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Yeah, I'm not too excited about Mbakwe either. I am more excited about White and Williams, who Tubby has apparently gotten commitments from. Not because I have seen them (I never got my annual care package of state tournament tapes from my sister last spring, which is the only way I can see any of these kids) but because I have read that they are both rated in the top 20 nationally. Who knows how they will really turn out, of course, but has Minnesota ever had TWO top 20 rated high school boys basketball players at the same time? Given recent history, it is just as amazing that the Gophes got both of them. With this year's freshman big men having a year under their belts, and Nolen and Hoffarber upperclassmen, next year's team could be pretty good if the dynamic duo are as good as advertised.
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From: marc@...
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:49:57 -0600
Subject: Re: [mnbuckets] Minnesota High School Products
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To: mnbuckets@yahoogroups.com
From: marc@...
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:49:57 -0600
Subject: Re: [mnbuckets] Minnesota High School Products
Cody Schilling is at Northwestern Iowa, an NAIA school located close to his hometown of Ellsworth, and where his brother goes. He intends to return to Ellsworth to farm and wanted to be close to home. Winona State was his other finalist. No question he could be a great D2 player. He should score, oh, about 10,000 points in NAIA. His brother, who is not 1/4 the player he is--well that’s probably unfair, you may recall Ellsworth was runner-up to Mankato Loyola in Class A back in 2004(?), so, OK, he’s not half the player Cody is—scored more than 2,000.
Mbakwe did commit to the Gophers. Personally I think it is highly questionable that he can play in the Big 10. He reminds me of Bryce Webster, who went somewhere out west. Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
Who did you like better last year—Andrew Tucker or Jordan Taylor? 2 totally different players, but it was Taylor all the way for me. Already it’s looking like Tucker, maybe. They could both be all-Americans if they play 4 years. Taylor is Al Nolen X 2. The other guy I really love is Noah Dahlmann, but it will be hard to tell how good he really is playing at that level. I always said he would be a better college player than Isaiah—not as good of scoring skills, better in every other aspect of the game, and with 100 percent better body.
Well, him and Cole Aldrich.
Marc
On 11/21/08 2:43 PM, "Alan Holst" <alanholst@hotmail.com> wrote:
Mbakwe did commit to the Gophers. Personally I think it is highly questionable that he can play in the Big 10. He reminds me of Bryce Webster, who went somewhere out west. Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
Who did you like better last year—Andrew Tucker or Jordan Taylor? 2 totally different players, but it was Taylor all the way for me. Already it’s looking like Tucker, maybe. They could both be all-Americans if they play 4 years. Taylor is Al Nolen X 2. The other guy I really love is Noah Dahlmann, but it will be hard to tell how good he really is playing at that level. I always said he would be a better college player than Isaiah—not as good of scoring skills, better in every other aspect of the game, and with 100 percent better body.
Well, him and Cole Aldrich.
Marc
On 11/21/08 2:43 PM, "Alan Holst" <alanholst@hotmail.
With the start of the 2008-2009 college basketball season now underway, I know of 48 Minnesota high school products on D1 rosters.
