Favorite Friday: Who is your favorite Gophers men’s basketball player?

[NoelarBear]

 

[Swaggerson]

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Damian Johnson

 

[MNMaroonMom]

Jordan Murphy

 

[GopherBlood777]

Jordan Murphy

This.

 

[GoldenMAV30266]

Akeem Springs, DeAndre Mathieu, Malik Smith

 

[golfing18now]

Voshon Lenard and Bobby Jackson

 

[WilliamsArenaGuy]

Nor happy there's no picture of Sam Jacobsen.

But my answer is Willie Burton.

 

[Ewert86PC]

Ron Behagen,
Jim Brewer,
Bob Nix,
Ray Williams,
Trent Tucker,
Kevin McHale,

 

[BarnBurner]

Wille and Bobby J

 

[MaxyJR1]

Isaac Asuma

 

[USAF]

Ray Williams

 

[MNfootballfan]

There are a lot: Voshon Leonard, Bobby Jackson, John Thomas, Sam Jacobson, Quincy Lewis, Dusty Rychart, Andre Hollins, Lawrence Westbrook, Daniel Oturu, and Jordan Murphy are notables.

 

[Slim Tubby]

5. Willie Burton
4. Trent Tucker
3. Bobby Jackson
2. Voshon Lenard
1.

 

[scools12]

Voshon Lenard

 

[BBJones]

Bobby Jackson, Ray Williams, Jim Brewer, Richard Coffey, Lou Hudson.

 

[Lou Hudson]

Bobby Jackson, Ray Williams, Jim Brewer, Richard Coffey, Lou Hudson.

LOU HUDSON!

 

[mplarson7]

Jordan Murphy and Austin Hollins.

 

[LesBolstad]

Michael sweet bells Thompson. As a little kid, he got me hooked on Gopher basketball.

What a front court with him, McHale, and Dave Winey 6' 10" 6' 10" and 6' 11"

 

[BleedGopher]

Top 5 in order:

Bobby
Willie
Vo
McDonald
Murphy

Go Gophers!!

 

[Arnold Babar]

Richard Coffey.
Did you know he was a paratrooper?

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

Ben Johnson

 

[WilliamsArenaGuy]

Who maybe wasn’t your “favorite” but was a guy you personally just loved and rooted for?

Jayson Walton

 

[BarnBurner]

Who maybe wasn’t your “favorite” but was a guy you personally just loved and rooted for?

Jayson Walton

Dusty Rychart, Zach Puctel

 

[BleedGopher]

Dusty Rychart, Zach Puctel

Two great names.

Puchtel's story was incredible. At Harvard, somehow found his way back to MN and on the team, was the best player in the Big Ten for a two-week stretch or so out of the blue, and then I think went back to Harvard to play football. Heck of a story though.

And of course Dusty's career is legendary here. And he had a really nice pro career Down Under, where he still lives today.

Go Gophers!!

 

[FinnGopher]

I liked the boys from the Bahamas, Mychel Thompson and Osborn Lockhart. Flip was great as well.

 

[Mariner]

I still remember getting our kid dressed in Bobby Jackson socks!

 

[row19gopher]

Dusty Rychart - still has the highest field goal percentage in a single game at the Big Ten tournament - .917 (11/12) vs PSU 3/7/02

 

[JZABR]

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Jordan Murphy.

 

[golf]

Bobby Jackson and Jordan Murphy.

 

[West Fargo Gopher Fan]

Of all time It's Bobby Jackson.

I'll be 95 years old and I'll still remember him calling a timeout in mid air while flying out of bounds in March Madness.