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McKinley Wright speaks about today's visit to Minnesota.

Wright also said four are on him the most and I really like Minnesota's chances.

Here is the article, he says a lot of great things about Minnesota

https://minnesota.n.rivals.com/news/wright-talks-gopher-visit

The Gophers have zeroed in on him hard and I believe he will make his choice before Isaiah Washington so Wright is the guy they are hard after at the moment.

Dayton is a program doing a great job in Minnesota right now with former Gopher manager and Faribault Falcon Tom Ostrom having a connection to kids. I don't see them as a big factor in this in the end but they are one of four on him the most.

Iowa State will have him in for a visit and is also after him quite hard. That said they have offered 9 PGs so far and are after several of them.

Xavier is one to watch. They have a MN player already and they are coming after Wright with a ton of effort. Like Minnesota they have made McKinley a priority offering only him and top 50 guard Quade Green
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Rochester Road Tour

I was at the Rochester Road tour today, here are my thoughts:

-Never a bad day when you get to high five goldy
-Best ever Directors Cup finish will be this year
-Dominated Sconnie in the border battle
-Mark Coyle will SHOCK me if he says ANYTHING controversial. He seems very generic in all of his thoughts, very PC.
-Coyle, Pitino & Lucia look like they might weigh 400 collectively. They look tiny without their suit jackets on.
-All coaches and anyone affiliated with the Athletic Dept was wearing black shirts and pants. (which i hate)

-Claeys: Will compete for the big10 title EVERY season.
-We got 8 of the 10 in state kids he wanted in recruiting.
-Need the o-line to stay healthy to compete, don't have depth at O-line.
-This is the best Gopher team he's seen since he got here
-Kids adjusted well to Jay Johnson's schemes
-Facilities isn't an arms race, its an investment in kids

-Lucia-Nice to have an AD that knows where Marriuci Arena is located
-should have a top 10 schedule
-Changes to locker room will be done by Fall
-big10 looking like old wcha from when he played with adding notre dame
-ohio state will be a top team this year
-big10 hockey is here to stay and WILL be the best conference...eventually
-He got a clean bill of health from his doctors at mayo

-Women's soccer-we have the best field in the big10. We have a top10 attendance. get 1,500 to games in st paul
-returning 8 of 11 starters

Women's hoops:
4 transfers coming in
3 WNBA picks in 2 years, 2 in previous 25.
averaged 85 per game, will be top 25 team every year as goal

-Womens Gymnastics-
Had the first ever top gymnast in the country- the gymnast equivalent to the heisman

-Women's Rowing
-No notes

-Men Gymnastics
-Coach walked to microphone on his hands and he's 58.
-Team finished 6th in the nation
-Best gymnast is from Pine Island MN

Womens softball
Won big10 tourney
was 2-20 before she took the program over, best team in the big10 the past 2 years. 75% MN roster
Best player is from Rochester
facility change is huge, won't fight for space with football anymore

Pitino-
Ripped himself a pretty funny manner
Loved Joey King
Loves his incoming class talked about all 3
Michael's hurt dad was there, mentioned his loyalty
Talked a lot about Michael since we were local
Loves the barn & fanbase
Hosting team BBQ Sunday
Huge schedule coming this year- Hinted at a game at Iowa St
His best roster is this season

Richest man in Rochester Gus Shafolius sat next to Mark Coyle.

Grimm does a nice job as the MC, he's younger than I thought. Maybe not even 40 yet.

Twins

Can someone give me a short explanation as to what the difference is between this year's team and last year's team? I don't follow baseball much, if at all, anymore. Honestly, I expected last year to be very similar to the previous year and this year. Seems like an outlier last year

DAMN...I'VE HEARD IT ALL NOW...."I was not trippin'."

Man I know this dude has had his share of bad luck lately but yikes.....
Bobby Brown Claims He Had Sex with a Ghost Bobby Brown's 20/20 interview with Robin Roberts is already making waves for his candid revelations about the deaths of wife Whitney Houston and daughter Bobbi Kristina.

But amid the emotional conversation was another, more otherworldly Brown bombshell: the former New Edition member claims he had sex with a ghost.

The 47-year-old singer recounted the story from his upcoming memoir, Every Little Step, out June 13.

"I bought this mansion in Georgia ... this was a really, really spooky place," Brown says. "But yes, one time, I woke up, and yeah, a ghost. I was being mounted by a ghost."



Brown, who also claims he slept with Madonna and Janet Jackson, went on to explain that he was not on any drugs when the alleged sexual encounter occurred.

"I wasn't high," he says. "I was not trippin'."

Here are four other big revelations from the chat.

Gopher basketball - We have a lot of bodies at forward

I will start by putting my 'NERDY MATH MIND HAT' on....There are 6 players listed as forwards though it probably will be 5 if Lynch is not allowed to play because Gaston will have to swing to center for depth.

6 forwards: Murphy, Curry, Gaston, Fitzgerald, Hurt, and Gilbert.. Sharp is more of a SG because of size, IMO.

So with PERMUTATIONS in math(6 players but 2 at at time) then there are 30 possible combinations... In reality, it will be Murphy and someone else. Murphy is a stud.. Love that he has good footwork(he is in balance and squared to the basket when shooting and rebounding. Also squared to the man he is defending for the most part). Murphy has a huge upside, IMO. I think he has a ton of room to expand his game. Never more have I wished a Gopher would grow 2-3 inches than in Murphy's case. If he had those 2-3 extra inches, with the length that accompanies that, I think he could transition into an elite player.. Definitely a guy I look to assume some team leadership.

The person who starts with Jordan Murphy, I AM GUESSING, is completely up in the air.. I am really interested to see how much Gilbert and Fitzgerald will have worked on their games over this summer. What Hurt's contribution is early along with Curry... IMO, WE HAVE TO GET GUYS THAT CAN ADD FIREPOWER TO OUR OFFENSE, either by scoring themselves or facilitating scoring from others. I am not sure we can have any more role players that don't score well. We have to get offense somewhere though I am aware Springs is aboard plus Coffey will add to the totals as well... Not saying we have to have a 15-20 point a game scorer but Murphy's partner in the front court better be able to be a viable scoring threat. We wont get a lot of points from the center position and Mason cant handle the load of doing everything. A lot of pressure could be taken off the team if we can get scoring from our 2 forward positions. There is always room for the 'workers' and the 'facilitators' but I believe we need a guy that can put the ball in the basket with consistency.. That is what we need on offense to get to the NCAAs.. I know defense factors in as well as rebounding but that scoring becomes important as the success on one end of the court fuels energy on the other end, as well. It will be interesting to see what happens this year.
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