minnesota men's basketball 2009-10 prospectus

University of Minnesota Basketball • 2009 Prospectus

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ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONSMen’s Basketball Contact: Matt SlieterOffice Phone: (612) 625-4389Cell Phone: (612) 236-8841Email: [email protected]: 244 Bierman Building516 15th Ave. SEMinneapolis, MN 55455

Radio Flagship: Learfield/WCCO AM-830Play-by-Play Announcer: Mike GrimmPhone: (952) 693-6224Analyst: TBD

2009-10 SCHEDULENov. 5 Minnesota - Duluth (exh.) TBDNov. 9 Minnesota State - Moorhead (exh.) TBD

Nov. 13 TENNESSEE TECH TBDNov. 16 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN TBDNov. 19 UTAH VALLEY

Nov. 26-29 76 Classic (Anaheim, Calif.)Nov. 26 Butler 7:30 p.m.Nov. 27 UCLA or Portland 7:30 p.m.Nov. 29 TBD TBD

Dec. 2 at Miami (Fla.)* 7:30 p.m.Dec. 5 BROWN TBDDec. 8 MORGAN STATE TBDDec. 12 ST. JOSEPH’S TBDDec. 15 NORTHERN ILLINOIS TBDDec. 23 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE TBD

Dec. 29 PENN STATE 8:00 p.m.Jan. 2 at Iowa 3:00 p.m.Jan. 5 at Purdue 6:00 p.m.Jan. 9 OHIO STATE 2:30 p.m.Jan. 13 at Michigan State 5:30 p.m.Jan. 17 at Indiana 1:00 or 3:00 p.m.Jan. 23 MICHIGAN STATE 11:00 a.m.Jan. 26 NORTHWESTERN 8:00 p.m.Jan. 31 at Ohio State NoonFeb. 6 at Penn State 1:00 p.m.Feb. 11 MICHIGAN 6:00 p.m.Feb. 14 at Northwestern 4:00 p.m.Feb. 18 WISCONSIN 8:00 p.m.Feb. 20 or 21 INDIANA TBDFeb. 24 PURDUE 7:30 p.m.Feb. 27 or 28 at Illinois TBDMar. 2, 3 or 4 at Michigan TBDMar. 7 IOWA 5:00 p.m.Mar. 11-14 Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind.)Mar. 18-21 NCAA First/Second RoundsMar. 25-28 NCAA RegionalsApr. 3 & 5 Final Four (Indianapolis, Ind.)

* Big Ten/ACC Challenge

QUICK FACTSName of School: University of Minnesota

City/Zip: Minneapolis, MN 55455

Founded: 1851

Enrollment: 50,883

Nickname: Golden Gophers

School colors: Maroon and Gold

Arena (cap.): Williams Arena (14,625)

Conference: Big Ten

President: Robert Bruininks

Athletics Director: Joel Maturi

Faculty Representative: Dr. Linda Brady

BASKETBALL PROGRAM INFORMATIONHead Coach: Tubby Smith

Alma Mater/Year: High Point, ’73

Minnesota record: 42-25/3rd season

Overall record: 429-170/18 seasons

Associate Head Coach: Ron Jirsa (Gettysburg, ’81)

Assistant Coaches: Vince Taylor, (Duke, ’82), Saul Smith (Kentucky, ’01)

Director of BB Operations: Joe Esposito (Marist, ’88)

Athletic Trainer: Roger Schipper

2008-09 Record: 22-11 Home: 16-3 Away: 4-6 Neutral: 2-2

Conference Record/Finish: 9-9/8th

Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1

Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/4

Postseason: Lost in First Round of NCAA Tournament (62-76 to Texas)

TEAM INFORMATION (2008-09 STATS)RETURNING PLAYER PPG RPG APG MPG FG% OTHERG 0 Al Nolen 6.5 3.2 4.3 26.5 .337 1.9 spg

F 1 Paul Carter 5.3 4.5 1.0 16.0 .362 .773 FT%

G 5 Devoe Joseph 5.0 1.8 1.5 16.7 .400 .373 3-PT%

G 20 Lawrence Westbrook 12.6 2.5 1.4 24.1 .430 .833 FT%

G 22 Devron Bostick 4.0 1.5 0.8 11.0 .430 .722 FT%

G 24 Blake Hoffarber 6.4 2.7 1.3 22.0 .413 .341 3-PT%

F 34 Damian Johnson 9.8 4.2 1.6 26.7 .485 2.0 bpg

C 45 Colton Iverson 5.4 3.6 0.6 17.7 .603 1.3 bpg

F 50 Ralph Sampson III 6.3 4.2 0.8 20.8 .503 1.5 bpg

NEWCOMERS PPG RPG OTHER LAST SCHOOLG 3 Justin Cobbs 20.4 4.8 4.5 apg Bishop Montgomery (Calif.) HS

F 30 Royce White 16.4 6.0 2.4 apg Hopkins (Minn.) HS

F 32 Trevor Mbakwe 16.3 13.2 2.7 bpg Miami Dade College

F 33 Rodney Williams 15.5 7.6 --- Robbinsdale Cooper (Minn.) HS

LOSSES PPG RPG APG MPG FG% OTHERF 33 Jamal Abu-Shamala 3.8 1.6 0.7 12.3 .505 .720 FT%

G/F 4 Travis Busch 3.7 1.6 0.3 11.1 .500 .706 FT%

G 3 Kevin Payton 0.0 0.8 0.3 3.7 .000 ---

C 11 Jonathan Williams 0.9 1.3 0.3 6.1 .350 0.4 bpg

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2009-10 MINNESOTA BASKETBALL ROSTERALPHABETICAL ROSTERNO. NAME POS HT WT YR./ELIG HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOL)22 Devron Bostick* G 6-5 210 Sr./Sr. Racine, Wis. (Southwestern Illinois/St. Catherine’s HS)

1 Paul Carter* F 6-8 205 Sr./Jr. Little Rock, Ark. (Missouri State-West Plains/Little Rock Mills HS)

3 Justin Cobbs G 6-3 190 Fr./Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Bishop Montgomery HS)

24 Blake Hoffarber** G 6-4 200 Jr./Jr. Minnetonka, Minn. (Hopkins HS)

45 Colton Iverson* F/C 6-10 235 So./So. Yankton, S.D. (Yankton HS)

34 Damian Johnson*** F 6-7 210 Gr./Sr. Thibodaux, La. (Thibodaux HS)

5 Devoe Joseph* G 6-3 170 So./So. Ajax, Ontario (Pickering HS)

32 Trevor Mbawke F 6-8 240 Jr./Jr. St. Paul, Minn. (Miami Dade CC/St. Bernard’s HS)

0 Al Nolen** G 6-1 180 Jr./Jr. Minneapolis, Minn. (Patrick Henry HS)

50 Ralph Sampson III* F/C 6-11 230 So./So. Duluth, Ga. (Northview HS)

20 Lawrence Westbrook*** G 6-0 195 Sr./Sr. Chandler, Ariz. (Winchendon Prep)

30 Royce White F 6-8 240 Fr./Fr. Minneapolis, Minn. (Hopkins HS)

33 Rodney Williams F 6-7 210 Fr./Fr. Minneapolis, Minn. (Robbinsdale Cooper HS)

NUMERICAL ROSTERNO. NAME POS HT WT YR./ELIG HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOL)0 Al Nolen** G 6-1 180 Jr./Jr. Minneapolis, Minn. (Patrick Henry HS)

1 Paul Carter* F 6-8 205 Sr./Jr. Little Rock, Ark. (Missouri State-West Plains/Little Rock Mills HS)

3 Justin Cobbs G 6-3 190 Fr./Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Bishop Montgomery HS)

5 Devoe Joseph* G 6-3 170 So./So. Ajax, Ontario (Pickering HS)

20 Lawrence Westbrook*** G 6-0 195 Sr./Sr. Chandler, Ariz. (Winchendon Prep)

22 Devron Bostick* G 6-5 210 Sr./Sr. Racine, Wis. (Southwestern Illinois/St. Catherine’s HS)

24 Blake Hoffarber** G 6-4 200 Jr./Jr. Minnetonka, Minn. (Hopkins HS)

30 Royce White F 6-8 240 Fr./Fr. Minneapolis, Minn. (Hopkins HS)

32 Trevor Mbawke F 6-8 240 Jr./Jr. St. Paul, Minn. (Miami Dade College/St. Bernard’s HS)

33 Rodney Williams F 6-7 210 Fr./Fr. Minneapolis, Minn. (Robbinsdale Cooper HS)

34 Damian Johnson*** F 6-7 210 Gr./Sr. Thibodaux, La. (Thibodaux HS)

45 Colton Iverson* F/C 6-10 235 So./So. Yankton, S.D. (Yankton HS)

50 Ralph Sampson III* F/C 6-11 230 So./So. Duluth, Ga. (Northview HS)

* Number of letters earned

Head Coach: Tubby Smith

Associate Head Coach: Ron Jirsa

Assistant Coaches: Saul Smith, Vince Taylor

Director of Basketball Operations: Joe Esposito


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NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES� Minnesota made its 11th overall NCAA Tournament appearance(including vacated games) and its first since 2005. Minnesota’sappearances in 1994, ‘95, ‘97 and ‘99 were later vacated due toNCAA violations.

� Officially, the Gophers are 7-7 in NCAA Tournament games andhave lost in the first round in their last three appearances.

� Minnesota was awarded a No. 10 seed for the first time. TheGophers were a No. 8 seed in 2005, their last appearance.

