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saw he tweeted out fully committed. Huge news. DL let’s goooo

Was there any here this weekend and will we find out who they were?

I know, it should not be a "holy shit we finally did it thing", as we should win more than once every 14 years. That said, the pictures of students lining up to take a photo with it, the fact PJ will be taking it across Minnesota for speaches this offseason, the pictures of recruits holding it in all pictures, shows me how huge that win was.

It is unteal what that win has and will do, for this program from a recruiting and a fan viewpoint.

Damn that was a huge win. Row the ****ing boat .

@dubwa ‘s mancrush doing what he does best. Being an a-hole and trying to hurt people on court.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ba...e-hoops-with-a-nut-punch-in-loss-to-marquette

Does everyone on roster travel to bowl games or is it like regular season travel where they are limited how many travel?

I’m asking as I’m curious if future walk-ons get to go to Pasadena?

@Matt Jessen-Howard @Littlefinger or anyone else with inside info.




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I really need a fix!!!!

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I believe this means he will not be playing in the bowl game. What's important is that he gets back to 100%, which he has not been in weeks. Congrats to Donnell on a great career in Minnesota. Hoping he gets the chance to play in the NFL, and becomes the first Gopher lineman drafted in over a decade!

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First of all, who here has seen it and what did you think?

David's preview: https://minnesota.rivals.com/news/scouting-arkansas-state-1

Kenpom: Minnesota No. 53, Arkansas State No. 287
Massey: Minnesota No. 66, Arkansas State No. 305

If anyone is watching Wisconsin vs. Marquette, he just received a flagrant for a blatant shot to the midsection of a Marquette player setting a screen on him. Big time d1ck move

Ready for another!!!

Severity of sprain unknown for now.

I am already excited for the big tilt on Saturday. Being an Army guy, I am very confident my Black Knights will be putting a whooping on Navy! Go Army!

I saw a tweet of the special unis that Army will be wearing on Saturday representing the First Imfantry Division.....BEST UNIFORMS EVER!! I would post if knew how....help?

2 Time B1G Player of Year, All-American leaving the team...
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Pitino said that next Tuesday's game is a possibility for Curry's return. If so, that is positive news. If he can work his way back to even 15 minutes a game, it will pretty much eliminate Omersa from being in the rotation, reduce Stockman's minutes, and help better manage Oturu's early season foul troubles. These are all positive things. Not a knock on these guys at all, but eventually Stockman should see abut 10 minutes, Oturu 20-25, and Omersa probably zero (he's not ready). It will also hopefully allow for Murphy to play with freedom and Pitino to not have to protect him from foul trouble as much knowing he has someone he can trust to put in his place. IF indeed Curry can bring what he did his freshman year, him back in the lineup has a significant positive trickle down effect on the rotation moving forward.

No matter your views, this is an interesting video in the link.

https://www.bitchute.com/video/CJyhOQXoC4g/

to The Athletic’s Freshman All-America 1st team! Congratulations on a huge honor.

OG Blaise Andries, Minnesota:After redshirting last year, Andries won the starting job and has been in the lineup every game at right guard, playing a pivotal role for a Golden Gophers offense that made some progress over the course of the season, especially in big wins against Purdue and Wisconsin in November. He was an honorable mention All-Big Ten pick.

Recruiting background: 3-star prospect (as a T) in 2017 class from Marshall (Minn.) High

Monday:

Fleck and Addae were in Vegas at Desert Pines and Bishop Gorman to see Cam Wiley and his 2020 teammates that have been hearing from Minnesota for a while.

Gabriel Lopez: “It was great that they came. We didn't because of the rules. I was looking good physically because I’ve been putting weight on. My interest is getting really strong.”

Brian Callahan visited Houston two-star tackle Patrick Paul yesterday. Paul also holds offers from Houston and Tulsa. “It went good. He was very interested in me, and he said he’ll contact me soon, and I like Minnesota.”

Callahan also visited Austin, Texas two-star OL/DL Jeremiah Byers, who holds a handful of offers from FCS programs. “It went good. We just talked about what they have going on over in Minnesota and what they have to offer. I’m hoping to visit if I get the offer.”

Callahan also visited Isaiah Hookfin, a high three-star in the Houston area with nine Power 5 offers. Hookfin is planning to make a commitment a week before signing day and would like to take an official visit to homestate Texas on December 14. Hookfin is considering taking an official visit to either Baylor or Southern Miss this coming week and Auburn the week of December 7. He’s also taken an official to Illinois. So Minnesota potentially has competition from everyone (Southern Miss?), so I'm not really sure what to make of his recruitment. “I met with Coach Callahan. It went good.”

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Kenni Burns was in Michigan yesterday. He visited four-star Makari Paige at West Bloomfield and might have also been at Detroit powerhouse Cass Tech. I think Burns was talking to mostly 2020s.


