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per Pat:
"We had nine freshmen in 1986 and we grew together,'' Coffey said. "The only big recruit in was Willie Burton. Clem Haskins and his coaches did a terrific job of development, of turning us into Big Ten players.''
The benefits arrived in 1988-89, when the Gophers won twice in the NCAA tournament as a No. 11 seed before losing to Duke.
"This team didn't grow up together like we did,'' Richard Coffey said. "There are four new guys on this team, and putting them with three good players … that allowed this to take place.''
The four main additions are freshmen Amir Coffey and Eric Curry, redshirt transfer Reggie Lynch and graduate transfer Akeem Springs. The holdovers of impact have been point guard Nate Mason (unanimously voted all-Big Ten), off guard Dupree McBrayer (a talented athlete) and Jordan Murphy (a reborn standout during the 8-1 run to end the conference schedule).
Richard Coffey and Melvin Newbern, a 6-5 fullback of a point guard, were the physical leaders on a physical team in 1988-89. Burton, center Jim Shikenjanski and senior guard Ray Gaffney were the other starters, with freshman Kevin Lynch and sophomore Walter Bond getting heavy minutes to lead a deep bench.
http://www.startribune.com/big-diff...-this-gophers-team-and-89-upstarts/415993664/
Go Gophers!!
"We had nine freshmen in 1986 and we grew together,'' Coffey said. "The only big recruit in was Willie Burton. Clem Haskins and his coaches did a terrific job of development, of turning us into Big Ten players.''
The benefits arrived in 1988-89, when the Gophers won twice in the NCAA tournament as a No. 11 seed before losing to Duke.
"This team didn't grow up together like we did,'' Richard Coffey said. "There are four new guys on this team, and putting them with three good players … that allowed this to take place.''
The four main additions are freshmen Amir Coffey and Eric Curry, redshirt transfer Reggie Lynch and graduate transfer Akeem Springs. The holdovers of impact have been point guard Nate Mason (unanimously voted all-Big Ten), off guard Dupree McBrayer (a talented athlete) and Jordan Murphy (a reborn standout during the 8-1 run to end the conference schedule).
Richard Coffey and Melvin Newbern, a 6-5 fullback of a point guard, were the physical leaders on a physical team in 1988-89. Burton, center Jim Shikenjanski and senior guard Ray Gaffney were the other starters, with freshman Kevin Lynch and sophomore Walter Bond getting heavy minutes to lead a deep bench.
http://www.startribune.com/big-diff...-this-gophers-team-and-89-upstarts/415993664/
Go Gophers!!