� Minnesota’s last appearance as a double-digit seed was 1989when Minnesota upset No. 6 Kansas State and defeated No. 14Siena to reach the Sweet 16.

� The Gophers are 2-1 in NCAA Tournament play in Greensboro,N.C. In 1989, the Gophers defeated Kansas State and Siena toreach the Sweet 16 at Greensboro Coliseum.

� Three of the Gophers’ six NCAA trips that were not vacated haveinvolved trips to North Carolina. In its last NCAA appearance,Minnesota traveled to Charlotte in 2005 as a No. 8 seed where itlost to Iowa State in the first round.

� Minnesota faced Texas for the first time. Head Coach TubbySmith had never faced Texas in his 18 seasons as a head coach.

� The Gophers are 85-42 all-time against schools currently in theBig 12.

� Tubby Smith is 2-1 all-time against Texas head coach RickBarnes. The first two meetings came while Barnes was the coachat Clemson. Smith’s Georgia squad beat Clemson 81-74 in thefirst round of the NCAATournament in 1996 and Smith’s Kentuckyteam beat Clemson 76-61 in 1997.

� A.J. Abrams’ 26 points is the second-most points scored by aGopher oppenent this season. Also, his eight three-point fieldgoals were the most by a Gopher opponent and ties Minnesotaall-time opponent record for trey’s in a game.

� Lawrence Westbrook reached double-figures in each of the lastfive games of the season, averaging 14.8 ppg over that span.

� Westbrook’s 19 points is tied for the 12th most in an NCAA gamefor the Gophers.

� Damian Johnson reached double-figures in five of the last sixgames, averaging 13.5 points.

� Jamal Abu-Shamala finished his career with 128 games played,second most in Gopher history behind Sam Jacobson’s 130games.

� Paul Carter came on strong at the end of the season, leading theteam in rebounds in six of the team’s last nine games. He finishedthe season with a team-high 4.5 rebounds per game.

� Ralph Sampson’s 50 blocks this season is the second-most by aGopher freshman behind Joel Przybilla’s 84 in 1998-99.

� The Gophers finished the season with a school record 201blocked shots, breaking the previous record of 196 during the2002-03 season.

� The Gophers finished the season with 274 steals, the fourth-mostin school history. Two of the top four steal seasons have comeunder Tubby Smith.

� Tubby Smith lost in the first round in just the second time in hiscareer in 16 NCAA appearances. He is 29-14 (.674) overall inNCAA Tournament games.

ABOUT THE GOLDEN GOPHERS:� The Gophers were led in 2008-09 by junior guard LawrenceWestbrook, who averaged a career-high 12.6 ppg. Westbrookscored in double-figures in 25 of the 32 games he has played thisseason. Minnesota was 18-9 this season when Westbrookreached double-figures and 11-3 when he led the team in scoring.Westbrook was named All-Big Ten honorable mention followingthe regular season.

� Junior Damian Johnson averaged a career-high 9.8 ppg and ledthe team with 60 blocks and was second on the team with 58steals. Johnson was named to the Big Ten All-Defensive Team fol-lowing the regular-season.

� Johnson’s 60 blocks ranks eighth all-time in a single-season atMinnesota. He has amassed 124 career blocks, eighth-most inGopher history. Also, Johnson’s 58 steals is tied for the ninth-mostin a season while his 131 career thefts is also tied for the ninth-most in Gopher history.

� Gopher sophomore Al Nolen led the team with 143 assists. He

will enter the 2009-10 season with 259 career assists (3.9 apg),nine dimes short of 10th on Minnesota’s career all-time assistslist.

� Nolen also led the team with 64 steals in 2008-09, tied for the fifthmost in a season in Gopher history (he collected 64 as a fresh-man as well). His 128 career thefts is 10th on Minnesota’s careerall-time steals list.

� Minnesota had 11 players averaging at least 11 minutes pergame. Those 11 players are also averaging at least 3.7 points pergame.

� Minnesota broke its school record for blocks in a seasonwith six against Michigan State in the Big Ten Tournament. TheGophers finished the season with 201 blocks.

NOTES FROM THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT� Damian Johnson was Minnesota's leading scorer in the tourna-ment, averaging 13.5 points. Lawrence Westbrook averaged 12.0points and Bostick 11.5. Johnson was Minnesota's leadingrebounder at 5.5 rpg in the tournament.

� Devron Bostick scored in double figures in both games, markingback-to-back double figure games for just the second time thisseason. He averaged 11.5 points in the tournament.

� Minnesota shot 40.6 percent from the floor during theTournament.� Ralph Sampson III led Minnesota in minutes played at 27.5 mpg.He also had a team-high six blocks.

� Minnesota is 9-12 all-time in the Big Ten Tournament, 6-5 in open-ing round games and 3-4 in the quarterfinals.

� Tubby Smith is 31-12 in conference tournament action and 3-2 atMinnesota.

� Minnesota owns a record of 3-2 as a #8 seed (1998, 2009).� Minnesota is 1-2 against the No. 1 seed in the Big TenTournament.

�Jamal Abu-Shamala played in his 127th career game as a Gopher,tying him for second all-time with Dan Coleman and Quincy Lewis.

� Westbrook scored in double figures for the fourth straight gameand the sixth time in the last seven games. He has reached dou-ble figures 24 times in 31 games this year.

� Johnson scored in double figures for the 15th time this seasonand the 23rd time in his career.

TOUGHER THAN YOU THINKMinnesota’s non-conference schedule proved to be more challeng-ing than initially believed. Of the 12 non-conference foes that theGophers faced, four of them finished the season with a conferencetitle.

� Bowling Green (MAC Regular Season Champion)� North Dakota State (Summit League Regular Season andTournament Champion)

� Cornell (Ivy League Champions)� Louisville (Big East Regular Season and Tournament Champions)

The Golden Gophers’ biggest win of the year came over Louisville,the overall number one seed in the 2009 NCAA Tournament.Additionally, Minnesota faced nine different NCAA Tournamentteams this season (North Dakota State, Cornell, Louisville and sixteams selected from the Big Ten Conference) and compiled a 7-8record against those opponents.

TUBBY TIME IS TOURNEY TIME� Tubby Smith made his 15th appearance in the NCAA Tournamentin 2008-09.

�Smith is now 29-14 all-time in the NCAA Tournament (.674 pct).� Smith made 14 consecutive NCAA trips from 1994-2007 betweenhis tenures with Tulsa, Georgia and Kentucky.

� Smith is one of only seven coaches to take four schools to theNCAA Tournament.

� Smith is one of only nine coaches to ever take three schools to anNCAA Sweet 16.

TWENTY FOR TUBBYWith the win over Northwestern on Feb. 22, Tubby Smith securedhis 16th straight 20-win season, the longest active streak in thenation and the third-longest streak in NCAA history. Smith’s streak

began in 1994 and has stretched across four institutions (Tulsa,Georgia, Kentucky, Minnesota). Smith has never had a losing sea-son and his teams have reached the postseason every year since1994.

WINNING AND MORE WINNING� Minnesota has posted consecutive 20-win seasons for the firsttime in school history (not including vacated games). (ClemHaskins won 20 or more games for six straight seasons from1992-1998).

�Minnesota’s 42 combined victories between 2007-08 and 2008-09is the most in back-to-back seasons since compiling a schoolrecord 42 between 1988-89 and 1989-90 (42 also recorded from1980-82).

� Minnesota’s 21 regular season wins is the second-most in schoolhistory behind the 24 victories in 1976-77.

� Minnesota reached 20 total wins for just the ninth time in school his-tory.

JOHNSON AND WESTBROOK EARN ALL-BIG TEN HONORSJunior forward Damian Johnson was named to the Big Ten All-Defensive Team by the conference coaches. Johnson, who rankssecond in the Big Ten in steals and blocks, joins Illinois’ ChesterFrazier, Michigan State’s Travis Walton and Purdue’s Chris Kramerand JaJuan Johnson.

STARTERS RETURNING: (4)Damian Johnson, F, Sr.Al Nolen, G, Jr.Ralph Sampson III, F/C, So.Lawrence Westbrook, G, Sr.

LETTERWINNERS RETURNING: (9)Devron Bostick, G, Sr.Paul Carter, F, Jr.Blake Hoffarber, G, Jr.Colton Iverson, F/C, So.Damian Johnson, F, Sr.Devoe Joseph, G, So.Al Nolen, G, Jr.Ralph Sampson III, F/C, So.Lawrence Westbrook, G, Jr.

NEWCOMERS: (4)Justin Cobbs, G, Fr.Trevor Mbawke, F, Jr.Royce White, F, Fr.Rodney Williams, F, Fr.

ROSTER BY CLASSSeniors (3):Devron BostickDamian JohnsonLawrence Westbrook

Juniors (4):Paul CarterBlake HoffarberTrevor MbawkeAl Nolen

Sophomores (3)Colton IversonDevoe JosephRalph Sampson III

Freshmen (3):Justin CobbsRoyce WhiteRodney Williams

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Junior guard Lawrence Westbrook was named All-Big Ten honor-able mention by the conference coaches and media. Westbrookleads the team in scoring at 12.4 ppg. It was the first all-conferenceaccolades for both players.

Also, Senior co-captain Jamal Abu-Shamala, junior Travis Buschand sophomore Blake Hoffarber were named Academic All-Big Tenfor the 2008-09 season.

