head coach coach Rick Pitino.

“With Richard Pitino, there’s obviously a family-type bond to that,” Mashburn said, via StarTribune.com. “The first official visit was good. I saw everything I wanted to see and that I wanted to hear.