When it comes to the center position, Gophers basketball coach Richard Pitino is dealing with a conundrum.
He has two players who are far from ready to be a reliable inside presence -- and one player he believes is an NBA prospect but not eligible until next season.
Reggie Lynch would be the answer in the middle, but he won't play until 2016-17 after transferring from Illinois State.
So that leaves a University of Minnesota program once known as "Big Man U" in the days of Kevin McHale, Mychal Thompson and Randy Breuer in arguably the worst shape it has been at center in decades.