It's official - Gaston Diedhiou has been admitted to Minnesota!

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Gaston Diedhiou admitted, eligible for tomorrow

This is great news! Tomorrow will be everyone's first taste of him. Should be interesting.
 


As expected and highly anticipated...glad we're adding one more player out there!

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One last hurdle: He's got to get past the GopherWarrior 2% Committee.
 

Wow I hope he gets some court time tomorrow. That would be fun. Welcome aboard gaston.
 


Here's the press release from the U:


Gophers Add Diedhiou, Lukeshewich to Roster



Head men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino announced Thursday that freshman Gaston Diedhiou (Dakar, Senegal/Canarias Academy) has been admitted to the University of Minnesota and, effective immediately, has been added to the Golden Gophers roster.



Diedhiou (pronounced Gas-TONE JAY-joo), a 6-9 forward, has joined the team and is eligible to practice and compete right away, including Friday night’s game against Seattle University.



Additionally, Pitino announced that freshman Mike Lukashewich (Appleton, Wisc./Appleton North HS) has been added to the roster. Lukashewich, a 6-3, 180-pound walk-on guard, will also be able to practice and play immediately.



The Gophers return to action on Friday evening hosting the Redhawks at 7 p.m. at Williams Arena.

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GopherLady said:
Here's the press release from the U:


Gophers Add Diedhiou, Lukeshewich to Roster



Head men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino announced Thursday that freshman Gaston Diedhiou (Dakar, Senegal/Canarias Academy) has been admitted to the University of Minnesota and, effective immediately, has been added to the Golden Gophers roster.



Diedhiou (pronounced Gas-TONE JAY-joo), a 6-9 forward, has joined the team and is eligible to practice and compete right away, including Friday night’s game against Seattle University.



Additionally, Pitino announced that freshman Mike Lukashewich (Appleton, Wisc./Appleton North HS) has been added to the roster. Lukashewich, a 6-3, 180-pound walk-on guard, will also be able to practice and play immediately.



The Gophers return to action on Friday evening hosting the Redhawks at 7 p.m. at Williams Arena.

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Wow, I've been saying Deedoo in my head this whole time. Gonna be hard to get that in my mind.
 

that was fast. i checked the roster a few hours ago and no Gaston. Now Gaston. Love it and welcome Gopher Gaston
 




If he is Jay joo, he is tougher than nails.

Awesome work Gaston. Go get 'em tiger.

GO GOPHERS!!!
 

I may be in the minority, but I would like to see them red-shirt him this season. Being a raw talent, would an extra year of development trump what he could offer us this year, especially starting from scratch this late in the season?

Iron 9!!!
 

balds said:
I may be in the minority, but I would like to see them red-shirt him this season. Being a raw talent, would an extra year of development trump what he could offer us this year, especially starting from scratch this late in the season?

Iron 9!!!
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I hope in 4 years we are recruiting freshman that would have a better ceiling and our recruits that are being brought in will be eating up those minutes. His run will be 4 years.
 




Great news. Let's hope he can contribute some solid minutes.

Also, I'd love to hear Gopher Warrior's explanation about how his prediction about GD wasn't wrong. I sure hope GW doesn't claim he has never been wrong about anything anymore.
 


balds said:
I may be in the minority, but I would like to see them red-shirt him this season. Being a raw talent, would an extra year of development trump what he could offer us this year, especially starting from scratch this late in the season?

Iron 9!!!
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He's already 20 and we are thin up front. He's going to play this season.
 



GW (aka Goofy Gopher) will just say that Pitino's stance changed after the player availability issues in the fall. Hell, I would do the same thing if I were regularly trolling on a board of a team that I wasn't a fan of and the administrators didn't ban me on that basis
 



22 turnovers and 12 fouls? Those are quite the stats.
 

Wow jay-joo. I had it totally wrong as well. Gastone Jay-joo. Kinda fun to say.
 

jamalo said:
GW (aka Goofy Gopher) will just say that Pitino's stance changed after the player availability issues in the fall. Hell, I would do the same thing if I were regularly trolling on a board of a team that I wasn't a fan of and the administrators didn't ban me on that basis
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Woah woah woah...As the official Goofy Gopher I would like to formally denounce your claims that I am GW. I am merely a Gopher graduate, physical therapist, and beer drinker who doesn't believe in conspiracy theories. I am also glad Gaston got into school so now we can use "Beauty and the Beast" metaphors when appropriate.
 

The Goofy Gopher said:
Woah woah woah...As the official Goofy Gopher I would like to formally denounce your claims that I am GW. I am merely a Gopher graduate, physical therapist, and beer drinker who doesn't believe in conspiracy theories. I am also glad Gaston got into school so now we can use "Beauty and the Beast" metaphors when appropriate.
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That was pretty funny.
 


I'm hoping he gives us what Martin was seemingly unable to, tenacious work on the boards. It's our biggest need right now.
 

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