THREE GOPHERS NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TENThe Big Ten Conference recently announced that Gopher forwardsJamal Abu-Shamala and Travis Busch along with guard BlakeHoffarber have been named Academic All-Big Ten. This is the sec-ond consecutive season Abu-Shamala has received this honor.

To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, student-athletesmust be letter winners in at least their second academic year at theirinstitution and carry a cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0or higher.

Abu-Shamala, a senior from Shakopee, Minn. (Shakopee HS),averaged 4.6 points, 2.1 rebounds and 16.0 minutes per game forhis career as a Gopher. He played in 128 career games at the U, thesecond-most in team history, and ended his career tied for the fourthhighest three-point field goal percentage in school history at .402(106-264). Also, his 106 career three-point field goals are the 10thmost in school history.

Being named to the all-academic team wasn’t the only scholasticaward for the senior. In February, Abu-Shamala was honored by theUniversity of Minnesota as its Male Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Busch, a junior from Mounds View, Minn. (Mounds View HS),played in 30 of the team’s 33 games this season. He scored acareer-high 13 points in the Gophers important victory overLouisville in the Stadium Shootout. He finished the season withaverages of 3.7 points, 1.6 rebounds and 11.1 minutes per game, allcareer-highs as a member of the Golden Gophers.

Hoffarber, a sophomore from Minnetonka, Minn. (Hopkins HS), fin-ished this season as the team’s fourth-leading scorer. He has acareer three-point field-goal percentage of .389 (115-296), theeighth highest all-time in Gopher history. As a freshman, Hoffarberconnected on 70-of-164 (.427) three-point attempts. His total of 70ranks fourth for the most treys in a single season at Minnesota andalso broke the Gophers’ mark for three-pointers by a freshman.

SAVING IT FOR THE STRETCH DRIVEDamian Johnson played some of his best basketball in the final sixgames of the season.� averaged a team-high 13.5 points per game� shot 31-of-61 (.508) from the floor� averaged 4.3 rebounds per game� averaged 2.3 steals per game� averaged 1.5 blocks per game� averaged 28.7 minutes per game

STEADY IMPROVEMENTMinnesota is one of only three Big Ten teams to improve in the wincolumn each of the last two years, joining Penn State and MichiganState.

Team 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09Minnesota 3-13 8-10 9-9Penn State 2-14 7-11 10-8Michigan State 8-8 12-6 15-3

TUBBY TRENDSIn two seasons under Tubby Smith, Minnesota has followed somepretty significant winning trends:� 37-2 when leading with 5:00 remaining� 36-17 when bench outscores opponents bench� 34-2 when leading at the half� 29-9 when outrebounding its opponent

� 28-9 with fewer turnovers than opponent� 26-1 when scoring 70 points or more� 27-4 when attempting more free throws than its opponent

TUBBY’S CONFERENCE TOURNEYSHead Coach Tubby Smith has had great success in conferencetournament action. He holds a 31-12 (.721) all-time mark in tourneyplay. He has won five conference tournaments, all at Kentucky(1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004). He has won at least one game in13 of 15 conference tournaments. His Kentucky Wildcats did not wina game in 2000 and 2002. Smith guided the Gophers into the BigTen Tournament semifinals in his first season in Minneapolis, pick-ing up wins over #11 Northwestern and #3 Indiana.

GOPHERS’ BIG TEN CONFERENCE START� Minnesota started Big Ten Conference play 4-1 and have onlydone so 15 times since the Big Ten began basketball in 1905-06.However, this was just the Gophers fourth 4-1 start since 1948-49.

� Minnesota won four straight Big Ten games for the first time since2004-05 when Dan Monson's Gophers won the final four gamesof the regular season. The Gophers also won four consecutiveconference games during the 2002-03 and 2001-02 seasons.

GOPHERS IN THE POLLS� Prior to Feb. 9, the 20-8 Gophers were nationally-ranked forseven-straight weeks and were ranked as high as 17th in theESPN/USA Today poll (Jan. 12).

� The Gophers hadn’t been ranked for seventh consecutive weekssince the 1998-99 season. Minnesota reached as high as #16 thatseason.

� The Gophers entered the AP and ESPN/USA Today polls as theNo. 23 ranked team in the country on Dec. 22, the first time theyhave been ranked since the 2002-03 season.

� The Gophers were last ranked in the AP poll on December 17,2002 (No. 25) and December 9, 2002 in the ESPN/USA Todaypoll (No. 25). Minnesota was ranked for six consecutive weeks tostart the 2002-03 season.

� The victory over Louisville was the first win over a top 10-rankedopponent since Feb. 9, 2002 when Minnesota beat No. 9 Indiana77-75.

� The win over Louisville was the first over a ranked opponent awayfrom Williams Arena since March 23, 1990 when Minnesota defeat-ed No. 6 Syracuse in the NCAA Southeast Regional in NewOrleans (not including vacated games).

BLOCK PARTYMinnesota shattered the school record for blocks in a season with201. The previous record of 196 was set in 2002-03. The Gophershave never had a trio of shot blockers like they did this season withDamian Johnson (60), Ralph Sampson III (50) and Colton Iverson(41). Johnson’s total of 60 puts him eighth all-time on theGophers single-season blocks list.

Iverson (10 blocks), Sampson III (5), and Carter (5), combined toblock 20 shots in the three-game NABC Classic. Iverson, a 6-10freshman center from Yankton, S.D., swatted nine Bowling Greenfield goal attempts on Saturday to help the Gophers smash the sin-gle-game record with 17. The previous best of 13 had been accom-plished three times, most recently in an 83-68 loss versus Iowa onJan. 13, 2004.

Iverson's total against BGSU ties for the third-best single-game per-formance in school history. Joel Przybilla was the most recent play-er to record nine blocks, doing so during a 90-62 win at WilliamsArena to open the 1999-2000 season.

For the season, Minnesota led the Big Ten Conference in blockswith an average of 6.1 blocks per game, which was fourth in thenation. The Gophers blocked at least four shots in 27 of its 33games in 2008-09 en route to setting the single-season blocksrecord. Damian Johnson led the team and was third in the Big Ten

with an average of 2.0 bpg while Sampson finished second on theteam and fourth in the conference with an average of 1.5 bpg.Iverson was third on the team and sixth in the conference with anaverage of 1.3 bpg.

FRESHMAN SCORERSFreshman guard Devoe Joseph helped bring the Gophers backfrom a nine-point second-half deficit at Penn State (2/14) by going7-of-8 from three-point land en route to a career-high 23 points.

Joseph joins fellow freshman center Colton Iverson, who scored 20points against Eastern Washington (11/26), and Blake Hoffarber asthe only true freshmen to score 20 or more points in a game sinceKris Humphries did so during the 2003-04 season. Humphries fin-ished his freshman season with 20 games of 20 or more points totie Mychal Thompson (1976-77) for the all-time Gopher record.

Hoffarber made the list last season when he scored a career-high21 points against Colorado State (12/8/07).

20-POINT GAMES BY A GOPHER FRESHMANPlayer (Season) Points Opponent (date)Devoe Joseph (2008-09) 23 Penn State (2/14)Colton Iverson (2008-09) 20 E. Washington (11/26)Blake Hoffarber (2007-08) 21 Colorado St. (12/8)

UNMATCHED DEPTHMinnesota's depth was unmatched in the Big Ten Conference thisseason.The Gophers had 11 players average at least 3.7 points pergame. Minnesota also had 11 players averaging at least 11 minutesper game of action.

Gopher Minutes Played - FinalPlayer Avg. Minutes Avg. PointsNolen 26.5 6.5Johnson 26.7 9.8Westbrook 24.1 12.6Hoffarber 22.0 6.4Sampson 20.8 6.3Iverson 17.7 5.4Joseph 16.7 5.0Carter 16.0 5.3Abu-Shamala 12.3 3.8Busch 11.1 3.7Bostick 11.0 4.0

UNMATCHED DEPTH - PART TWOMinnesota has had seven players reach the 20-point plateau in agame this season, including a career-high 29 from LawrenceWestbrook against Wisconsin (1/15).The Gophers lead the Big Tenin this category while eight teams have had four (Illinois, Iowa,Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Purdue andWisconsin) and two others (Indiana & Penn State) have had three.

20-POINT GAMES THIS SEASONPlayer (Season) Points Opponent (date)Lawrence Westbrook 29 at Wisconsin (1/15)Devoe Joseph 23 Penn State (2/14)Paul Carter 22 Indiana (2/10)Damian Johnson 21 South Dakota State (12/10)Jamal Abu-Shamala 20 North Dakota State (11/29)Blake Hoffarber 20 at Colorado State (11/22)Colton Iverson 20 Eastern Washington (11/26)Lawrence Westbrook 20 Bowling Green (11/15)

AT HOME IN A NEW HOME� Under Tubby Smith, Minnesota is 17-0 in regular season non-con-ference games at Williams Arena. Dating back to the 2006-07 sea-son under Jim Molinari, Minnesota has won 19 consecutive non-conference regular season home games.� Smith is 28-8 (.778) overall at Williams Arena during his two sea-sons at Minnesota.� Minnesota is allowing just 60.2 points per game at Williams Arenaunder Smith (36 games). The Gophers allowed just 58.4 ppg at theBarn in 2008-09 in 18 games. Under Smith, opponents have onlyreached 70 points eight times in 36 games (22% of the time).


