The holiday weekend, and a mini hiatus beforehand, has left a lot of catching up to do for those who come here to follow Gophers sports. Here are some of the "need to knows" from the last week or so.
Hope everyone had a relaxing 4th of July weekend.
*** Per Twin Cities Boys Hoops we learn of Scout's updated 2009 high school basketball rankings. Minnesota commit Royce White is ranked #32, up from #38. Rodney Williams drops from #45 to # 57.
*** Incoming freshman guard Devoe Joseph will be on campus shortly, according to Sid Hartman, as he will not be playing with the Canadian National Team in Olympic qualifying games as some had expected. That should leave Paul Carter as the only incoming player to not be on campus or en route. Carter has some classwork to finish reportedly.
*** Marcus Fuller of the PiPress chronicles Ralph Sampson III and Colton Iverson playing on the same team together in the Howard Pulley summer league. On the floor at the same time together, Iverson played the center position and Sampson the power forward position. Both players seem to like their respective positions. Iverson is a tad stronger (6'11, 250, compared to Sampson's 6'11, 235) and Sampson is known as more of a finesse player. Good article from Fuller.
*** Charley Walters also reports from the Howard Pulley summer league. He quotes former Gophers guard Terry Kunze as calling Devron Bostick "the real deal," and the recruit that will be the team's "top player." A common thread among Fuller's report, and Walters' convo with Kunze is the thought that Sampson needs to either get "stronger" or "more assertive."
*** Something called The Gopher Wagon is touring the state of Minnesota with Joel Maturi.
*** Ohio State blog From the Mind of Minnich suggests Brewster's Gophers will be the "dregs of th Big Ten," and wonders if the Mason firing/Brewster hiring reminds us of the song "Big Yellow Taxi."
*** The Realests offer a Minnesota football preview. If you don't like potshots at Brewster, don't click on the link).
*** In a thorough Big Ten preview, the blog Putting up Bricks pegs the Gophers at 3-9 in 2008. Hey, a two game improvement wouldn't be bad!
*** In this set of Sid jottings, we learn that Joel Maturi is still after Texas for a football home and home and that former Minnesota wide receiver Ernie Wheelright has signed a free agent rookie contract with the Baltimore Ravens. Regarding the Texas home and home, this would be great if it is a few years down the road (and it would be). The Gophers need a couple more highly touted recruiting classes to not get laughed out of the stadium.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Playing Catch Up
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With regards to the OSU fan blog's reference to "Big Yellow Taxi" lyrical interpretation - do expect an OSU fan to think any differently on the Mason topic?
Probably not, empmngopher, probably not.
The game is carter has classwork in play ground. The team member was full support in playing game
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george
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India requires a lot of catching up to do with the rest of the world. According to the World Development Indicators 2007, brought out by the World Bank, as percentage of GDP, Germany spends 4.7%, France 5.9%, Brazil 4.1%, Tunisia 7%, Hongkong China 4.2% (no data on mainland China), the UK 5.5%, the US 5.9% (the figures are for the year 2005), while Russia spends 3.7%, Nordic countries like Sweden 7.5% and Norway 7.7%—indeed, a whopping sum.
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Vitale shooting down the masses at UK. Too funny...
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