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Re: Off-court problems

Alan Holst — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:10:31 GMT

The Gophers recruit heavily all over the country because that is how they choose to recruit, not because they have to. They would do just fine if they would

Re: Off-court problems

Pat Lewis — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:53:27 GMT

Yes, they can compete but as these schools try to maintain the pace in Division I how many will be left out of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Dakota kids who can play

Re: Off-court problems

Alan Holst — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:27:18 GMT

I know. Good kids can be homegrown or imports, and so can bad kids, which is why I finished by saying "coaches just need to the brains and character to

Re: Off-court problems

stewthornley — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:58:00 GMT

The basketball thugs (White and Mkdioijwe) are local. The football thugs, particularly Kevin Whaley, are from elsewhere.

Re: Off-court problems

marc hugunin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:29:14 GMT

Of course the ³thugs² (alleged) at the present time are local kids, which is a difference with previous troubles with men¹s basketball at the U. ... Re:

Re: Off-court problems

Alan Holst — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:01:04 GMT

North Dakota State made the NCAA Tournament last year, and their best 2 players (and the majority of their roster) were Minnesota kids. (The other starters

Re: Off-court problems

marc hugunin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:55:02 GMT

Pat, The good news so far is the Dakotas are still recruiting the same kids they recruited before. Think Ben Woodside from Albert Lea, MN, at NDSU. Maybe they

Re: Off-court problems

Pat Lewis — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:27:06 GMT

My two cents worth: I think it is time to move on as far as having any interest at all in these schools that import tramp athletes at any level. The play may

Re: Off-court problems

Alan Holst — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:26:08 GMT

Mbakwe is a junior in terms of eligibility. He played one year at Marquette and one year at JC. If he is suspended by the team for the year I presume he

Re: Off-court problems

marc hugunin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:35:18 GMT

Ouch. ... Re: [mnbuckets] Re: Off-court problems Ouch. On 11/3/09 7:32 PM, "stewthornley" wrote: he then pushed a security guard to the

Re: Off-court problems

stewthornley — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:32:21 GMT

It was Devron Bostick, not Joseph. What happened with White is, according to police reports, he was caught shoplifting about $100 worth of stuff at the Sprawl

Re: Off-court problems

marc hugunin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:20:40 GMT

I just heard that White and Devon Joseph were suspended. Mbakwe¹s situation had just been announced by Maturi yesterday. Mbakwe charged with assault down in

Re: Off-court problems

stewthornley — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:01:05 GMT

... I don't know. I was thinking about Royce White.

Re: Off-court problems

marc hugunin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:39:13 GMT

Has Tubby complained about Maturi¹s decision about Mbakwe? BTW Shooter said the other day that the Gophers are a 3rd place team with Mbakwe and a 6th place

Off-court problems

stewthornley — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:28:46 GMT

Brewster has convinced me, despite his bullshit, that he doesn't care about the character of the players on his team. I'm starting to wonder about Tubby, too.