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STAT SHEET FILLERMinnesota forward Damian Johnson started his junior campaignwhere he left off his sophomore season, by filling up the statsheet.In 2007-08, Johnson played in all 34 games (6 starts) and fin-ished sixth on the team in scoring at 7.1 ppg, second on the team inrebounding at 4.7 rpg, led the team in blocks with 46 (1.4 bpg) andhad the second most steals (59, 1.7 spg), which was fifth-most inthe conference.

Johnson missed the team’s first three games with a broken bone inhis left hand. His first game of the season came against ColoradoState.

In 2008-09, Johnson averaged career-highs in points (9.8 ppg),blocks (2.0 bpg), assists (1.6 apg), steals (1.9 spg) and minutes(26.7 mpg) to go along with 4.2 rebounds per game. Also, he hasswatted at least one shot in 26 of the 30 games he has playedthis season, finishing with 60 blocks, the eighth higest total inGopher History.

Johnson has 124 career blocks as a Gopher heading into hissenior campaign, eighth-most in school history.

Johnson was the only player in the Big Ten Conference to rankin the top-10 in blocks and steals and is only one of two for-wards in the conference to appear in the top-10 in steals (KevinCoble-Northwestern).

By the Numbers with Damian Johnson(2008-09 season):� Logged 20 or more minutes in 25 of 30 games� Recorded 2 or more blocks 19 times and at least 1 in 26 games� Recorded 4 or more rebounds 18 times� Recorded 2 or more steals 19 times� Scored in double-figures 16 times� Dished out 2 or more assists in 12 of 30 games

DROPPING DIMESGuard Al Nolen had a standout sophomore season, with 143 assistsand just 57 turnovers in Minnesota's 33 games. Nolen dished out acareer-best nine assists in the 68-61 win against Bowling Green onNov. 15, added eight assists in a victory over SoutheasternLouisiana on Dec. 23, dished out seven assists and had zeroturnovers against High Point on Dec. 28 and added another sevenassists against Michigan State (12/31). He also finished his firstcareer NCAA Tournament game with five assists and just oneturnover. Nolen has 33 career games with one turnover or less,and Minnesota is 25-8 in those games.

TUBBY IS SECOND BEST THROUGH 50 GAMESTubby Smith recently coached in his 50th game as Head Coach ofthe Gophers and has compiled a record of 35-15 (.700) in thosegames. His win percentage of 70 is the second highest all-time atMinnesota for a coach is his first 50 games behind O.B. Cowles(1948-59) who compiled a record of 37-13 (.740).

Gopher Coaches Records in their first 50 Games:� O.B. Cowles: 37-13 (.740)� Jim Dutcher: 37-13 (.740)*�� Tubby Smith: 35-15 (.700)� L.J. Cooke: 33-17 (.660)� Dan Monson: 27-23 (.540)� John Kundla: 24-26 (.480)� Clem Haskins: 18-32 (.360)� Dave McMillan: 16-34 (.320)* Jim Dutcher started his career with a record of 37-15 but the NCAAlater declared all games from the 1976-77 season, a season thatsaw Minnesota go 24-3, forfeits due to the use of an ineligible play-er.

SHARP SHOOTERSSophomore guard Blake Hoffarber is quickly working his way up

Minnesota's three-point field goal charts. He finished the season45-of-132 (.341) from three-point land.

Last year, Hoffarber connected on 70-of-164 (.427) three-pointattempts. His total of 70 ranks fourth for the most treys in a singleseason at Minnesota.

Hoffarber has made multiple three-pointers in 31 career games, andthe Gophers own a record of 22-9 when that happens. Also, theGophers are 8-2 when Hoffarber connects on at least four or moreshots from behind the arc.

His career three-point field-goal percentage of .389 (115-296) iseighth all-time in Gopher history. Ray Gaffney (1986-89) holds therecord with a percentage of .450 (50-111). Also, Hoffarber’s 115career trey’s is the eighth most in school history. Michael Bauer(2000-04) holds the record with 191 career three-pointers.

In 2007-08, Hoffarber broke the Gophers’ mark for three-pointers bya freshman, which was set by Voshon Lenard (51) in 1991-92.

Thanks to a 7-of-8 day from behind the arc against Penn State(2/14), current freshman guard Devoe Joseph has added his nameto the Golden Gopher record books. He tied Lawrence McKenzie(vs. Michigan, 2/21/08) and Terrance Simmons (vs. Michigan State,2/10/01) for three-pointers in a game and broke the school recordfor three-point percentage in a game (7-8, .875) formerly held byKevin Lynch (6-8, .750 vs. Iowa 1/12/91). Joseph finished his fresh-man campaign with 31 treys, fifth most by a Gopher freshman.

THREE-POINTERS BY A GOPHER FRESHMANPlayer (Season) 3FGMBlake Hoffarber (2007-08) 70Voshon Lenard (1991-92) 51Kevin Burleson (1999-00) 44Michael Bauer (2000-01) 34Devoe Joseph (2008-09) 31Jamal Abu-Shamala (2005-06) 28Quincy Lewis (1995-96) 26

SEASON RECORDSMinnesota recorded 298 steals in 2007-08, which broke the teamrecord of 292 that was set in 2004-05. Al Nolen finished fifth in sea-son steals all-time with 64. His 32 steals in conference play ties himwith Quincy Lewis for seventh all-time. Damian Johnson had 34thefts in conference action, which ranks sixth all-time. His total of 59for the season ranks eighth all-time.

The Gophers also dished out 515 assists, which ranks fourth all-time in school history. The record of 558 was set in 1989-90. Nolentied for ninth all-time with Kevin Burleson (2001-02) and ArrielMcDonald (1991-92) with 68 assists in Big Ten play during the 2007-08 season.In 2008-09, the Gophers blocked 201 shots to break the single-season record of 196 set by the 2002-03 club.

COMEBACK KIDSMinnesota overcame an eight-point first half deficit Jan. 25 againstIndiana, en route to a 67-63 victory. Including the Indiana game, theGophers have overcome leads of eight or more five times this sea-son to gain victories.

Game Deficit Final Scoreat Colorado State Down 12 in first half 72-71Cornell Down 13 in first half 71-54at Iowa Down 13 in first half 52-49at Wisconsin Down 12 with 4:53 left in 2nd half 78-74 OTat Indiana Down 8 in first half 67-63

BARN MAGICThe Golden Gophers hold one of the best home-court advantagesin college basketball with a 710-279 (.718) record in belovedWilliams Arena, including an 16-3 record this season.

Nicknamed “the Barn,” Williams Arena was named the sixth-best

college basketball arena in the country by CBS Sportsline in 2001.As noted in the Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal, WilliamsArena is tied for the fifth-oldest Division I Basketball Arena.

Oldest Division I Basketball Arenas1. Fordham University, Rose Hill Gymnasium

Opened - 1925 (cap. 3,470)2. Harvard University, Ray Lavietes Pavilion

Opened - 1926 (cap. 2,195)2. University of Oregon, McArthur CourtOpened - 1926 (cap. 9,738)4. University of Pennsylvania, The Palestra

Opened - 1927 (cap. 8,700)5. University of Minnesota, Williams Arena

Opened - 1928 (cap. 14,625)5. Butler University, Hinkle Fieldhouse

Opened - 1928 (cap. 11,043)

GOPHERS SIGN FOUR FOR 2010-11The Minnesota men’s basketball program announced the signingsof Justin Cobbs, Royce White, Rodney Williams and TrevorMbakwe to National Letters of Intent. All three players will be eligi-ble to compete during the 2009-10 season.

“We are pleased with the number of young men we were ableto sign. We believe that we have improved our talent level with thisclass and have fulfilled our needs,” said head coach Tubby Smith.“This group has a lot of local flavor which stimulates a lot of excite-ment for our local fan base. One of the things we wanted to do whenwe came here was to give all of the young men that want to play atthe University of Minnesota the opportunity to do so and I feel likewe are doing that. We are excited to have Royce, Rodney andJustin joining the Golden Gopher family.”

Cobbs, a 6-3 senior guard at Bishop Montgomery High Schoolin Torrance, Calif., led the Knights to a 26-7 record in 2007-08. Hewas named the Co-Player of the Year in the CIF Conference as ajunior and is a three-time CIF selection.

White, a senior at Hopkins High School, has scored in doublefigures in every game the past two seasons and scored 20 or morepoints 11 times last season as a junior. The Minneapolis native hasaveraged 21.2 and 21.8 points per game the past two seasons,respectively, and scored a career-high 33 points againstMinneapolis Patrick Henry in 2007-08. White, a 6’8” forward, was amember of Team USA at the Nike Global Challenge last summerand also participated in the Vince Carter Skills Academy.

Williams, a native of Minneapolis, Minn. is a senior at CooperHigh School in Robbinsdale, Minn. He led the Hawks to a record of23-9 and a fourth place finish at the Minnesota State High Schooltournament last season while averaging 23.1 points, 6.8 rebounds,3.1 blocks and 2.4 assists per game. As a sophomore in 2006-07,Williams averaged 17.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.4 blocks and 2.3assists.

Mbakwe, a Miami Dade Community College forward will alsobe eligible to compete during the 2009-10 season. He comes toGold Country after playing in 11 games last season as a freshmanat Marquette. He transferred to Miami Dade Community Collegeprior to the season and in five games this season with the Dolphinsis averaging 15.4 points, 14.2 rebounds, 4.8 blocks and 1.4 assistsper game. Mbakwe was ranked among the top prep prospects in thenation by numerous recruiting services, including Rivals.com,Scout.com, HoopScoopOnline.com and hoopmasters.com comingout of St. Bernard’s High School on St. Paul, where he averaged21.6 points, 12.7 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game as a senior.


