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We snag a Taurus? UPDATE:

He was almost a Gopher! Said we were in the top 3 working hardest for him. Then we had Liam Robbins fall into our lap.

I also have concern over this...but let's look on the bright side. This may be the most I've looked forward to watching the exhibition game against Concordia or Mankato State or whomever they line up. Really curious to see how Ihnen, Thompson, Carrington, Henley, and Fox are used. Let's hope...

Honest question I do not know: have the rest of the teams in the B10 given a walk on a scholarship and/or had open scholarships the last couple years? Would love to see a scholarship grid for the other squads out there. If we are going to be consistently running a -1 scholarship deficit, we may...

Basketball has brought this guy all over the US! High school in Dallas, prep year in Utah, then Minnesota, Oregon, now Louisiana (Tulane is an 8 hr drive from Dallas, so I guess it's close to home?)

I agree that we need more guards. I would like two more personally. We are not in the running for a McIntosh/Strong/Jones, though I would love to have one of those guy at our lead guard spot. And it's not because McIntosh/Strong did not want to come here, it's because they wanted to come here...

Wow, great interview. Really interesting to see him talk about Ihnen guarding the 1-4. IMO that means he will see more of those wing/guard minutes than I thought. I had him pegged as mostly a "4". Also love hearing the mentality from Garcia. Man basketball season is far away!

That's not what I said. I absolutely think he would start here and would relegate Carrington to 5-10 mpg status. I'm saying I'm not sure Ben wants that, possibly because of a promise he made to Carrington about playing time. Obviously I'm guessing, but the fact that all our guard recruiting...

Exactly. It's not like Ben is a slacker who doesn't "show love" (like Pitino had a penchant for doing). Ta'Lon Cooper noted that we were the school to go after him the hardest. That tells me with Strong/Jones, they want to be guaranteed starter minutes, ~30 mpg. Ben probably said something...

Yeah I think they should too, but I can't figure out where those minutes are coming from! How do you think they will be allocated? Agree on JOJ, I wouldn't be surprised to see him sit for most of the conference games actually. I think Ben will spread out the minutes more, but Battle played 37...

I posted this before, but if you are interested in playing with the numbers and keeping yourself honest I built a little tool on Google Sheets that will let you allocate the minutes by position or simply by individual. If you want to make your own, go to File and Make a Copy. I had a heck of a...

Slightly similar situation, remember Justin Cobbs? Didn't do much here in 2009-2010 as a freshman. Al Nolen still had another year of eligibility, Devoe Joseph picked up the slack at PG when Nolen was ineligible, and his brother Cory Joseph looked like he had a strong shot of coming here (didn't...

I enjoy the Talk Gopher Buckets pods when they do actually happen. Maybe my standards are too high but it's incredible that we have so little Gopher podcast content. I tried the Locked On Gophers pod for a bit and did not find it insightful. Sorry Locked On guy if you are reading this.

Best news all day. Favorite Gopher to watch this season.

I'm thinking less desperation and more confidence that Carrington (and/or Henley) is ready to step in and play major minutes. In this age of the portal you gotta keep your guys happy...and if we grab a McIntosh who wants to play 35 minutes/game, that leaves very little for Mr. Basketball.

Yup, this is what this offer is telegraphing to me. Ben has big plans for Carrington/Henley and wants one or both of them to see major minutes this year. Taurus would probably be our 7th-8th man and I think that is an appropriate spot. Ben does not want to promise 30-35 minutes per game to a...

Taurus shot 36.5% (31% 3PT), 9.4 PPG and 1.7 APG as a junior. He is 6'0" 175 lbs. 81% FT shooter. Interestingly had two of his best games against high majors, 23 points on 6/10 3PT against Georgetown (no assists), and 22 points on 7/13 shooting against Stanford. It looks like Dartmouth did not...