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Well, this is it Gopher Basketball fans. Minnesota has reached an agreement with Florida International's Richard Pitino to be the Gophers' new coach. The school introduced Pitino at a news conference on Friday, and was greeted with a great response. Richard Pitino is the son of NCAA coaching legend Rick Pitino.

Richard Pitino was with his father's team, the Louisville Cardinals, Sunday in Indianapolis and then went to see Kevin Ware with his father Monday in an Indianapolis hospital. Remember the guy who broke his leg? Richard Pitino also was a former Louisville assistant who also has served as an assistant at Florida and Providence. He has the experience, but how will he do with our beloved Gophers? We can't wait to see how the season goes! 

Richard Pitino has been coaching at FIU. FIU ranked fifth in the nation in turnover percentage, a 123-spot improvement over Isiah Thomas' last year at the helm. The net result is 10 more wins, and we all know that winning coaching style can only help the Gophers. Keep checking back at GopherBasketballTickets.com  to get all your Gopher basketball news!

The Gophers roster is sure to look different next year including the fact that several seniors are graduating. Thank you for all your efforts Andre Ingram, Julian Welch, Rodney Williams, and Trevor Mbakwe. It was all of their final game as Golden Gophers.  Andre Ingram grabbed his 100th career rebound and point this season at Purdue and vs Penn State. Julian Welch scored his 600th career point vs. North Florida this season. Rodney Williams played his 100th career game last March. Trevor Mbakwe finished 10th on the Gophers' All-Time Rebounding Average list with a career average of 9.5 rpg.

Thank you to all the Gopher seniors for a great season! 

Less than one day after the Gophers were eliminated from the NCAA tournament with their loss to Florida, Gophers athletic director Norwood Teague held a news conference Monday to announce Smith’s firing. This was a decision, Teague said, that came as the result of months of evaluation.

The 61-year-old Smith, who led Kentucky to a national championship in 1998, was coming off his first NCAA victory in six seasons here when the 11th-seeded Gophers topped sixth-seeded UCLA on Friday in Austin, Texas. That was not enough, however, to discourage Teague from what he called a necessary fresh start for the program.

 We'll keep you updated with all the Tubby Smith news!