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On March 23, 2007 Tubby Smith was announced as the16th head basketball coach of the Minnesota GoldenGophers Men’s Basketball program. One of the mostrespected coaches in the country and a national championwas coming to Gold Country to lead the Gopher program.

The excitement of bringing one of the top coaches inthe country to the University of Minnesota, was onlymatched by the satisfaction of welcoming one of the classi-

est individuals in the world of college basketball today to the Maroon and Gold. Tubby Smith hasnow been on campus for just over two years but he has already put a huge stamp on the GopldenGopher basketball progam.

Coach Smith's second season on the sidelines of Williams Arena will be remembered as theseason the Gophers made it back to the dance, as Minnesota made its 11th overall NCAATournament appearance and its first since 2005.

Minnesota began the 2008-09 season by hosting the NABC Classic at historic WilliamsArena, part of Smith's duties as acting President of the NABC. Three wins in the classic were fol-lowed by nine more, as the Gophers sprinted to a 12-0 non-conference record, the fifth-best startin program history. The team went on to win nine games during the Big Ten Conference sched-ule, added an opening round victory in the conference tournament and was awarded a 12 seedin the NCAA Tournament.

The Gophers were defeated in the opening round of the tournament but an overall record of22-11 meant that Smith had led the University of Minnesota basketball team to consecutive 20-win seasons for the first time in school history. Also, it was just the ninth time in school history thatthe program reached the 20-win plateau. Smith's two-year Minnesota record sits at 42-25 (.627)while his career record moves to 429-170 (.716).

In his first season at the “U”, Smith took a team that had won nine games the season beforeto a 20-14 record. The Gophers finished sixth in the Big Ten Conference at 8-10 and were thesixth seed in the Big Ten Tournament. The 11-game improvement in the win column from the2006-07 season is the largest season turnaround in school history and tied for the second-bestturnaround in Division I in 2007-08. Also, the five-win improvement in conference play was thesecond biggest Big Ten turnaround in 2007-08.

Smith came to Minnesota with a reputation for winning at the highest level not matched bymany coaches in the country. In his 18-year career, he has claimed a National Title (Kentucky in1997-98), made four “Elite Eight appearances”, nine “Sweet Sixteen” appearances and has post-ed 16 straight 20-win seasons. His 407 wins entering the 2008-09 season was the sixth-bestrecord of any head coach in their first 17 years in NCAA Division I basketball, joining such namesas Roy Williams, Denny Crum, Jim Boeheim, Nolan Richardson and Jerry Tarkanian.

On five different occasions, Smith has been named a conference coach of the year (1994 &95 in the Missouri Valley Conference and 1998, 2003 & 2005 in the SEC). He has also collectednational coach of the year honors on three different occasions (1998, 2003 & 2005).

Not only has Smith had elite success, but he has prepared his players to have all the skillsnecessary to make the jump to the next level. Smith has sent 17 players to the NBA during hiscoaching career. That list includes recent NBA Champion Rajon Rondo of the Boston Celtics,current Milwaukee Buck Michael Ruffin, Houston Rocket Chuck Hayes, former 10-year veteranShandon Anderson, Charlotte Bobcat Nazr Mohammed, Detroit Piston Tayshaun Prince, formereight-year veteran Scott Padgett, current Miami Heat Jamaal Magloire, New York KnickRandolph Morris, Golden State Warrior Kelenna Azubuike and Orlando Magic guard KeithBogans. Other Smith players to reach the NBA include Shea Seals, Wayne Turner, ErikDaniels, Gerald Fitch, Jeff Sheppard and Michael Bradley.

That opportunity to play in the NBA was particularly sweet for Rondo, Prince and Anderson,who all realized the dream of winning NBA titles. Rondo was the starting point guard for theCeltics as they made their championship run this past NBA season while Prince was an integralpart of the 2004 NBA Champion Detroit Pistons. Anderson was part of a veteran group of play-ers on the Miami Heat who claimed the 2006 NBA Championship.

Eight of the players Smith has sent to the NBA heard their names called on draft day. Rondo,Magloire, Mohammed, Padgett and Prince were each first round draft picks, while Anderson,Ruffin and Bogans each went in the second round. Prince was also a member of the UnitedStates basketball team that won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

Bogans, Padgett and Prince all received All-American honors during their careers atKentucky. Prince was also named the 2001 SEC Player of the Year, while Bogans claimed thehonors in 2003. Seals was also named an All-American during the 1996-97 season for Tulsa.

Prior to arriving in Big Ten Country, Smith spent 10 seasons (1997-2007) in the SoutheasternConference as the head coach at the University of Kentucky. During his tenure with the Wildcats,Smith led Kentucky to the 1998 National championship, four “Elite Eight” appearances, five SECtitles, five SEC Tournament titles and six “Sweet Sixteen” finishes.

Smith also led the Wildcats to an overall record of 263-83 record for a winning percentage of.760. In his 10 seasons with Kentucky, he averaged over 26 wins per season.

During that time, Smith was 120-40 in SEC play for a winning percentage of .750. His 120wins were 14 more then any other program in the SEC had during Smith’s decade of dominanceat Kentucky. He also finished in sole possession or tied for first in the SEC East in seven of the10 years he coached the Wildcats. Smith was 24-7 in SEC Tournament games for a winning per-centage of .774.

He made history in the 2002-03 season when he led his Kentucky squad to a 16-0 record inSEC regular-season play and guided them to the SEC Tournament Championship. It marked thefirst time since 1952 that an SEC squad had completed both the conference regular season andtournament without a loss.

After Kentucky had won a National title in 1996 and finished runner up in 1997, Smith tookover a squad that had lost six players over two seasons to the NBA and other key players to grad-uation. That season, he guided Kentucky to a 35-4 record and a National Title becoming the first

Head Coach

Tubby SmithThird Season

Born June 30, 1951Hometown Scotland, Md.High School Great Mills (Md.) High School, 1969College High Point (N.C.), 1973 [B.S. Health and Physical Education]Family Wife, Donna; Sons, G.G., Saul and Brian

Daughter-in-law, LorieSmith is one of 16 children

Parents Guffrie and Parthenia SmithPlaying Exp. • A four-year letterwinner (1970-73), Smith was a team captain as a senior and

co-captain as a junior.• All-Carolina Conference selection

Collegiate Coaching Experience1979-86 Assistant Coach Virginia Commonwealth1986-89 Assistant Coach South Carolina1989-91 Assistant Coach Kentucky1991-95 Head Coach Tulsa1995-97 Head Coach Georgia1997-2007 Head Coach Kentucky2007- Head Coach Minnesota

Coaching record

Year Team Record Postseason

2007-08 Minnesota 20-14 NIT First Round

2008-09 Minnesota 22-11 NCAA First Round

Two seasons Minnesota 42-25 (.627)

2006-07 Kentucky 22-12 NCAA 2nd Round

2005-06 Kentucky 22-13 NCAA 2nd Round

2004-05 Kentucky 28-6 NCAA Elite Eight

2003-04 Kentucky 27-5 NCAA Second Round


2001-02 Kentucky 22-10 NCAA Sweet 16

2000-01 Kentucky 24-10 NCAA Sweet 16

1999-2000 Kentucky 23-10 NCAA Second Round


1997-98 Kentucky 35-4 NCAA National Champions

10 seasons Kentucky 263-83 (.760)

1996-97 Georgia 24-9 NCAA First Round

1995-96 Georgia 21-10 NCAA Sweet 16

Two seasons Georgia 45-19 (.703)

1994-95 Tulsa 24-8 NCAA Sweet 16

1993-94 Tulsa 23-8 NCAA Sweet 16

1992-93 Tulsa 15-14

1991-92 Tulsa 17-13

Four seasons Tulsa 79-43 (.648)

18 seasons Career: 429-170 (.716)

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coach since Cincinnati’s Ed Jucker in 1961 to win a national title in the first year at a school. Smithalso stamped the trademark toughness that his teams have been known for that season, guidingKentucky to double-digit comebacks against Duke in the “Elite Eight” and Utah in the NationalChampionship on the way to claiming the National title.

Smith’s first year at Georgia was not as publicized, but no less remarkable than his first atKentucky. In the 1995-96 season, his first at Georgia, Smith guided the Bulldogs to their firstNCAA Tournament appearance in five years. Georgia defeated Clemson and No. 1 seededPurdue, before falling to eventual National Runner-Up Syracuse on a last-second shot in the“Sweet Sixteen”. It was the furthest Georgia had advanced in the NCAA Tournament since 1983.Smith also guided the Bulldogs to a 21-10 overall record and second place in the SEC East at 9-7.

In his first season at Tulsa, Smith led the Golden Hurricanes to a 17-13 overall record andbrought them within three points of making their first NCAA Tournament since 1987, as Tulsa fellto SW Missouri State in the MVC Championship game 71-68.

Despite all of the great first impressions Smith has made in his career, none were granderthen his first season at Kentucky. When Smith took the reins for the 1997-98 season, he inherit-ed a balanced roster loaded with role players. An early loss to Arizona dampened expectations.Three losses at Rupp Arena followed.

Kentucky then rebounded to win the 1998 SEC Eastern Division title and the overall SECcrown. One week later, the Wildcats rolled through the SEC Tournament in Atlanta with decisivewins over Arkansas and South Carolina. “Tubby Ball,” a system of solid defense and rebounding,combined with his chess-match style of coaching, was on display.

