Considering their turbulent 2015-2016 season, Richard Pitino’s Gophers are not faring particularly well in most experts’ College Basketball predictions, and for good reason. The Minnesota Gophers are making every effort to start over and turn their previous defeats around. And Pitino will have a hard task proving that he actually has a place in this new regime.
Mark Coyle’s arrival signified a turning of the page, the appointment of the Athletic Director showing the University’s determination to remedy the mistakes of their past. The Gophers took somewhat of a hit when former A.D Norwood Teague resigned, the sexual harassment reports surrounding Teague forcing him to abandon the athletic department, leaving it adrift and free of the leadership it so desperately needed.