Congrats to Willie Burton, Quincy Lewis and Julian Welch

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Nadine tweeted this picture of Gopher great Willie Burton with his cap and gown yesterday at The Barn:

https://twitter.com/NadineBabu/status/335171927016615936/photo/1

Good for Willie for coming back and completing his degree after so many years. Good for him and hopefully this now allows him to get his jersey retired by the Gophers.

Also, Rand tweeted yesterday that both Julian Welch and Quincy Lewis received their masters degrees yesterday - a great accomplishment.

Go Gophers!!
 

Wow great accomplishment for all of them!!! Awesome.
 



STrib: For former Gophers star Burton, pomp will follow circumstance

“It signifies to me that I will have earned the respect of my [former Gophers] teammates,’’ Burton said of his sneakers. “They all have their degrees. I finally caught up to them.’’

“All my years of coaching, Willie was one of the all-time greats I ever had, one of the few people who has something about him you can’t really explain — a charisma,’’ Haskins said last week. “Willie would pick up a towel and wave it, and 16,000 people would jump out of their seats. There was just something about him that was unique, as a person and as a basketball player.’’

His goals coming to Minnesota in 1986: to earn his degree and to have his jersey retired atop the Williams Arena rafters. Burton is the Gophers’ No. 2 all-time scorer behind Mychal Thompson, but university rules now required a player to have earned his degree to have his jersey retired.

His first goal finally will be completed Saturday.

“It’s like closing a chapter that’s been left open for a long time,’’ he said.

http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/207955441.html?page=all&prepage=1&c=y#continue

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Does this imply that Rodney and Ingram didn't graduate?
 





per Sid:

U hoops graduates

Gophers associate athletic director Marc Ryan has done some research and now that Willie Burton has graduated, every member of the Gophers’ 1989-90 Elite Eight team except one has graduated from the university, either on time or coming back to complete their work.

The only member of that team that hasn’t got a degree from Minnesota is Junior Graves, who played in only two Big Ten games and transferred, eventually landing at Texas Christian.

http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/211314551.html?page=all&prepage=1&c=y#continue

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