As a No. 2 seed in the 1998 NCAA Tournament’s South Region, Kentucky cruised to theregional final to face top-seeded Duke with a third-consecutive trip to the Final Four hanging inthe balance. The Blue Devils grabbed an 18-point lead in the first half and held a 17-point leadmidway through the second half. When Smith went to a smaller lineup to counter the quicker Dukeplayers, Kentucky stormed back to win, 86-84. The Wildcats then rallied from a five-point halftimedeficit against Stanford in the national semifinals before winning in overtime, 86-85. Many peggedthe contest as one of the most well coached games in the entire tournament.

Two days later, Utah led by 10, 41-31, at halftime of the National Championship. No team hadever come from behind by more than eight points in the championship game, until Smith’sWildcats pulled off the trick. The game plan wore out the Utes, and Tubby’s “Comeback Cats” ral-lied to win, 78-69. Smith accomplished the unexpected. He led the Wildcats to their second titlein three years.

To cap off his spectacular first year at Kentucky, Smith was named National Coach of theYear by Basketball Weekly and Co-SEC Coach of the Year by The Associated Press. The NewYork Athletic Club also presented Smith with the prestigious Winged Foot Award given to thecoach of the national champions after each season. In the off-season, he picked up the Parent ofthe Year Award by Parent Magazine, the Victor Award by the Black Coaches Association and waseven voted the “Sexiest Male Public Figure” in a reader’s vote in a local magazine. The honorsculminated when he was named the Kentucky Sportsman of the Year for 1998 in a statewidemedia vote, edging out Kentucky quarterback Tim Couch.

After earning high acclaim by winning the national title in his first season, Smith guided ateam comprised of eight freshmen and sophomores to within eight points of Kentucky’s fourthconsecutive Final Four appearance. Kentucky’s triumphs in the 1998-99 season included six winsover teams ranked in the top 11 with victories over No. 2 Maryland and No. 4 Auburn, and 13 winsover teams in the NCAA Tournament. When March arrived, Smith’s squad went to work, winningits seventh SEC Tournament title in eight years.

The 2001-02 Kentucky team began with a preseason No. 4 national ranking, but the Wildcatsbattled an inordinate amount of injuries and suspensions before being eliminated by Maryland,the eventual national champion, in the East Region Semifinals.

In 2003, a year in which Smith’s coaching ranked among the very best in the 100 years ofKentucky basketball, the accolades arrived in a landslide. Smith snared all seven of the nationalhonors recognized by the NCAA - AP, USBWA, Naismith, Basketball Times, The Sporting News,NABC, and CBS/Chevrolet. He became the first coach to sweep the list since Indiana’s BobbyKnight captured all five in 1975. For good measure, Smith added honors from ESPN,Foxsports.com, the Black Coaches Association and College Sports Television. Kentucky estab-lished the nation’s longest win streak in seven years as it rattled off 26 victories in a row, high-lighted by a sweep of the SEC regular-season slate and tournament play (19-0). His Wildcats fin-ished No. 1 in the final Associated Press poll and Smith swept SEC and National Coach of theYear honors. Kentucky ended the season in the Elite Eight with a 32-4 record, becoming just the11th team in school history to top the 30-win mark.

In 2004, the Wildcats posted a 27-5 record while winning a sixth SEC Eastern Division title,another SEC Tournament championship and the school’s ninth No. 1 seed in the NCAATournament, all while spending nearly the entire season ranked among the nation’s top 10.Smith’s 2005 Kentucky squad won the school’s 43rd SEC championship while advancing to theNCAA’s Elite Eight. He guided the club, which finished 28-6 and ranked No. 5 in the final coach-es’ poll, to a 14-2 league record despite a roster that consisted primarily of underclassmen, includ-ing four freshmen among the top nine.

Smith also totaled 100 wins quicker than any other Kentucky coach except Hall of FamerAdolph Rupp, reaching the plateau in 130 games. In 2005, he joined Roy Williams, Nolan

Richardson, Denny Crum and Jim Boeheim as the fifth head coach to win 365 games in 15 sea-sons or less.

Consistent success has become the standard throughout the career of Tubby Smith. In addi-tion to taking the reigns from Rick Pitino and successfully navigating the Kentucky programthroughout his 10 years, he also guided Tulsa and Georgia into highly successful programs.

Prior to Kentucky, he spent two seasons at Georgia, where he coached the Bulldogs to a 45-19 (70.3%) record and the first back-to-back seasons of 20 wins or more in school history.

Before achieving that success at Georgia, he coached four seasons at Tulsa, guiding theGolden Hurricane to Sweet 16 appearances his last two seasons.

The 1996-97 season at Georgia was one his best coaching efforts. After losing eight seniorsand all five starters from the previous year’s “Sweet Sixteen” team, Smith led the youthfulBulldogs to a 24-9 record, equaling the school record for most wins in a season. Georgia finishedthird in the SEC with a 10-6 record, and brought the Bulldogs to the SEC TournamentChampionship game for the first time since 1988. Georgia finished the year ranked 17th in thefinal AP poll and earned a No. 3 seed in the Southeast Regional.

1973-77: Head coach at Great Mills (Md.) High School... Four-year record of 46-36.

1977-79: Head coach at Hoke County (N.C.) High School... Two-year record of 28-18.

1979-86: Assistant coach at Virginia Commonwealth University... Seven-year tenure saw VCU record a 144-64 mark, three Sun Belt Conference titles and five NCAA Tournament appearances.

1986-89: Assistant coach at South Carolina... Three-year record of 55-35 and the school’s first NCAATournament appearance in 15 seasons.

1989-91: Assistant and associate head coach at Kentucky... Two-year record of 36-20, despite the programbeing on probation.

1991-95: Head coach at Tulsa... Compiled a 79-43 record in four years... In both 1994 and ‘95, the GoldenHurricane won Missouri Valley Conference regular-season titles, advanced to the Sweet16 andSmith was named MVC Coach of the Year.

1995-97: Head coach at Georgia... Compiled a 45-19 record over two seasons and led the Bulldogs to theirfirst NCAA Tournament appearance in five seasons, advancing to the ‘96 Final 16 where they werebeaten at the buzzer by eventual national runner-up Syracuse and finished 21-10... The followingyear, his team won 24 games — the first time the school had recorded back-to-back 20-win cam-paigns — tying a school record for victories.

1998-07: Head coach at Kentucky … In 10 seasons, Wildcats advanced to four Elite Eights and six Sweet 16s... Led UK to five SEC regular-season championships, five SEC Tournament crowns and an all-timeleague-high seven division titles ... Owned a 52-18 record in March at UK ... Led Cats to a 35-4record en route to the school’s seventh NCAA Championship in ‘98 … Three-time National Coach ofthe Year (‘98, ‘03 and ‘05) and SEC Coach of the Year (‘98, ‘03 and ‘05) ... Served as an assistanton the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team ... In 2002, he became the seventh coach to win 250 games in 11seasons or less ... In 2003 led the Wildcats to a 32-4 record, a 16-0 regular-season SEC record anda 19-0 sweep of league opponents ... Earned nine National Coach of the Year awards, including allseven which are recognized by the NCAA.

2007-PRESENT: Head coach at Minnesota ... named the 16th head coach in school history on March 23, 2007... guid-ed to the Gophers to a 20-14 record in 2007-08 and a 22-11 record in 2008-09... Minnesota reached20 total wins for just the ninth time in school history... Minnesota’s 21 regular season wins in 2008-09 is the second-most in school history behind the 24 victories in 1976-77... Minnesota has postedconsecutive 20-win seasons for the first time in school history (not including vacated games)...Smith’s 42 combined victories between 2007-08 and 2008-09 is the most in back-to-back seasonssince the Gophers compiled a school record 42 between 1988-89 and 1989-90 (42 also recordedfrom 1980-82)... With back-to-back 20 win seasons to start his Gopher career, Smith has 16 straight20-win season, the longest active streak in the nation and the third longest streak in NCAA history...In his first season at the healm, Smith engineered an 11-game change in the win column from the2006-07 season that is the largest season turnaround in school history and was tied for the second-best turnaround in Division I in 2007-08.

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Before arriving in Georgia, Smith led Tulsa to a 79-43 (64.8%) record and won consecutiveMissouri Valley Conference regular-season titles in 1994 and ‘95. When he took over the GoldenHurricane in 1991, he had just five returning players. With a quick injection of new talent, hecompleted his first season by coaching Tulsa to the MVC Championship Game after finishingfourth during the regular season. Following a 15-14 record in 1993, Tulsa won more than 20games in each of Smith’s last two seasons, captured first-place honors in the MVC with identi-cal 15-3 marks and made consecutive trips to the Sweet 16. He earned the MVC’s Coach of theYear award in both 1994 and ‘95. In his final year at Tulsa, Smith led the Golden Hurricane to a24-8 record, marking what was then the third-highest victory total in school history, and a No. 15ranking in the final CNN/USA Today poll.

Much of his success as a collegiate head coach has been measured by his teams’ perform-ances in the NCAA Tournament. Smith’s 1994 Tulsa team upset UCLA in the tourney’s firstround before knocking off Oklahoma State. In ‘95, the Hurricane blew away Big-Ten powerIllinois to open March Madness. His postseason success continued at Georgia where theBulldogs defeated Clemson to open the ‘96 tournament before upsetting the top-seeded PurdueBoilermakers.