Jamal Abu-Shamala (Shakopee) Minnesota
Kwadzo Ahelegbe (Tartan) Northern Iowa
Cole Aldrich (Bloomington Jefferson) Kansas
Ryan Amoroso (Burnsville) San Diego State
Kit Avery (Southwest Christian) Drake
Armond Battle (Benilde-St. Margaret’s) Tulsa
Jared Berggren (Princeton) Wisconsin
Andrew Brommer (Rosemount) Iowa
Travis Brown (Richfield) Northern Iowa
Travis Busch (Mounds View) Minnesota
Eric Carlson (Shakopee) North Dakota State
Freddy Coleman (St. Paul Johnson) North Dakota State
Noah Dahlman (Braham) Wofford
Jermain Davis (Robbinsdale Cooper) Iowa
Mark Engen (Red Rock Central) South Dakota State
C.J. Erickson (Minnetonka) Evansville
DeJuan Flowers (Hopkins) North Dakota State
Ross Forman (Minneapolis Patrick Henry) Loyola Illinois
James Granstra (Southwest Star Concept) Western Illinois
Kevin Gullikson (Stillwater) Wisconsin
David Hanson (Maranatha) Cal Poly
Andrew Henke (Hopkins) Air Force
Jordan Hicks (Rochester Mayo) Loyola Illinois
P.J. Hill (Minneapolis North) Ohio State
Blake Hoffarber (Hopkins) Minnesota
Urule Igbavboa (Tartan) Valparaiso
Matt Janning (Watertown-Mayer) Northeastern
Darren Kent (Eastview) Kansas State
Lucas Kuipers (Rochester Mayo) Rice
Jon Leuer (Orono) Wisconsin
John Manley (Minnetonka) Cal Poly
Romain Martin (Minneapolis North) Eastern Illinois
Jefferson Mason (Robbinsdale Cooper) Northern Colorado
Ben Nelson (Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City) Nebraska (So far all the North Dakota State players reached double figures against non-D1 competition, as did Leuer and Nolan.)
Al Nolen (Minneapolis Patrick Henry) Minnesota
Austin Pennick (Moorhead Par Christian) North Dakota State
Alex Rubin (Robbinsdale Armstrong) Illinois State
Justin Stommes (Rocori) Eastern Kentucky
Sam Sussenguth (Willmar) North Dakota State
Chris Taylor (Wayzata) Brown
Jordan Taylor (Benilde-St. Margaret’s) Wisconsin
Anthony Tucker (Minnetonka) Iowa
Dan Vandervieren (Hopkins) Colorado State
Josh Vaughan (Braham) North Dakota State
Blake Williams (Blake) Dartmouth
Brett Winkelman (Morris) North Dakota State
Ryan Wittman (Eden Prairie) Cornell
Ben Woodside (Albert Lea) North Dakota State
Top scoring performances so far have been Ben Woodside (28 v non-D1 competition), Ryan Wittman (25 v St. John’s), Matt Janning (24 v Providence) and Anthony Tucker (21 v The Citadel, averaging 15 ppg in his first 3 games.)
Noah Dahlman scored 14 v Clemson, and Ross Forman scored 10 v Georgia.
20 double digit scorers already – Abu-Shamala, Aldrich, Carlson, Dahlman, Davis, Flowers, Forman, Henke, Igbavboa, Kent, Leuer, Martin, Mason, Nolan, Pennick, Stommes, Tucker, Winkelman, Wittman, and Woodside.
Drew Lundberg (Owatonna, ex-Northern Iowa) has transferred to North Dakota State and is sitting out this season as a transfer.
Trevor Mbakwe (St. Bernard’s) has left Marquette, is playing at a JC, and I understand has committed to the Gophers.
I do not know where the following players are going to school, if anywhere.
Brad Brown (Orono) ex-Utah State
Isaiah Dahlman (Braham) ex-Michigan State (Where is he?)
Cash Eggleston (Minnesota Transitions) Did he ever go to college?
Zach Filzen (Farmington) ex-Northern Arizona
Angelo Johnson (Minneapolis Patrick Henry) ex-USC
Cory Johnson (Duluth East) ex-Iowa State (Where is he?)
Nevin Lubarski (Stephen-Argyle Central) ex-Dakota State
Cameron Rundles (DeLaSalle) ex-Montana
Cody Schilling (Ellsworth) Why isn’t he playing D1?
Brandon Smith (Minneapolis Patrick Henry) ex-Gopher
Bryce Webster (St. Thomas Academy) ex-Gopher
And then there is Anthony DiLoretto (Hopkins) who was supposed to be a freshman at Cal Poly this season.
I would greatly appreciate updates on the transfers and any Minnesota high school products that I have missed.
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