Mitchell enters transfer portal

[cjbfbp]

listed 7 minutes ago on Verbal Commits

 

[bga1]

Bummer. I would have loved to seen this kid develop here. Has potential, a nice looking shot and seemed to have a good attitude all year despite riding the pine.

 

[tmvander]

Nor surprised...especially with the Fox talks

 

[UpAndUnder43]

BJ blowing it?

 

[goldengophers]

BJ blowing it?

Might as well, clear the deck for future recruits.

 

[howeda7]

Not the least bit shocking. He probably would have been in it sooner if Pitino were still here.

 

[bga1]

By my count we are down to 5 guys left from last year + Battle :

Robbins, Gach, Ihnen, Gabe, Johnson.

7 open scholarships

Ben is going to be a busy man. I hope we start picking up assistants quickly to help him....I assume that Conroy must be on board.

 

[Johnnyboy18]

Everyone thinks they are Chet

 

[GopherWeatherGuy]

Mitchell is one I would have liked to see stay. Just to see what he can do under a new coach.

 

[tmvander]

Everyone thinks they are Chet

Yeah he's probably going to be disappointed...not a lot of teams are going to have a 6'10 kid with no game experience bringing the ball up.

 

[Word]

BJ blowing it?

I say we tank next year to try to get the 1st round draft pick.

 

[howeda7]

By my count we are down to 5 guys left from last year + Battle :

Robbins, Gach, Ihnen, Gabe, Johnson.

7 open scholarships

Ben is going to be a busy man. I hope we start picking up assistants quickly to help him....I assume that Conroy must be on board.

Thompson will likely stick. Pohto is still committed as of now. So officially we have 5 but probably 6 or more.

 

[CentralGopher]

Dang

 

[FullBanana]

Everyone thinks they are Chet

Who is Clarence?

 

[tmvander]

Who is Clarence?

I see that name I think 8 mile.

This guy's a gangster; his real name's Clarence
And Clarence lives at home with both parents
And Clarence's parents have a real good marriage

 

[GopherBlood777]

Not surprised with this one, like others have said he is 6' 10" trying to be a guard. Good luck, maybe he'll go to New Mexico!

 

[Spottedmuskie]

Yeah he's probably going to be disappointed...not a lot of teams are going to have a 6'10 kid with no game experience bringing the ball up.

Saying he's a wing, not a point guard

 

[Spottedmuskie]

I think he has a lot of potential, nice jumper decent handles. It's bad we weren't that great during non conference so players like Mitchell, Freeman, Mutaf never saw garbage time because we struggled to best LMU and North Dakota. Had those guys gotten in during non conference we might have gone deeper during B1G play

 

[Gophs24]

Saying he's a wing, not a point guard

yup....and he was pretty open about that even when he committed....he has always viewed himself as a wing.....and in order for Pitino to get him he had to have told him he would be a wing....but honestly i cant remember with his little playing time what position he was playing for us

 

[Border Gopher]

Looks like he took a visit to Xavier before committing to the U. He must really not like Ben.

 

[short ornery norwegian]

For what it's worth:

the Martice Mitchell stat line for the season:

7 games - 23 min - 3-6FGA (2-2/2pt, 1-4/3pt) - 2-2FT - 2 Def reb - 9 points - 6 fouls

tttthat's all, folks.

 

[PhiloVance]

For what it's worth:

the Martice Mitchell stat line for the season:

7 games - 23 min - 3-6FGA (2-2/2pt, 1-4/3pt) - 2-2FT - 2 Def reb - 9 points - 6 fouls

tttthat's all, folks.

According to U's site
Made his collegiate debut vs. Green Bay • played six minutes and scored his first collegiate point in the Kansas City win (12/10) • played three minutes against Michigan State (12/28) • had three points against Michigan (1/6) • scored four points and had one steal against Michigan (1/16) • grabbed one rebound against Illinois (2/20).

High School: Ranked among the top five prospects in his home state of Illinois, and was a four-star prospect

 

[JoshuaT81]

I don't like this one bit. I totally could be wrong(probably am) but I liked what I seen from him in the limited action and practices. I thought under the right tutelage he would be really good by his junior year.

 

[Spottedmuskie]

I remember mid season Pitino said on kfan that Mitchell had the most nba potential on this Gopher's team. Wish he would have played him some

 

[boofbonser]

BJ blowing it?

Phrasing hahaha

 

[cjbfbp]

By my count we are down to 5 guys left from last year + Battle :

Robbins, Gach, Ihnen, Gabe, Johnson.

7 open scholarships

Ben is going to be a busy man. I hope we start picking up assistants quickly to help him....I assume that Conroy must be on board.

And 2 freshmen coming in (at least so far) so five open scholarships. Could be much worse. UT Martin has 15 players in the transfer portal (obviously some of them are walk-ons)! One of them was picked up by Indiana.

 

[WriterGoph]

Who is Clarence?

I *think* he was probably meaning to say "future clearance"

In reality, the word he was looking for was "clarity"

 

[PhiloVance]

And 2 freshmen coming in (at least so far) so five open scholarships. Could be much worse. UT Martin has 15 players in the transfer portal (obviously some of them are walk-ons)! One of them was picked up by Indiana.

UT Martin New coach must be thrilled. LOL

 

[Go Gophs]

No loss here.

Look at his offers. No one any good besides Xavier wanted him. That means one thing, he's a mid major talent. Also, if he is 6-10 and won't play in the post AT ALL, then that is why he didn't see floor time.
When you aren't a top player you have to do whatever is asked of you to get minutes.

No worries here. If you aren't a stud, or willing to conform to a system, see ya.

 

[MNVCGUY]

I remember mid season Pitino said on kfan that Mitchell had the most nba potential on this Gopher's team. Wish he would have played him some

Pitino knew his job was on the line this year and yet he kept Mitchell on the bench. So clearly he wasn't seeing that NBA potential as something that could help his current struggling team as the season imploded.