Considered by many as one of the nation’s top coaches, Smith was selected to help coachthe 2000 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team in Sydney. He served as an assistant to HoustonRockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich as the Americans withstood high expectations to capture thegold medal.

Coach Smith’s national presence is apparent off-the-court as well, as he currently servesas the president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and is also on theNCAA Committee to study basketball issues, joining Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski and Oregon’sErnie Kent. Also, in June of 2000 Smith spoke at a Congressional hearing on the issue of gam-bling in college sports.

Smith’s first impact on the Kentucky program came nine years before his national champi-onship. When Pitino took over the Wildcats’ program in ‘89, he sought an assistant coach torecruit the South, and one name continued to surface -- Tubby Smith. Smith left his assistantcoaching position at South Carolina and joined Pitino’s first staff, which had the dubious honorof rebuilding a UK program that had been rocked by NCAA probation and player defections.

With only eight scholarship student-athletes, none taller than 6-7, the staff molded theWildcats into winners, exceeding expectations to record a 14-14 mark. The following year, withSmith promoted to associate coach and Kentucky still on probation, the Wildcats earned a 22-6 record, a final ranking of ninth in the AP poll, and an SEC-best 14-4 record.

The members of those first two staffs that Pitino assembled formed an impressive group offuture head coaches. Smith served alongside Ralph Willard of Holy Cross, Arizona State’s HerbSendek, Florida’s Billy Donovan and Bernadette Mattox, former coach of the Kentucky women’sbasketball team, while the Wildcats began the rebuilding effort that culminated with two cham-pionships in three seasons.

Before coming to Kentucky in 1989, Smith was an assistant coach for George Felton (a for-mer UK assistant - 1998-00) at South Carolina, where the Gamecocks notched a 53-35 recordduring his three years.

Prior to his stop in Columbia, Smith served as assistant coach at Virginia Commonwealthfor seven years, including six seasons under J.D. Barnett. In those seven seasons, VCU regis-tered a 144-64 record, won three Sun Belt Conference Championships and made five NCAATournament appearances. Under Barnett, Smith learned the principles of his ball-line defense,a defense that in three of his first four years at Kentucky held opponents to their lowest field goalpercentages since 1962.

Smith began his coaching career at Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Md., where hewas head coach for four years and compiled a 46-36 record. His next stop came at Hoke CountyHigh School in Raeford, N.C., where he recorded a 28-18 mark in two seasons.

A 1973 graduate of High Point (N.C.) College, Smith was an all-conference performer as asenior. He played under three different head coaches at High Point, including Barnett, andearned a Bachelor of Science degree in health and physical education.

Smith is the sixth of 16 children raised on a rural farm in southern Maryland. He and his wifeDonna, have three sons and a daughter-in-law: Orlando (G.G.), who is an assistant coach atLoyola College in Maryland and his wife Lorie, who is a Pediatrician at John Hopkins MedicalHospital and is currently doing a fellowship on Pediatric Nephrology; Saul, who is an assistantcoach on the Minnesota coaching staff; and Brian, who recently completed his playing career atOle Miss.

Smith has always been very active in the community. The Tubby Smith Foundation, whichhe established to assist underprivileged children, has raised over $1.5 million in the past fiveyears. Tubby’s Clubhouses revitalized community centers throughout Lexington by providingcomputers and training to hundreds of school-age children. In the summer of 2001, the UnitedWay created a new award - The Donna and Tubby Smith Community Spirit Award. The Smith’swere the inaugural recipient of the award for their generous contributions. In 2001, their$125,000 donation made them the highest individual contributor to the United Way in the stateof Kentucky. The award is given annually to those who effectively advance mobilization or col-laboration to achieve positive impact that benefits the Central Kentucky community at-large.

The start to Tubby Smith’s head coaching career is one of the most impressive in college basket-ball history. Smith ranks among some of the finest coaches in numerous categories, including vic-tories and NCAA appearances.

All-Time Consecutive 20-Win Seasons Coach (School) No. Yrs.

1. Dean Smith (North Carolina) 27 1971-972. Lute Olson (Arizona) 20 1988-20073. Tubby Smith (Tulsa/Georgia/Kent.) 16 1994-pres.4. Jim Boeheim (Syracuse) 14 1983-96

Roy Williams (Kansas) 14 1990-20036. Denny Crum (Louisville) 13 1972-84

John Thompson (Georgetown) 13 1978-90bold indicates active streaks

Smith is one of only 13 NCAA Division I coaches to record multiple 30-win seasons.

Active Consecutive 20-Win Seasons Coach (School) No. Yrs.

1. Tubby Smith (Tulsa/Georgia/Kent.) 16 1994-pres.2. Mike Krzyzewski (Duke) 12 1997-pres.3. Jim Boeheim (Syracuse) 12 1998-pres.

Most Wins First 17 Seasons As Head CoachCoach Years Wins

1. Roy Williams 1989-2005 4702. Denny Crum 1972-88 4123. Jim Boeheim 1977-93 411

Nolan Richardson 1981-97 4095. Tubby Smith 1992-2008 4076. Jerry Tarkanian 1969-85 4038. John Thompson 1973-89 3997. Rick Pitino 1979-2003 396

Smith Reached 400 Wins in Just 17 SeasonsSmith became just the sixth coach - joining Roy Williams (Kansas, North Carolina), Denny Crum(Louisville), Jim Boeheim (Syracuse), Nolan Richardson (Tulsa, Arkansas), and Jerry Tarkanian(Long Beach State, UNLV)- to reach the 400-win mark in 17 seasons or less.

NCAA Winningest Active Coaches (as of Mar. 9, 2009)(minimum five years as a DI head coach)

Coach, School Yrs. Record Pct.1. Roy Williams, North Carolina 20 587-137 .8112. Mark Few, Gonzaga 9 261-65 .8013. Jamie Dixon, Pittsburgh 5 160-43 .7884. Bruce Pearl, Tennessee 16 413-119 .7765. Bo Ryan, Wisconsin 24 575-174 .7686. John Calipari, Memphis 16 437-138 .7607. Thad Matta, Ohio State 8 227-75 .752

Mike Krzyzewski, Duke 33 828-273 .7529. Rick Pitino, Louisville 22 546-196 .73610. Jim Boeheim, Syracuse 32 793-286 .73511. Bob Huggins, West Virginia 26 637-232 .73312. Bill Self, Kansas 15 374-143 .72313. Rick Majerus, St. Louis 21 455-175 .72214. Tubby Smith, Minnesota 18 428-168 .718

A Great Turnaround

Tubby Smith engineered the greatest single-season turnaround in Gopher history, winning 11 moregames in 2007-08 than Minnesota managed in 2006-07. The 11-win increase ranked second nation-ally in 2007-08 as well.

Top Gopher TurnaroundsSeasons Turnaround Head Coach2007-08 from 2006-07 +11 wins Tubby Smith1979-80 from 1978-79 +10 wins Jim Dutcher2004-05 from 2003-04 +9 wins Dan Monson

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After helping Tubby Smith win an NCAA cham-pionship, three SEC Tournament titles and threeSEC Championships, Saul Smith returns for a sec-ond season to his father’s bench as an assistantcoach at the University of Minnesota. He overseesMinnesota’s guard development and ball handlingimprovement.

Prior to coming to Gold Country, Smith servedas an assistant coach at Tennessee Tech under

head coach Mike Sutton from 2004-07. Smith was involved in all phases of the program,including player development, recruiting, organization, on-floor coaching and academics.When Sutton was stricken with Guillian Barre Syndrome, Smith assisted associate headcoach Steve Payne with guiding the Golden Eagles to two of the most successful seasonsin school history. In his three seasons at Tennessee Tech, the team never finished belowthird place in the conference including a league championship in 2004-05.

Smith lettered four years at Kentucky under his father, head coach Tubby Smith, andstarted at point guard for the Wildcats in each of his final two seasons. He was part of win-ning three SEC Championships, three SEC Tournament titles and one NCAA NationalChampionship. He also captained an SEC All-Star team that went 4-1 vs. the JapaneseOlympic team.

Smith ranks 10th all-time in Kentucky basketball history with 363 assists. Smith led theWildcats in assists in both the 1999-2000 and the 2000-01 seasons and in steals with 51during the 2000-01 season. Smith played in 143 games during his Wildcat career, starting70 times. He finished his career with 730 points while never missing a practice.

After his Kentucky career, Smith was invited to the Houston Rockets’ summer campbefore spending two years playing for the NBDL’s Columbus Riverdragons.

Smith spent the 2003-04 season on the Kentucky coaching staff while completing hisbachelor’s degree in economics.

Smith was named the Northeast Georgia Player of the Year by the Athens Daily Newsas a high school senior at Clarke Central High School. An all-state player, he averaged 20.3points, 6.7 rebounds and 5.2 assists as a senior.

Smith is not married and lives in Minneapolis.

Assistant Coach

Saul SmithThird Season

This is Ron Jirsa’s third season as theAssociate Head Coach at Minnesota and fourthstint with Head Coach Tubby Smith in his 28-yearcollegiate coaching career. Smith and Jirsa firstbegan their working relationship at VirginiaCommonwealth, where both served under coachJ.D. Barnett during the 1984-85 season. The Ramsfinished 26-6 that season, winning the Sun BeltConference title and playing in the NCAA

Tournament. They reunited when Smith hired Jirsa as an assistant at Tulsa before the 1991-92 season. Three years later, Jirsa was named Associate Head Coach of the GoldenHurricane.

