WriterGoph
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In the interest of actually getting some dialogue going on this board today, let's rank our Top 5 Gophs (that you SAW PLAY live or on TV). I'm not doing mine in any particular order, but feel free to if you want:
WILLIE BURTON -- as a kid in my early teens, Willie was the one who showed me that Gopher hoops could be special. Those teams had a lot of great guys (Coffey, Newbern, etc), but Willie was the Gold standard for that first set of deep runs in the NCAAs.
VOSHON LENARD -- After those years in the late 80s, I fell deeply in love with Gopher hoops. When I was high school, I always looked for big things from Vo. Guy could shoot the lights out and it's a shame we could never get past the second round with him.
BOBBY JACKSON -- What didn't Bobby do during that 1997 season? He was unreal and was able to take over games like nobody else I have seen in our program. I don't care that those years were tarnished, watching Bobby J play was truly something special.
QUINCY LEWIS -- This probably has to do with the fact that I was in school there at the same time as Q and ran into him a couple times on campus (and he was always a stellar dude). But there was something about his big smile and his smooth scoring ability that left an indelible mark on me.
DAMIAN JOHNSON -- Even though he hasn't accomplished anything in the postseason (YET), I feel like DJ is a perfect symbol of our program's growth under Tubby. He's proof that something that looked so hopeless just a couple years back can transform into something with almost limitless potential. I think by the time his career is over, DJ will have a solid place in most people's Top 5.
HONORABLE MENTION -- Vince Grier (if only for that 30-plus performance against Sconny in 2005 when he tore the roof off Williams); John Thomas (such a hard worker and vital part of that 1997 team); Sam Jacobson (never felt like he achieved the greatness that was expected, but he sure was a smooth operator).
WILLIE BURTON -- as a kid in my early teens, Willie was the one who showed me that Gopher hoops could be special. Those teams had a lot of great guys (Coffey, Newbern, etc), but Willie was the Gold standard for that first set of deep runs in the NCAAs.
VOSHON LENARD -- After those years in the late 80s, I fell deeply in love with Gopher hoops. When I was high school, I always looked for big things from Vo. Guy could shoot the lights out and it's a shame we could never get past the second round with him.
BOBBY JACKSON -- What didn't Bobby do during that 1997 season? He was unreal and was able to take over games like nobody else I have seen in our program. I don't care that those years were tarnished, watching Bobby J play was truly something special.
QUINCY LEWIS -- This probably has to do with the fact that I was in school there at the same time as Q and ran into him a couple times on campus (and he was always a stellar dude). But there was something about his big smile and his smooth scoring ability that left an indelible mark on me.
DAMIAN JOHNSON -- Even though he hasn't accomplished anything in the postseason (YET), I feel like DJ is a perfect symbol of our program's growth under Tubby. He's proof that something that looked so hopeless just a couple years back can transform into something with almost limitless potential. I think by the time his career is over, DJ will have a solid place in most people's Top 5.
HONORABLE MENTION -- Vince Grier (if only for that 30-plus performance against Sconny in 2005 when he tore the roof off Williams); John Thomas (such a hard worker and vital part of that 1997 team); Sam Jacobson (never felt like he achieved the greatness that was expected, but he sure was a smooth operator).
