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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota coach Richard Pitino will return for his eighth season with the program, according to a person knowledge of the situation. The 37-year-old Pitino has a 127-108 record with the Gophers. That includes a 48-82 mark in Big Ten regular-season play. They finished 12th in the 14-team league in 2019-20. They won their first-round game in the conference tournament on Wednesday before the Big Ten canceled the remainder of the event out of precaution for the coronavirus pandemic. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, without authorization to speak publicly on the matter.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers seemed to be only a couple of days away from ending a nearly three-decade absence from the NCAA Tournament. Then the coronavirus changed everything. After knocking off then No. 9 Maryland last week and winning at Purdue, all the Scarlet Knights had to do was play in the Big Ten Tournament and wait — for the announcement they would be going back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1991. The dream ended Thursday when the NCAA canceled its men's and women's basketball tournaments.
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