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Otis said:
Why do we never know who is touring campus and the athletes village?

Are the reporters for Gopher basketball just as disinterested as the athletic department?

Yes it’s no time to panic but how about some news on the effort please!!!!!
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I think money being involved has changed the visibility of player movement.
 

Oregon transfer guard Brennan Rigsby is visiting the Gophers men’s basketball program.

Rigsby averaged 5.8 points and 2.6 rebounds for the Ducks last season as a junior. He played in 35 games and made 13 starts, averaging 22.5 minutes of action per contest. He’s played in 56 games for the Ducks the last two seasons, including 21 total starts.

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Oregon transfer Brennan Rigsby visiting Gophers

Rigsby made 13 starts for the Ducks last season.
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Go Gophers!!
 

Otis said:
Why do we never know who is touring campus and the athletes village?

Are the reporters for Gopher basketball just as disinterested as the athletic department?

Yes it’s no time to panic but how about some news on the effort please!!!!!
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Actually, we do have some knowledge of who the Gophers have been contacting although maybe not as much as we would like. It seems like once or twice a week you post a brand new thread to ask questions you could have answered if you just made the effort to go through the threads. So, it's not that there is no information to be had. It's more an issue of you being a lazy and entitled dufus.
 




TwistingMyMelon said:
Actually, we do have some knowledge of who the Gophers have been contacting although maybe not as much as we would like. It seems like once or twice a week you post a brand new thread to ask questions you could have answered if you just made the effort to go through the threads. So, it's not that there is no information to be had. It's more an issue of you being a lazy and entitled dufus.
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That’s not nice.
 

Marcus chimes in:

Oregon transfer Brennan Rigsby is visiting the Gophers men's basketball team Tuesday and has emerged as a top target to fill out a backcourt that just lost point guard Elijah Hawkins.

Hawkins, the Big Ten's assist leader last season, entered the transfer portal on Monday, the same day Rigsby arrived in Minneapolis.

The 6-3 Rigsby averaged 6.1 points and 2.7 rebounds while shooting 35% from three-point range with the Ducks in 2023-24. He started 13 games, including when he scored a season-high 19 points in a Dec. 2 win vs. Michigan.

The Gophers have one guard remaining on the roster from last season with junior starter Mike Mitchell Jr., who led the team with 77 three-pointers and 39.9% shooting from beyond the arc. Hawkins and sophomore Braeden Carrington entered the portal. Freshman Cam Christie declared for the NBA draft with the option to return to college.

Davidson graduate transfer guard Grant Huffman visited the Gophers earlier this month, but he committed to Vanderbilt.

Here are a couple other guards besides Rigsby that have received interest from the Gophers recently:

Ken Evans Jr., Jackson State -- The 6-5, 200-pound Mississippi native averaged 18.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.9 assists and shot 39.2% from three-point range last season to earn Southwest Athletic Conference player of the year. Evans had a career-high 37 points against Arkansas Pine Bluff and 25 points vs. Gonzaga.

Seydou Traore, Manhattan -- A 6-7, 215-pound New York native capable of playing four positions on the floor, he's best suited attacking from the perimeter. Traore averaged 11.8 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.3 blocks as a freshman in 2023-24. Had 16 points vs. Kansas and 13 points vs. national champion UConn last season.

www.startribune.com

Oregon transfer guard Brennan Rigsby takes official visit with Gophers men’s basketball

The Gophers are looking to replace point guard Elijah Hawkins, who entered the transfer portal on Monday.
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Go Gophers!!
 


TwistingMyMelon said:
Actually, we do have some knowledge of who the Gophers have been contacting although maybe not as much as we would like. It seems like once or twice a week you post a brand new thread to ask questions you could have answered if you just made the effort to go through the threads. So, it's not that there is no information to be had. It's more an issue of you being a lazy and entitled dufus.
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He has a fair point the reporters don't give it much coverage. Basketball always seems to be a tidbit in this town with reporters. That's why I love this site is people actually talk about it and we have diggers like Bleed and a number of others who find information on the internet. I just wonder why Trilly Donovan or Ryan James or Tony Leibert seem closer to the program than the guys at the local rags.
 





Sane24 said:
If you play for a team that is losing at halftime, can you transfer immediately to the team that is beating your team?
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File a lawsuit and see what the courts say!

However, if your team comes back and takes the lead, can you transfer back?
 

Sane24 said:
If you play for a team that is losing at halftime, can you transfer immediately to the team that is beating your team?
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You have to make sure your credits transfer first, if the school you're transferring to doesn't offer Underwater Basket-Weaving it makes things a tad more complex
 




Ski-U-Ham said:
You have to make sure your credits transfer first, if the school you're transferring to doesn't offer Underwater Basket-Weaving it makes things a tad more complex
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Just transfer to North Carolina. You don't have to attend class or take tests or anything like that.....
 


