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Matthew Hurt is heading into 8th grade, and is already receiving recruiting interest from Minnesota and Northwestern. Matthew Hurt, a 6-foot-6 rising eighth grade forward from Rochester (MN) John Marshall, is considered Minnesota’s top players in the Class of 2019. He and older brother Michael will visit Minnesota Monday and a scholarship offer could be […] READ MORE

Johnson will take official visits to Minnesota, Wisconsin and UNLV and may add two more. Jarvis Johnson, a 2015 point guard from Minneapolis (MN) DeLaSalle, helped lead the Islanders to its third straight Class AAA championships in March as they finished 26-3 this year and won its last 23 games. He is hoping to tie […] READ MORE

The Hurt Brothers will visit Minnesota next week, and rising junior Michael says an offer from Minnesota would be amazing. Michael Hurt, a 6-foot-7 rising junior forward from Rochester (MN) John Marshall, is one of Minnesota’s top players in the Class of 2016. He and younger brother Matthew will visit Minnesota next Monday and an […] READ MORE

The Gophers have often had multiple coaches watching Hurt’s games the last few weeks. One of the big stories of the summer AAU season is the dramatic rise of Michael Hurt, a 6-foot-7 rising junior forward from Rochester (MN) John Marshall, who has emerged as one of Minnesota’s top players in the Class of 2016. […] READ MORE

Brock Bertram, a 6-foot-10 rising junior center from Apple Valley (MN) High, is one of the top players in the state in the Class of 2016.   Bertram attended the Minnesota Golden Gophers’ Team Camp recently and talked to Gopher Hole about his recruitment.   Gopher Hole: We had talked recently about you possibly taking […] READ MORE

Wampler has had a big summer and has seen his recruitment pick up. Billy Wampler, a 6-foot-6 rising senior from Eau Claire (WI) Regis, has had a very strong summer and continues to garner increased interest from college coaches. This past weekend, Gophers Richard Pitino joined coaches from Drake, Nebraska, Creighton Northern Iowa and others […] READ MORE

Jarvis Johnson, a 2015 point guard from Minneapolis (MN) DeLaSalle, has received offers from Clemson, Creighton, Iowa State, Marquette, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northern Iowa, Penn State, Providence, UCLA, UNLV, Wichita State and Wisconsin, will play with his Howard Pulley AAU team at the Peach Jam in Augusta, South Carolina this week.   Johnson helped lead […] READ MORE

Illikainen says he loves Minnesota. Alex Illikainen, a 6-9, 210-pounder recently announced that he is transferring from Grand Rapids to prep power Brewster Academy. Illikainen had been considered one of the top players in the state in the Class of 2015 and was thought to be the leading candidate for Minnesota’s Mr. Basketball.   Illikainen […] READ MORE

Davison recently picked up a scholarship offer from South Dakota State. Brad Davison, a 6-foot-2 rising sophomore point guard from Maple Grove (MN) High, is considered one of the Minnesota’s top players from the Class of 2017. Davison, who recently picked up his second offer, has shined this spring for the Howard Pulley AAU program.  […] READ MORE

Gophers fans hope an active recruiting month will result in plenty of Pitino smiles. The Minnesota Gopher basketball coaches will be on the road this month watching the top prospects in the country. The Gophers will lose four seniors in Andre Hollins, Elliott Elaison, Maurice Walker and Deandre Mathieu and will have four scholarships available […] READ MORE