Mbakwe/Team USA open camp -- link

[Jon]

http://minnesota.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1245560

 

[scher215]

Mbakwe made the team. Per a tweet from him.

 

[MadtownGopher]

He posted it on facebook too. What an awesome summer for his development: Amare Camp, LeBron James Camp, and now playing for Team USA. Staying in school one more year definitely seems to have been the right move for him so far.

 

[BleedGopher]

Here is a release from Team USA. It sounds as if they are down to 14 players and will cut two more in the next week:

http://www.usabasketball.com/mens/worlduniversity/finalists_2011_07_31.html

Go Gophers!!

 

[CrocShots]

This is pretty awesome. Theres no way the rest of the world can bang with the BEAST in the post.

 

[Go Gophs eh?]

the epitome of Trevor's career= when he tomahawked on Zach Novak. BEAST

 

[Donovan]

Congrats Trevor! Traveling the world playing ball with other great athletes will be a growing opportunity not only in basketball but also personally.

 

[NurumbiCongo]

http://www.usabasketball.com/mens/worlduniversity/finalists_2011_07_31.html

“I think it’s a great group,” said USA and Purdue University head mentor Matt Painter, who previously assisted the 2009 USA U19 World Championship Team to a gold medal. “We have a lot of balance. I think on the interior we have some shot-blockers, we have some athletes, guys that can really go and get the basketball and some real good shooters. We have some good, interchangeable parts, and a lot of talent, both returning talent and young. I’m really excited about the mix we have.”

Something to keep in mind when we are talking about potential gopher recruits.

 

[Jon]

Trevor Mbakwe is a finalist for the USA Basketball Men's Junior National Team.

"
Trevor Mbakwe is a finalist for the USA Basketball Men's Junior National Team.

The Gophers forward was one of 20 college players who opened training camp last week at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., and survived the initial cut to 14 players on Sunday.

Training camp continues through this coming Sunday. The 12-man roster for the 2011 World University Games in China will be announced on Aug. 8.

The other finalists are: Tim Abromaitis (Notre Dame/Unionville, Conn.); Marcus Denmon (Missouri/Kansas City, Mo.); Ashton Gibbs (Pittsburgh/Scotch Plains, N.J.); Draymond Green (Michigan State/Saginaw, Mich.); JaMychal Green (Alabama/Montgomery, Ala.); Scoop Jardine (Syracuse/Philadelphia, Pa.); John Jenkins (Vanderbilt/ Hendersonville, Tenn.); Orlando Johnson (UC Santa Barbara/Seaside, Calif.); Greg Mangano (Yale/Orange, Conn.); Ray McCallum (Detroit Mercy/Beverly Hills, Mich.); Darius Miller (Kentucky/Maysville, Ky.); Aaric Murray (West Virginia/Philadelphia, Pa.); and Shabazz Napier (Connecticut/Randolph, Mass.).

The team will play an exhibition against New Century, a Chinese Basketball Association professional team, on Aug. 11 in Huizho, China, and then open the university games on Aug. 13.
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http://www.1500espn.com/sportswire/...4_finalists_for_US_junior_national_team080111

 

[CrocShots]

As linked to by The Daily Gopher, MBakwe could start

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basket...ates-suffers-most-by-not-mak?urn=ncaab-wp4047