BleedGopher said:
Marcus chimes in:

Oregon transfer Brennan Rigsby is visiting the Gophers men's basketball team Tuesday and has emerged as a top target to fill out a backcourt that just lost point guard Elijah Hawkins.

Hawkins, the Big Ten's assist leader last season, entered the transfer portal on Monday, the same day Rigsby arrived in Minneapolis.

The 6-3 Rigsby averaged 6.1 points and 2.7 rebounds while shooting 35% from three-point range with the Ducks in 2023-24. He started 13 games, including when he scored a season-high 19 points in a Dec. 2 win vs. Michigan.

The Gophers have one guard remaining on the roster from last season with junior starter Mike Mitchell Jr., who led the team with 77 three-pointers and 39.9% shooting from beyond the arc. Hawkins and sophomore Braeden Carrington entered the portal. Freshman Cam Christie declared for the NBA draft with the option to return to college.

Davidson graduate transfer guard Grant Huffman visited the Gophers earlier this month, but he committed to Vanderbilt.

Here are a couple other guards besides Rigsby that have received interest from the Gophers recently:

Ken Evans Jr., Jackson State -- The 6-5, 200-pound Mississippi native averaged 18.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.9 assists and shot 39.2% from three-point range last season to earn Southwest Athletic Conference player of the year. Evans had a career-high 37 points against Arkansas Pine Bluff and 25 points vs. Gonzaga.

Seydou Traore, Manhattan -- A 6-7, 215-pound New York native capable of playing four positions on the floor, he's best suited attacking from the perimeter. Traore averaged 11.8 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.3 blocks as a freshman in 2023-24. Had 16 points vs. Kansas and 13 points vs. national champion UConn last season.

www.startribune.com

Oregon transfer guard Brennan Rigsby takes official visit with Gophers men’s basketball

The Gophers are looking to replace point guard Elijah Hawkins, who entered the transfer portal on Monday.
www.startribune.com www.startribune.com

Go Gophers!!
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Definitely would like to add him; seems to always be around the ball/active defender in D.
 



bga1 said:
He has a fair point the reporters don't give it much coverage. Basketball always seems to be a tidbit in this town with reporters. That's why I love this site is people actually talk about it and we have diggers like Bleed and a number of others who find information on the internet. I just wonder why Trilly Donovan or Ryan James or Tony Leibert seem closer to the program than the guys at the local rags.
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Yes, and those individuals (Bleed and others) post those things here for all to read but that's not good enough for Otis. He has to have information deposited in his own thread so he doesn't have to trouble himself looking around for it. Notice that almost every time he comes to this board he starts a new thread. Like I said before, lazy and entitled.
 




rivergopher said:
You do realize he never visited here right? The staff told he was way down the list and he is staying at the level he should be at. 6'3 Power Forwards dont
rivergopher said:
You do realize he never visited here right? The staff told he was way down the list and he is staying at the level he should be at. 6'3 Power Forwards dont work in the Big Ten.
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Who said he is a power forward?
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bga1 said:
He has a fair point the reporters don't give it much coverage. Basketball always seems to be a tidbit in this town with reporters. That's why I love this site is people actually talk about it and we have diggers like Bleed and a number of others who find information on the internet. I just wonder why Trilly Donovan or Ryan James or Tony Leibert seem closer to the program than the guys at the local rags.
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Marcus is a nice guy, but he’s more of a PR-type reporter. He doesn’t want to ruffle any feathers.

Strib hasn’t had a really good Gopher beat reporter since Jeff Shelman. He was fair, but wasn’t afraid to be critical when warranted.
 

Gophers7633 said:
He would be a good add. Getting a rotational player off a top 50ish team is a solid piece. I would expect him to be about what Mitchell was in terms of production, if not slightly better.
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I'm not believing anything until I see him practicing with the team
 



Gophers7633 said:
He would be a good add. Getting a rotational player off a top 50ish team is a solid piece. I would expect him to be about what Mitchell was in terms of production, if not slightly better.
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Haven't watched him play, but don't think he will score as well as Mitchell. Rigsby only averaged a little over 11 points a game in Junior College. And only started 15 of the 33 games at Northwest Florida State JC
Then goes on to average 4.2 and 6.1 at Oregon.
Hopefully you are correct and I'm way off base.
To me he seems less than a Stephens or a Loewe.
 

fan of Ray Williams said:
Haven't watched him play, but don't think he will score as well as Mitchell. Rigsby only averaged a little over 11 points a game in Junior College. And only started 15 of the 33 games at Northwest Florida State JC
Then goes on to average 4.2 and 6.1 at Oregon.
Hopefully you are correct and I'm way off base.
To me he seems less than a Stephens or a Loewe.
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It's admittedly hard to project. But what's better, avg 11 ppg on a pretty bad Pepperdine team or avg 6 ppg on a top 50ish team? I'm not sure. Could he avg 10 ppg like Mitchell did this past season? I think so. Or at least around that. But I think he'd for sure see a spike in his ppg production from Oregon to here.
 

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