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Nate Mason is the second player in Pitino’s Class of 2014 recruiting class. While the Gophers basketball coaching staff was hosting Reid Travis on his official visit, the 2014 recruiting class got a big boost in the backcourt as 5-11, 160lb Maryland guard Nate Mason committed to Minnesota early Friday evening over offers from Virginia, […] READ MORE
Amir Coffey and his father, former Gopher Richard Coffey, attended the Gophers scrimmage on Friday night. Amir Coffey, a 6-foot-5 sophomore wing from Hopkins, is considered the top in-state prospect in the Class of 2016. He recently returned from an injury that kept him sidelined for nearly three months. Gopher Hole.com caught up with […] READ MORE
Gophers Richard Pitino has made Jarvis Johnson a high priority since he arrived on campus. Jarvis Johnson, a 2015 point guard from Minneapolis (MN) DeLaSalle, received a scholarship offer from Minnesota in April. Johnson helped lead the Islanders to its second Class AAA state title as they finished 30-1 and were undefeated against in-state schools. […] READ MORE
Louisville cut down the nets last year – they debut in GopherHole’s Road to Selection Sunday as the #4 team in the nation. DINKYTOWN, MINN. — Our faithful readers got a look at our preseason Field of 68 a dozen days ago, now let’s take a peek at RTSS’ Preseason Top 25. For each of the top 25 teams, […] READ MORE
Strickland has offers from Auburn and Virginia Tech – could a Gopher offer be far behind? Delshon Strickland, a 6-4 senior guard from Minnetonka (MN) High, has made several unofficial visits to the U recently and has seen his recruiting interest from the local squad pick up as well as scholarship offers from Auburn, Virginia […] READ MORE
Six-foot-10, 240 pound forward Henry Ellenson, the younger brother of current Gophers sophomore Wally, recently attended the Minnesota-Iowa football game. Ellenson was ranked #49 by ESPN in their updated rankings of the Class of 2015. Ellenson averaged 21.5 points per game as a sophomore as he helped lead the Warriors to a 20-5 record this […] READ MORE
DINKYTOWN, Minn. — October’s arrival means the college basketball season is sneaking a peek around the corner, and that is always a good thing. With that comes the return of Road to Selection Sunday, Gopher Hole’s semi-regular odds-and-ends, bits-and-pieces kind a’ college basketball column. Sometimes you’ll get stats, sometimes you’ll get opinions, and sometimes it may just be […] READ MORE
Here are the notes from Pitino’s 3rd press conference. As always, I type while he talks, oo it’s not verbatim. Enjoy… • Pitino asked to make sure Sid’s microphone was on, Sid confirmed. • We practiced Friday – Sunday and took off Monday. They can practice 30 times in 42 days. The players voted on […] READ MORE
Henry Ellenson is expected to make another unofficial visit to Minnesota on Saturday. The Minnesota Golden Gophers lost out on another point guard prospect when Lourawls “Tum-Tum” Nairn Jr. committed to Michigan State Thursday. Minnesota has already seen guards Ja’Quan Newton, Alex Robinson, Josh Perkins and Quention Snider eliminate the Gophers from consideration. Newton […] READ MORE
JUCO guard Carlos Morris is expected to visit the Gophers this weekend. Carlos Morris, a 6-foot-5, 160-pound sophomore guard from Chipola (FL) Junior College, is expected to visit Minnesota this weekend. Morris averaged 13.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.3 steals per game last season. He shot 44.4% from the field, 36.5% from three-point […] READ MORE