Austin Hollins hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 46.1 seconds left and Minnesota won the NIT championship Thursday night, beating SMU 65-63 to give the Pitino family its latest postseason tournament title.
Elliott Eliason had 12 points and 13 rebounds to help Minnesota muscle past 11th-ranked Ohio State for a 63-53 victory Thursday night that stuck the Buckeyes with their third straight loss.
Austin Hollins had 18 points and nine rebounds, and Minnesota went 23 for 27 from the free-throw line to hang on for an 82-79 victory over Purdue on Sunday, the first in the Big Ten for new coach Richard Pitino.
Jon Horford scored a career-high 14 points and grabbed nine rebounds to help Michigan withstand the loss of Glen Robinson III and beat Minnesota 63-60 on Thursday night in the Big Ten opener.
The University of Minnesota made a very difficult, and in my opinion, incorrect move in the firing of Tubby Smith.
Winning the most games in the history of the program in the first 5 years, as well as making three NCAA Tournament appearances, plus a win this year against UCLA certainly wasn't a criteria for Minnesota to fire Tubby...