Why Minnesota.... Will Be a Sweet 16 Team

I don’t expect us to be a top 16 team throughout the year...that’s how a headline like this can be interrupted in the preseason so can’t say we have the proven elite talent to make that kind of projection. There’s definitely potential for a run by March though if Coffey is indeed back and that’s the argument Ryan is making. I’m not sure Oturu makes a Bruno Fernando like jump but he’s got that kind of upside, Carr and Kalscheur should be solid second year players and Ihnen’s a wildcard that could take things to another level. Pitino’s been doing a fair amount of talking him up as an early impact scoring combo forward so who knows. I’m optimistic about it but it’s a wait and see thing. Looking forward to the Fall scrimmage.

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