Joe Rossi, Marcus West, and Clay Patterson all visited Keonte Schad. West Virginia also visited him this week, and Mississippi State, Tennessee, and Oklahoma all have visits scheduled with him (to Keonte, not to their campuses). Schad already taken an official to UCF. He’s in demand. Some of you expressed concern about the Oklahoma offer. Right now, the Sooners aren’t sure how hard they want to push yet because they haven’t seen him live. I’d think they’ll decide soon whether or not they’ll push for him to take an official visit.

In other defensive line news, Chris Daniels took an official visit to Missouri over the weekend.

Matt Simon and Kirk Ciarrocca were at Eden Prairie and Minnehaha Academy (and possibly other local high schools).

Cole Kramer: “We talked a little about the season, the huge win over the Badgers, and what’s up for the future!”


Tuesday:

Fleck, Ciarrocca, and Patterson visited Jacob Clark and Nnamdi Adim-Madumere.

Jacob Clark: "It went great! We talked about a whole lot of non-football stuff. We got to know each other a lot more and also talked about the official visit next weekend, what it will be like when I get up there in January, and a little bit of where coach sees the program being in the near future!"

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High three-star Luke Griffin received a visit in school today and the Gophers will be at his basketball game tonight. Missouri visited Griffin today as well, and he’s visiting Mizzou this weekend. Kentucky, Indiana, and Vanderbilt are also in play. Griffin is a former Georgia commit.

Marcus West visited Memphis high three-star Kristian Williams today in school and is doing an in-home visit tonight. Williams has a final five of Minnesota, Missouri, Indiana, Tennessee, and Memphis, in no particular order. "It went good. He broke down everything Minnesota has to offer - from the city to the facilities to the atmosphere. And after this talk, I've gained more attraction towards Minnesota and what impact I'll have coming into a developing program."

Matt Simon is visiting Peter Udoibok.

Wednesday:

Burns, Fleck, and Callahn are visiting JJ Guedet tomorrow.
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JJ Guedet: "I think it went really well. We had a great time. Coach Fleck fed our animals with my mom and seemed super excited about that. We mostly talked about how I'm enrolling early and that the other recruits are doing that as well. We talked about how their families and my family get along really well, stuff like that."

Jahmile Addae is visiting two-star South Carolina safety and Middle Tennessee commit AJ Williams. Williams committed to MTSU back in August.

AJ Williams: "It was a good visit. It's a humble blessing to be in this spot. He told me how they have a great graduation rate and that was my main focus, the education part. He said they were possibly going to come back and see me next week. They've talked to me about getting me to visit."

Addae is also visiting James Gordon. Florida State, Missouri, and USF will all see Gordon at his school this week.

Joe Rossi is visiting JUCO defensive end Niadre Zouzoua.


Later this week:
Coach Rossi in New Jersey today (Thursday) and he was there to see were Darius Gooden, and Prince Okituama.
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Rob Wenger will be at Camden Lewis’ game on Friday.

Fleck, Burns, and West will visit with D’Vion Harris and MJ Anderson on Friday.

Matt Simon will visit Michael Brown-Stephens on Friday. I know there was some concern before when the board found out that Brown-Stephens visited Purdue, but they’re full at receiver and he says he doesn’t know of any other programs coming to visit.

Solomon Brown is getting an in-home visit on Friday, I’m assuming from Addae.

Minnnesota (7-2, 1-1) looks to build off its biggest win and most emotional game of the year this past Wednesday night. They will need to put a huge second half comeback against No.24 Nebraska in the rear view mirror, as they take on Arkansas State (2-6) Saturday afternoon, less than 72 hours later.

The Red Wolves have had a tough stretch of basketball as of late. Mike Balado was 11-21 last season in his first year at the helm. They were picked pre-season No. 11 in the twelve team Sun Belt league. He is currently 13-27 as the Head Coach in Jonesboro.

Minnesota will also be the first high major program ASU has played this season.

Balado is no stranger to the Pitino family. He was Richard's assistant at Florida Internatonal for two seasons then went to work with his father, Rick, at Louisville from 2013 to 2017.

The Red Wolves' playing style will be reminiscent of what Rick Pitino did for years, but the talent level is a far cry from what he had with the Cardinals.

Offensively, they will run a very fast paced offense. They will push the ball in transition, and the shot clock won't run down very far when they have it in the half-court.

They will run four out motion in which the post will come out and set a ball-screen in the middle of the floor. It also resembles a five out because the ball-screen is what the guards try to attack off of and the lane is left open when this happens.

They will also run some quick hitting sets with the motivation of getting the ball to their dynamic guard Ty Cockfield. They will do this off baseline staggers and other sets that involve staggers and single screens to get him open up top as well as back-screens and back cuts.

On the season, Arkansas State gets a lot of possessions. They average 61.5 shots per game. They have a low overall shooting percentage of 43.5 percent. Of the 61.2 shots, roughly 22 are from 3-point territory. They make 35.6 percent of those. ASU also gets to the foul line around 22 times per game and make 71.9 percent of their tries.

