Link: College coaches poll: Who's the best prospect, scorer, defender?

Evan Daniels polled 106 college coaches about who the best prospect, scorer, and defender in July way. Matthew Hurt received three votes for best overall prospect. Wabissa Bede received three votes for best defender. Hurt and Bede receiving votes in this is a big deal, as Hurt is playing two years up and Bede just a couple weeks ago only had one or two high-major offers.

Marshall junior Trey Lance was buried on his team's depth chart until an injury thrust him into the lineup. He talked about his junior season and impressive performance at the Gophers' Junior Elite Camp with TGR.

https://minnesota.rivals.com/news/marshall-qb-trey-lance-talks-gophers-camp-reflects-on-last-season

Open practice at 10am this Saturday...
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Link: Adidas Nations: Carr attacks basket well, talks recruiting

Jarrod Lindsay from AllMetroHoops and Netscouts wrote this up for us on Marcus Carr, the Gophers most recent offer. Adidas Nations is an elite event, and Carr, Wabissa Bede, Jericho Sims, and Matthew Hurt are all competing in it. Carr's team (Team Canada) is in the finals today and the game will probably be streamed on ThreeStripeHoops.com.

Last position preview series on the defensive side of the ball. I'll get into offense this week before camp starts Friday!

https://minnesota.rivals.com/news/position-preview-defensive-tackle-4

Euless Trinity (Texas) cornerback John Davis tweeted out that he picked an offer from Minnesota today. Davis has already announced a top three of Kansas State, Texas Tech, and Utah, but I imagine Minnesota will be able to compete with those three if the Gophers really want him. You can watch his Hudl here.

Starting tomorrow, August 1, coaches will be able to like and retweet recruits' tweets, and like and share their statuses on Facebook. Coaches will not be able to comment on tweets and statuses.

Not really a fan of this new rule.

McKinley Wright tweeted out his top five today with no surprises: Dayton, Iowa State, Memphis, Minnesota, and Xavier.

Dayton is going to be very, very competitive with Wright. He likes them a lot and the early playing time they're selling. He's retweeted the kind of tweets that say school doesn't matter with pictures of Steph Curry at Davidson, Kawhi Leonard at San Diego State, Damian Lillard at Weber State, etc. Program prestige may be a little bit less of a factor with Wright than most. One of their assistants has connections to the area, and I know Dayton feels like they can get him. Archie Miller and an assistant were at all of his games in Vegas that I was at.

Minnesota has worked hard on Wright a long time. He moved here in eighth grade and loves it here, so I know staying put is appealing to him. He's good friends with Jarvis and knows the Johnsons well. Nate Mason and others have helped recruit him. There are many things the Gophers have going for them.

Iowa State I believe was Wright's first power five offer, and they've recruited him fairly hard throughout. He's loved his visits there and has built a good relationship with their staff. He's a take for Iowa State I believe, but is he truly their number one guy? I don't know. They've offered 16 other guards that have yet to commit.

Wright likes Xavier a lot. I don't necessarily think he likes them more than Dayton/Minnesota/ISU, but he is significantly interested in Xavier. It's my understanding that he's not a take for Xavier right now, as they have some higher-ranked targets and commitments from two top 100 shooting guards and another Rivals150 small forward. But by the fall, he certainly may be a take for Xavier and if that's the case, they'll be a real contender.

Memphis and Tubby have been talking to Wright since he was at Texas Tech, although the Memphis staff is mostly new. Like Iowa State, Memphis has 16 other offers to guards outstanding. I've talked to McKinley three times over the past month and he hasn't mentioned Memphis to me once when I've asked about who's talking to him the most or where he wants to visit. So for now, they're not a concern.

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Minnesota classes are loaded and it seems like it is either instate or out east that Gopher basketball has the most interest.. And it is easy to see why as the Gophers can probably stay instate and do just fine.. I know that the Badgers are trying to keep their inroads in Ohio and there are players in the state of Ohio that would look good in a Gopher uniform along with Matt Hurt.. I love putting it to the Badgers so if we dont get instate kids, here are 10 from Ohio that will probably be good 'gets' to keep an eye on for the future in the class of 2019.

1. Jordan Mitchell - 6-7 Averaged 12 points and 5 rebounds a game as a freshman for Gahanna Lincoln, a Columbus suburb. Has been contacted by Florida, Arizona, and Ohio State. Played with Nick Ward, a top recruit for Michigan State. A small forward who is very good.

