“Michael has done a lot for me,” Matthew said. Matthew’s ever-improving play wore big brother out, which is just what he’d hoped would happen. He’d also do his best to play defense against his brother. Pagliocca would give his instructions, which were watched and listened to by Michael and Richard, with Michael mostly then relaying them to Matthew. Workout help was also provided via Zoom call by Jeff Pagliocca, a Chicago-based basketball trainer. That’s where Matthew’s workouts went on for five months, six days per week. All were given permission to get into the John Marshall gymnasium and weight room during quarantine. “Team Hurt” went to work, including older brother Michael continually making the trip from Minneapolis to Rochester after having just finished his basketball career at the University of Minnesota. That was Matthew, who was now armed with a basketball improvement plan, with time on his hands after COVID ended the 2019-20 basketball season prematurely, and back in Rochester where his family was wanting to invest in him as much as he wanted to invest in himself. (Photo courtesy Duke Athletics)Īs awful as being bottled up by the COVID pandemic was for the Hurts and everyone else on the planet, it had its upside for anyone trying to be single-focused. The former John Marshall star is leading Duke in scoring at 18.8 points per game. Matthew Hurt elevates over Illinois big men Kofi Cockburn (#21) and Giorgi Bezhanishvili (#15).
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