This is a team that is quick and plays hard. The offensive proof of that is twelve rebounds per game. Not a lot of their makes come from the pass. A lot comes off the dribble and in transition. The result is that on 90 of 214 conversions have come from an assist. The assist to turnover ratio is not a strength. At 9:11, the Red Wolves have 110 turnovers on the season.

On the other end, the Pitino influence is more noticeable in philosophy. This quick group will extend their man to man in the half court. They will pressure the ball and extend well beyond the 3-point line into the passing lanes.

The weakness in the man-to-man is the post defense. They give up lots of looks inside. Balado will counter by fronting but this results in the lob, particularly from the top in the hi-lo look. Balado will also counter with double teaming the ball when it goes down low.

Also in the character of the elder Pitino, look for a full-court press of the 2-2-1 variety. This is not something they make a living on, but they will show it in the full-court off of a dead ball. Balado will also show a 2-3 zone, but this seems to be out of necessity when the man defense Is struggling. They will show full-court man-to-man ball pressure but once the ball crosses half-court, the guards will settle back into the zone.

Another staple of Balado will be to play a lot of people. Nine players get double-digit minutes. They were ten deep while Kus Canberk was in the lineup.

Balado has looked to get the program off the may through the junior college ranks. Six of the top ten players were JUCO products. There are also five new faces getting major player time on this

Ty Cockfield – Make no mistake. Cockfield is the straw that stirs the drink for this team. The set plays are designed for him, and the lightning quick 6-foot-0 guard can shoot the three then get to the hole in the blink of an eye.

Cockfield is one of the JUCO’s on this roster who started his career with Stetson. The senior averages 21.5 points per game, and is the only Red Wolf who averages double figures. He shoots over 50 percent from the field and 46.5 percent of his 3-pointers. He also gets to the line between five and six times per game and makes 75.6 percent.

Cockfield is a pure scorer. If he was at least 6-foot-3, he would be playing at a high major level. Once he crosses half-court he is a threat. Minnesota will be looking to deny his catch or at least be in his shooting pocket when he does catch the ball.

Marquis Eaton – The 6-foot-2 sophomore was signed straight out of high school in Helena, Arkansas. He is second on the team in scoring with 9.4 points.

Eaton is an interesting mix. He shoots twice as many 2-pointers than 3-pointers, but rarely gets to the foul line. That matches the personality of this team. They are quick and can penetrate but they don’t shoot a lot of free throws. A big reason is that they shoot so quickly in the shot clock, they don’t stress the defense into fouling.

He averages 9.5 shots per game, but is only shooting a low 36.8 percent overall, including 32.1 percent from deep. Eaton also averages 3.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. He has one more turnover on the season than assists.

Grantham Gillard – This should be a familiar name to Gopher fans. The Minneapolis native went to high school at Eden Prairie. From there he went to South Plains Community College, then spent his junior season in Jonesboro.

Gillard his third on the team in minutes and points. He averages 9.1 points and leads the team in rebounds at 6-foot-4 with six per game. Gillard is the team’s catch and shoot threat. An overwhelming 41 out of 58 field goal attempts have been 3-pointers. He makes 41.5 percent of his long balls.

Tristin Walley - Walley is another senior who went through the junior college ranks. The 6-foot-7, 215 pound forward is athletic but is not an accurate scoring threat. At 7.9 points per game, he is only shooting 34.5 percent of his shots and 30 percent of his three’s. He will step out and shot the three. 20 of his 58 field goal attempts have been from behind the arc.

J.J. Matthews - Matthews is the only true post in the starting lineup at 6-foot-9, 240 pounds. The sophomore started out at Townson, before transferring to Mobley Area Community College.

Despite recently cracking the starting lineup, Matthews has only been logging 14.1 minutes per game. He shoots 56.8 percent from the field. Matthews hasn’t attempted any 3-pointer, and all of his work will be around the bucket. He averages 7.4 points and 2.9 rebounds per game.

Salif Boudie – The 6-foot-8 junior from Mali, West Africa is another post player, who averages five points per game. He doesn’t get a lot of touches, but when he does he can convert. He is 10 of 15 from the field and 10-13 from the charity stripe. Boudie also averages 4.8 rebounds per game.

Malik Brevard is another player in the 6-foot-8 range. All of his buckets have been inside the arc. He averages 4.7 points per game. Christian Willis is a 6-foot-1 sophomore averaging 3.8. He shoots a balance of 2-pointers and 3-pointers but he has had problems connecting on the deep ball. Kobe Willis is a 6-foot-2 freshman who averages 3.0 points per game.

Minnesota is a -19.5 point favorite. The over/under is 155. Tip-off is at 3:00 P.M. CST. It can be seen on Big Ten Plus.

if anyone remembers that saga but he is transferring from Iowa. He’s gotten passed up on the depth chart and got in a little trouble when he didn’t travel with the team to a road game.

I think a player that lies about official visits etc might have other issues. Probably dodged a bullet there.