2023 Gopher Recruits

[feekdogg]

More mediocre players. Way to aim high, Ben.

I don't know. Charlie Daniels last year, Charley Pride this year. Maybe he can go after Jerry Reed next.

[Slap Shot]

More mediocre players. Way to aim high, Ben.

Johnson is a dead man walking IMHO but this latest potential dude isn't mediocre in the least.

[HeHateMe]

More mediocre players. Way to aim high, Ben.

Johnson is a dead man walking IMHO but this latest potential dude isn't mediocre in the least.

They signed him to be an emergency big. No center was coming in here for quality minutes behind Garcia, Fox, Payne etc..

[HeHateMe]

Rohde, the St Thomas kid, went to Virginia.

When will St. Thomas keep their best talent!? Honestly, too bad for the program.. they find a really good player, he does well and transfers to a high major, blue blood-ish level program.

[HeHateMe]

Who is that guy? Looks like a pretty thick dude

I got curious myself and was a little confused when ESPN had him listed as a senior with only one season. Then I found his page from 19-20 when he played for Idaho as a soph.

Dude went from being listed as 7', 247 lbs at Idaho to....6'11, 338 lbs this year.


...what the fuck.

Two sport athlete.. played college football.

[Slap Shot]

More mediocre players. Way to aim high, Ben.

Johnson is a dead man walking IMHO but this latest potential dude isn't mediocre in the least.

They signed him to be an emergency big. No center was coming in here for quality minutes behind Garcia, Fox, Payne etc..

I'm referring to the guard Payne.

[SHAFA]

Who is that guy? Looks like a pretty thick dude

I got curious myself and was a little confused when ESPN had him listed as a senior with only one season. Then I found his page from 19-20 when he played for Idaho as a soph.

Dude went from being listed as 7', 247 lbs at Idaho to....6'11, 338 lbs this year.


...what the fuck.

Two sport athlete.. played college football.

Ah, interesting. Still a LOT of poundage to pack on though.

[HeHateMe]

Johnson is a dead man walking IMHO but this latest potential dude isn't mediocre in the least.

They signed him to be an emergency big. No center was coming in here for quality minutes behind Garcia, Fox, Payne etc..

I'm referring to the guard Payne.

Ahh , my bad. Pride you mean.

[Hoop Dreams]

[Bob Wiley]

Does this mean he’s a gopher now?

[Hoop Dreams]

Does this mean he’s a gopher now?

No, just means he's here on a visit right now.

[Hoop Dreams]

[Hoop Dreams]

The Gophers just lost recruiting battles with Utah State and St. Bonaventure.

Rock bottom.

[Bob Wiley]

The Gophers just lost recruiting battles with Utah State and St. Bonaventure.

Rock bottom.

Not necessarily. Likely, the kid would be an end-or-the-bencher for the gophers, or a legitimate contributor for the school he picked.

[Hoop Dreams]

The Gophers just lost recruiting battles with Utah State and St. Bonaventure.

Rock bottom.

Not necessarily. Likely, the kid would be an end-or-the-bencher for the gophers, or a legitimate contributor for the school he picked.

Huh? Charles Pride would have been a for sure starter and Darius Brown was either a starter or 6th man.

[Bob Wiley]

The Gophers just lost recruiting battles with Utah State and St. Bonaventure.

Rock bottom.

Not necessarily. Likely, the kid would be an end-or-the-bencher for the gophers, or a legitimate contributor for the school he picked.

Huh? Charles Pride would have been a for sure starter and Darius Brown was either a starter or 6th man.

My mistake.

[GopherGuy]

Any news on possible guards from the portal? Quite the buzz kill on the schools they are losing these players to. If they don't find at least one more guard it is going to be a long season.

[jffl_commish]

At this pace, no chance Ben Johnson has a job after the season.

[Hornets]

At this pace, no chance Ben Johnson has a job after the season.

As it should be. Young Ben may some day become a good coach but he obviously is not ready for prime time....

[RubeTube]

The Gophers just lost recruiting battles with Utah State and St. Bonaventure.

Rock bottom.

“Local connections”

[Hoop Dreams]

[jffl_commish]

So, they losing him to Hofstra? Robert Morris?

[GopherGuy]

Sounds like NC State. I would have voted for the team with the worst uniform colors since I know mascots and uniform colors tend to be the running joke around here.

[Hoop Dreams]

[GopherGuy]

[jffl_commish]

Sweet, they might win two Big !0 games this year now.

[Hoop Dreams]

Hawkins is a solid pick-up.

One scholarship left.

[GopherGuy]

If Hawkins can help improve the pace of play (fast break<- yes this is a thing) and knock down some threes from kick outs by Payne and Garcia it should be an improvement. The shooting and defense on the team was never good enough to win games in half court sets yet that was the hand they dealt themselves all last year.

[Slap Shot]

Sweet, they might win two Big !0 games this year now.

Are they not supposed to try and fill the roster?

[HeHateMe]

Solid pickup. Having Mitchell and Hawks both in place will help a lot.. hopefully they can play well and consistently well here. If they can't do that, can't imagine next year going well. Very excited to see what Cam Christie can do.