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per Sid:
As the Gophers prepare to face Louisville on Thursday in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, there is no question this team will go as far as senior forward Jordan Murphy and junior guard Amir Coffey can take them.
Murphy’s Gophers career will end soon, and it was one of the greatest college basketball success stories in recent memory. Coming out of William J. Brennan High School in San Antonio, he was ranked the 167th-best prospect in the nation in the Class of 2015 by 247sports.com. Baylor offered Murphy a scholarship, but that was the only Texas school recruiting him.
Last week, the 6-7 Murphy was named to the All-Big Ten first team by the media and to the second team by the coaches. He will finish his career as the Gophers’ leading rebounder and the second-best rebounder in Big Ten history. He needs 17 points to pass Willie Burton for second in career scoring among Gophers as well.
Coffey, meanwhile, remains perhaps the most important local signing of Richard Pitino’s tenure as Gophers coach. The 6-8 Hopkins standout was the No. 49 recruit in the Class of 2016.
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...pends-on-jordan-murphy-amir-coffey/507438852/
Go Gophers!!
As the Gophers prepare to face Louisville on Thursday in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, there is no question this team will go as far as senior forward Jordan Murphy and junior guard Amir Coffey can take them.
Murphy’s Gophers career will end soon, and it was one of the greatest college basketball success stories in recent memory. Coming out of William J. Brennan High School in San Antonio, he was ranked the 167th-best prospect in the nation in the Class of 2015 by 247sports.com. Baylor offered Murphy a scholarship, but that was the only Texas school recruiting him.
Last week, the 6-7 Murphy was named to the All-Big Ten first team by the media and to the second team by the coaches. He will finish his career as the Gophers’ leading rebounder and the second-best rebounder in Big Ten history. He needs 17 points to pass Willie Burton for second in career scoring among Gophers as well.
Coffey, meanwhile, remains perhaps the most important local signing of Richard Pitino’s tenure as Gophers coach. The 6-8 Hopkins standout was the No. 49 recruit in the Class of 2016.
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...pends-on-jordan-murphy-amir-coffey/507438852/
Go Gophers!!