By: Jack Satzinger
In the first half of Minnesota’s game against Purdue on Saturday Richard Pitino felt a little too hot, so he took off his suit jacket.
When the Gophers head coach emerged from the locker room at halftime and his team down 31-27, his tie was gone, too.
With the top button of his powder blue dress shirt unclasped, an animated Pitino willed his players to a 14-0 run to open the second period in an eventual 62-58 victory.