Elijah Hawkins Commits to Gophers!

[GopherHole Staff]

 

[bga1]

Awesome. Congrats to Ben and staff and welcome Elijah!

 

[Full Speed Ahead]

Great to have you on the team Elijah

 

[goldenboy]

Great to add another guard. Hope the staff is still working hard for a sharp-shooting big wing.

 

[minnyrules11]

Atta boy Ben! Pretty solid recruiter.

 

[GoldenMAV30266]

Great to add another guard. Hope the staff is still working hard for a sharp-shooting big wing.

I want Akeem Springs back

 

[JimmyJamesMD]

This is awesome. Hes young still, hopefully CBJ and staff can develop him more

 

[oldrodent]

I really like Elijah's game. Nice add.

 

[BleedGopher]

Go Gophers!!

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

Went to DeMatha high school. Tons of good players from there. Doesn’t mean it makes him good, but can’t hurt. (Hunter Dickinson went there also? Didn’t know that.)

 

[GophersInIowa]

77.5% career FT shooter!

 

[GoldenMAV30266]

Went to DeMatha high school. Tons of good players from there. Doesn’t mean it makes him good, but can’t hurt. (Hunter Dickinson went there also? Didn’t know that.)

Hunter Dickinson commented on Elijah’s insta post too

 

[GophersInIowa]

2 years of eligibility left, right?

 

[Gopherbbdude]

Looks like a nice add for CBJ.
Welcome EH

 

[restovich]

Nice add!

 

[WriterGoph]

2 years of eligibility left, right?

Yes.

 

[gopherbadgerman]

Good news for the program. Hope he pans out.

 

[short ornery norwegian]

to quote Animal House:

"We need the dudes, man!"

It will be interesting to see what happens with the last remaining scholarship.

I am not predicting that the Gophers are going to be a powerhouse, but if they can stay reasonably healthy, they should be better than last season. better guard plan can only help create space and opportunities for Payne, Garcia, etc.

 

[restovich]

to quote Animal House:

"We need the dudes, man!"

It will be interesting to see what happens with the last remaining scholarship.

I am not predicting that the Gophers are going to be a powerhouse, but if they can stay reasonably healthy, they should be better than last season. better guard plan can only help create space and opportunities for Payne, Garcia, etc.

I agree with you SON. While I am not super-optimistic about the overall record for this next season (we do still have a LOT of sophmores), it is not as dire as some have been postulating. Mr. Hawkins should help, and our overall guard depth picture now looks a whole lot better.

 

[gopherguy15]

Great news. Two proven ball-handlers now with Mitchell and Hawkins. If Christie can provide solid minutes right away and Carrington makes the freshman-sophomore jump, we're in a significantly better spot than last year at the guard spots.

 

[MonikerSchmoniker45]

Love an optimistic gopherhole thread to start the week off!

 

[forever a gopher]

4 Turnovers a game is high, but he did have 6 assists/game last year. Glad to have another ballhandler. Going back to Coffey having to play the point, it feels like it's been a while since we've had two credible PG's.

 

[Bad Gopher]

This is what the doctor ordered. Thank goodness! Two years for this young man.

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

4 Turnovers a game is high, but he did have 6 assists/game last year. Glad to have another ballhandler. Going back to Coffey having to play the point, it feels like it's been a while since we've had two credible PG's.

I'm not going to pretend like that is a good stat, but Howard had a pretty fast pace of play and the guy has a pretty high usage rate. I'm not making an excuse, but that kind of PG is just going to have way more TOs than the average PG. Very few PG play at that accelerated rate. Part of it is just simple math, Howard played about 6 more possessions per game than Minnesota and then you're also just more likely to commit a TO playing fast.

Again, I'm not defending the TOs and I'm sure there will be some head scratching moments with Mitchell next year. But you take the good with the bad, and he'll add more good to this team.

On a side note, Pepperdine also had a really fast pace of play. So I hope big Payne is getting his laps in this summer, he could get some easy buckets if he can keep up with those two.

 

[stocker08]

Sweet.

 

[fan of Ray Williams]

I'm not going to pretend like that is a good stat, but Howard had a pretty fast pace of play and the guy has a pretty high usage rate. I'm not making an excuse, but that kind of PG is just going to have way more TOs than the average PG. Very few PG play at that accelerated rate. Part of it is just simple math, Howard played about 6 more possessions per game than Minnesota and then you're also just more likely to commit a TO playing fast.

Again, I'm not defending the TOs and I'm sure there will be some head scratching moments with Mitchell next year. But you take the good with the bad, and he'll add more good to this team.

On a side note, Pepperdine also had a really fast pace of play. So I hope big Payne is getting his laps in this summer, he could get some easy buckets if he can keep up with those two.

Think you meant to say Hawkins, but probably will happen with Mitchell also.

 

[BleedGopher]

JOJ chimes in:


Go Gophers!!

 

[Rockraven]

Curious what Watkins and Mitchell look when on the floor together.

 

[MonikerSchmoniker45]

Curious what Watkins and Mitchell look when on the floor together.

We got Watkins too?!?!

 

[USAF]

Well there we go. After 168 swings and misses, a single to right.
We can expect top 4 in B1G now, right?