2.Jeremiah Francis - 6-2 PG that is close to 200 lbs.. I think if Ohio State offers, this one is over as his dad Jerry was a player and an assistant for the Buckeyes. One of the top PGs in the class. Bull strong at the position. Plays at Pickerington Central, a Columbus area school. His strength reminds me of the old days of a Rumeal Robinson at Michigan on their natty team in 1989.

3. Alonzo Gaffney - 6-7 combo forward Cleveland Villa Angela St Joseph.. He played a solid role on state powerhouse St Joe team as a freshman... Dad, Kevin, played for University of Cincinnati where he averaged 11 points a game as a senior.. Has a sister who plays D2 ball at Northern Kentucky.

4. Amari Davis 6-4 guard Trotwood Madison.... This is a kid that is a good fit for Minnesota if he keeps on the right track. Averaged 16 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals and 2.4 assists AS A FRESHMAN for an uptempo team. Big time transition player as a wing. I would love to bring Pitino to see this team as they started 2 freshmen, 1 sophomore, and 1 junior on the #4 ranked team in Ohio this past year.

5. Tanner Holden - a 6-5 wing player that had a 28 point game as a freshman for a good Wheelersburg team.. A school on the West Virginia border so he is one that will have to be watched at the AAU level as his league competition is not that great.

6. Jeremiah Keene a 6-0 combo guard from Westerville North, a Columbus suburb.. Probably one of the top performers at OSU camp from a scoring standpoint... Has enough range and handles to go to either guard spot.

7. Abba Lawal 6-11 Center for Cincinnati Walnut Hills... Had great flashes of potential.. Very thin and hard to scout a 6-11 freshman post player but was not intimidated in the least in playing in the Cincinnati Public School league as a freshman... He is another one to watch in development.

8. Chris'Sean Stringer - a 6-3 guard out of Cincinnati Taft...... Watch the matchup with him and Amari Davis at Trotwood Madison in the future... They should meet up every year in the Ohio HS playoffs... Stringer is deadly as a FT shooter and good pressure player on a deep team at Taft.

9. Andre Gordon - a good athlete out of Sidney, Ohio(north of Dayton).. a 6-1 guard that will get overshadowed locally by Stringer and Davis because they are bigger players but he could develop very well.

10. Taylor Currie - 6-9 stretch 4 from Worthington Christian.. Wisconsin has talked to a lot of the Columbus area kids and this is one of them.. Duke, Michigan, Ohio State, and others have been in contact, as well.. Minnesota has a better prospect in Hurt but this is another kid to watch.

Link: Comma talks Minnesota and West Virginia

Link: Cushing Academy and Mass Rivals coaches talk about the talent of Wabissa Bede

Link: 2018 in-state running back talks recruitment

Schmidt put up big numbers as a sophomore and has picked up the attention of several Big Ten schools

Link: Mafe recaps Gopher visit and camp

Looking forward to it: Beer Garden

http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...ball-preview-2016-gary-andersen-pac-12-072716

Link: Texas LB talks three visits

Power Mizzou caught up with Moore to talk about his visits to Missouri, Iowa State, and Minnesota.

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Minnesota will continue to recruit Norwood, who remember used to be teammates with Kiondre Thomas and really looks up to him. Also know that Minnesota doesn't really need a cornerback in this class (but they're planning to take one) and have quite a few other corners interested.

Cretin's Charlie Dennis expects to be in a different role in 2016.

https://minnesota.rivals.com/news/talented-cdh-junior-talks-camp-performance-upcoming-season

Lots of Communist Flags! Mexican Flags!

I Hate Communism as much as I Hate Fascism! Millions of lives lost to those two horrible ideologies!

Bucky bound. Anyone know the story here? doesn't matter as he was only a Rivals 3*.

https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/991

so please tell me how you and your fellow tit suckers plan to pay for free college for all kids that come from households under $125k? I don't want to pay for some brat to go and get drunk and stoned at college. I paid for my college, my wife paid for hers...it is called getting a effing job. Do you Libs know what a job is?

I apologize that there were some issues with the forums this afternoon. There will be some more scheduled maintenance today at 11 PM that should run for just a few hours maximum.

From Bill Connelly http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...n-state-football-2016-preview-schedule-roster

27 sophomores in the two deeps and only 1 game with an over 50% chance to win - Idaho State

Bad news for Damien.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/c...e-of-the-strangest-injuries-of-the-offseason/

I can't help but notice that this forum says "The Gopher Report", the same name AZJ calls the premium forum at scout.