Daniel Oturu, a 6-foot-9 junior center from St. Paul (MN) Cretin-Derham Hall, is one of the top big men in the Midwest in the Class of 2018 and is considered one of the top prospects from Minnesota in the class. Oturu received a scholarship offer from Minnesota this summer. Oturu averaged 16.7 points, 14.7 […] READ MORE
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Q&A: Junior PG Tre Jones Talks Upcoming Season and What He Learned from Tyus With Recruiting
Tre Jones, a 6-foot-2, 175-pound junior point guard from Apple Valley (MN) High, is considered the top player in the state in the Class of 2018. Jones averaged 15.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game last season as the Eagles finished 30-2, winning the third place game of the Class AAAA state tournament. […] READ MORE
Q&A: Gabe Kalscheur on Gophers Pitino: “I like how he has got the team back on track.”
Gabe Kalscheur, a 6-foot-2, 189-pound junior guard from Minneapolis (MN) DeLaSalle, is considered one of the top players in the Minnesota Class of 2018. Kalscheur received a scholarship offer from Minnesota this past summer. Kalscheur scored 27 points to lead DeLaSalle to a 79-56 victory over Fergus Falls in the 3A title game to […] READ MORE
Q&A: Race Thompson Talks Recruiting Including Minnesota, Iowa, Marquette Visits
Photo Courtesy of Brian Nelson and Star Tribune. Race Thompson, a 6-foot-7 junior forward from Robbinsdale (MN) Armstrong, is one of the top big men in the Midwest in the Class of 2018 and is considered the number two prospect from Minnesota in the class. Thompson received a scholarship offer from Minnesota earlier this year. […] READ MORE
Q&A: Matthew Hurt Says It Would Be Special to Play With Brother Again, May Visit KU in October
Matthew Hurt, a 6-foot-9 sophomore forward from Rochester (MN) John Marshall, is considered Minnesota’s top player in the Class of 2019 and was recently ranked fifth in the country by Rivals. Hurt comes from a basketball family. His older brother, Michael, is an incoming freshman at Minnesota and was ranked as the number two […] READ MORE
Q&A: McKinley Wright Talks Gophers Visit, Upcoming Dayton Visit, and September 15 Announcement
McKinley Wright, a 6-foot-1, 180-pound senior guard from Champlin Park (MN) High, is one of the state’s top player in the Class of 2017. Wright made his official visit to Minnesota this past weekend and plans to announce his college choice on September 15. Wright averaged a team-best 19.5 points, 8.3 rebounds and 5.8 assists […] READ MORE
Q&A: Jalen Suggs Holds Offers From Baylor and Georgia Tech, Talks Recruiting
Jalen Suggs, a 6-foot-1 freshman guard from Minneapolis (MN) Minnehaha Academy, is one of the top guards in the Midwest in the Class of 2020 and is considered the number one prospect from Minnesota in the class. Suggs averaged 17.3 points per game this past year for the Redhawks, who finished 22-7, losing to […] READ MORE
Q&A: Daniel Oturu Talks Recent Gophers Offer, Upcoming Visit to U
Photo Courtesy of 247 Sports Daniel Oturu, a 6-foot-9 2018 center from St. Paul (MN) Cretin-Derham Hall, is one of the top big men in the Midwest in the Class of 2018 and is considered the number four prospect from Minnesota in the class. Oturu recently received a scholarship offer from Minnesota and played with […] READ MORE
Q&A: Theo John Talks Top 6: Minnesota, Purdue, Oklahoma, Marquette, Illinois and Cal
Theo John, a 6-foot-9 rising senior center from Champlin Park (MN) High, is one of the top big men in the Midwest. John recently narrowed his list of schools to six, including Minnesota who offered him a scholarship in the spring of 2015. John also has offers from schools such as Marquette, Florida, Purdue, Nebraska, […] READ MORE
Q&A: McKinley Wright Talks Top 5: Minnesota, Iowa St, Dayton, Memphis and Xavier
McKinley Wright, a 6-foot-1, 180-pound junior guard from Champlin Park (MN) High, is one of the state’s top player in the Class of 2017. Wright narrowed his list of schools to five on Saturday. Wright averaged a team-best 19.5 points, 8.3 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game this year for the Rebels. He scored […] READ MORE