Jirsa, 48, accompanied Smith to Georgia when he took over the Bulldog program in1995. For two years, he served as Associate Head Coach for Smith at Georgia before serv-ing as head coach from 1997-99. His Bulldog squads posted a combined 35-30 record.During his time in Athens, the Bulldogs put together back-to-back recruiting classes thatwere rated among the top-five in the nation by several recruiting analysts. Jirsa’s teams alsomade two NIT appearances. In his first season, UGA posted a 20-15 record, only the sev-enth 20-win season in UGA history, en route to a third-place finish in the NIT. Jirsa’sBulldogs put together a 4-1 record in the postseason with wins over Iowa, North CarolinaState, Vanderbilt and Fresno State in March 1998.

In his six combined seasons as an assistant at Tulsa and Georgia, Jirsa helped fourconsecutive teams win at least 21 games and reach the NCAA Tournament each season.The first three of those – two at Tulsa and one at Georgia – reached the “Sweet Sixteen.”He also coached Jumaine Jones, who was a first round NBA Draft pick of the Atlanta Hawksin 1999.

Prior to coming to Minnesota, Jirsa spent four seasons as head coach at MarshallUniversity. The Thundering Herd went 13-19 in 2006-07, losing to Memphis in theConference USA Tournament Quarterfinals.

Prior to his arrival at Marshall, Jirsa was the senior assistant coach at Dayton underthen-head coach Oliver Purnell for four seasons. During his stint at UD, the Flyers postedan 88-39 overall record, made two NCAA Tournament and two NIT appearances. In 2002-03, Dayton posted a 24-6 record, won the Atlantic 10 Tournament Championship, advancedto the NCAA Tournament as a four seed, and finished the season ranked among the top 25teams in the nation in the final Associated Press and USA Today polls.

Jirsa has coached in 28 postseason games overall, 16 of those in the NCAATournament and has appeared in postseason play 14 years. He owns a career record of 78-104 in six years as a head coach at Marshall and Georgia.

Jirsa began his coaching career as an assistant at Connecticut College following hisgraduation from Gettysburg College in 1981. Two years later, he moved on to the Universityof Delaware and spent one season with the Blue Hens before taking a graduate assistantposition with a VCU program that finished ranked 11th in the nation in 1984-85.

He then took an assistant position at Tulsa for three seasons (1985-88) before makingone- year stops at Belmont Abbey (1988-89), and Gardner-Webb (1990-91). At Tulsa, Jirsacoached with former Golden Gopher Flip Saunders. In 1991, he returned to Tulsa as anassistant under Smith before being promoted to associate head coach in 1994.

Jirsa earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology from Gettysburg College in 1981 anda Master of Arts in Athletic Administration from the University of Tulsa in 1987. He was athree-sport letterwinner at Ledyard High School in Ledyard, Connecticut. He and his wifeLaura have one daughter, Hannah (8).

Associate Head Coach

Ron JirsaThird Season


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Vince Taylor will begin his third season onCoach Smith’s staff after spending the 2005-06and 2006-07 seasons with the MinnesotaTimberwolves of the NBA. With the Timberwolves,Taylor was responsible for player developmentand scouting opponents.

Prior to arriving in Minnesota, Taylor spentseven seasons as an assistant at the University ofLouisville, four under Rick Pitino and three under

Denny Crum. While with the Louisville program, Taylor earned the reputation as one of thenation’s top recruiters. He helped the Cardinals land a top-five recruiting class in 2001under Pitino that included McDonald’s All-American Carlos Hurt. Taylor was also heavilyresponsible for the recruitment of Reece Gaines to Louisville. Gaines was a four-yearstarter and was named third team All-American as a senior. Gaines was the 15th pick ofthe 2003 NBA Entry Draft. In 2005, Louisville returned to the Final Four with many ofTaylor’s recruits, including Francisco Garcia. Garcia was then selected at the 23rd pick inthe 2005 Draft by Sacramento.

Before joining the Louisville staff in 1998, Taylor was an assistant coach at theUniversity of Pittsburgh (1997-98) and briefly at the University of Wyoming (1998).

Before Taylor began his coaching career, he spent 13 seasons playing professionalbasketball in Europe, including the last two as a player/assistant coach in the Belgian pro-fessional league. Additionally, he averaged 3.1 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists pergame with the New York Knicks in 1982-83 after being selected by the team in the secondround (33rd overall) of the 1982 NBA Draft. Taylor was traded to the Indiana Pacers in1983-84 before beginning his European career in 1984, initially in Italy (1984-86), thenmoving to France (1986-92) and finishing his career in Belgium (1992-97).

A standout guard at Duke University, Taylor earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference andhonorable mention All-America honors as a senior (1981-82) by averaging 20.3 points pergame, a number that led the ACC. During Taylor’s collegiate career, the Blue Devils wonthe 1979 ACC regular season championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament twice(1979 and 1980) and National Invitational Tournament once (1981). Taylor, who scored1,445 career collegiate points, finished his career as one of the top 10 scorers in Duke his-tory. He once held the school record by playing in 120 consecutive games.

A 1982 graduate of Duke with a bachelor’s degree in economics, Taylor was named tothe President’s List at Duke his senior year. That honor is awarded to only five percent ofthe student body, and is based on contributions to the university and academic achieve-ments.

Taylor prepped at Tates Creek High School, where he was a McDonald’s High SchoolAll-American as a senior in 1978 while averaging 29.3 points and 11 rebounds per game.

A native of Lexington, Ky., Taylor has two children: son, Brendan (13), and daughter,Maya (10).

Joe Esposito begins his third season on TubbySmith’s Gopher staff as the Director of BasketballOperations. He handles all administrative duties ofthe Golden Gopher basketball program and coordi-nates all aspects of the Tubby Smith BasketballCamps and Clinics. Esposito spent the 2006-07season as the head coach at The Villages CharterHigh School in Florida where he recorded the bestrecord in school history and advanced The Villages

to the Class 3A District 7 Final Four. In addition, Esposito was a computer science teacherat the school.

Prior to The Villages Charter School, Esposito was the head coach at Angelo State foreight years. Esposito recorded 118 wins in those eight seasons and left the school with thehighest winning percentage of any coach in the program’s history. In 2000-01, the Ramsadvanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in 10 years and only the thirdtime in school history. Angelo State won the Lone Star Conference South DivisionChampionship with a 22-8 record which tied the highest single-season win total in schoolhistory. In addition, Esposito was voted LSC South Coach of the Year in 2001.

In 2002, Esposito led the team to their fourth consecutive winning season, the first timeASU had posted four straight winning seasons since the 1980s. In just four seasons,Esposito led the Rams to three of the top five single season win totals in school history andthree straight post-season berths. In 2003, ASU posted their fifth winning season in a row,a mark only matched one other time in the history of the program. He left the program asone of the winningest coaches in Lone Star Conference history.

In his first season at Angelo State in 1999, Esposito posted the best turnaround inDivision II by any rookie head coach, improving the Ram record by seven victories and hav-ing the first winning season since 1994. In his second year, he took the Rams to the LoneStar Conference Tournament and a win over nationally-ranked Midwestern State. The2000 team posted a 19-win season, which was the second-best record in school history,surpassed only by Esposito’s 2001 team that won 22 games.

During the summer of 2005, Esposito was selected to coach the USA team for AmericaSports International, a team of NCAA Division II all-stars. The team competed in the GianniErnesto Cup, taking home the gold medal.

Esposito’s relationship with Coach Smith dates back to his tenure as associate headcoach and recruiting coordinator at Tennessee State. For three seasons (1995-98),Esposito was responsible for recruiting three Ohio Valley Conference Freshmen of the Yearto TSU and both his 1996-97 and 1997-98 recruiting classes were ranked among the top30 in the nation by Hoop Scoop. He also served as the academic counselor for the Tigers.

Before his tenure at Tennessee State, Esposito was the interim head coach atAssumption College, an NCAA Division II powerhouse in the Northeast-10 Conference forhalf a season. Esposito also served as an assistant and then associate head coach forAssumption, prior to assuming temporary head coaching duties in 1994.

During his tenure at Assumption, the Greyhounds won three straight conference titles,appeared twice in the NCAA Division II regionals and set records for wins and winningstreaks at the school. Esposito also has served as an assistant coach at Roosevelt HighSchool in Hyde Park, N.Y., and was a student assistant at Marist College in Poughkeepsie,N.Y. His coaching resume also includes a stint as an assistant coach at the Bay State andEmpire State games.

A native of New York, Esposito received his bachelor of science degree in computerscience in 1988 from Marist College. He earned a master of science in sports administra-tion and coaching from the United States Sports Academy in Mobile, Ala., in 1990, gradu-ating with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

Esposito has two sons, Jordan Michael (12) and Jacob O’Neal (8), and a daughter,Shay Lynn (6) and resides in Apple Valley, Minn.

Assistant Coach

Vince TaylorThird Season

Dir. of BB Operations

Joe EspositoThird Season


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DevronBOSTICK

GuardSr./Sr. | 6-5 | 210Racine, Wisconsin | Southwestern Illinois CC | St. Catherine’s High School

CAREER STATISTICS3-POINT REBOUNDS

Season Gp Gs Min Avg Fg-Fga Pct Fg-Fga Pct. Ft-Fta Pct. O-D/Tot Avg Asst TO Blk ST Pf/Dq Pts Avg

2008-09 31 0 341 11.0 49-114 .430 14-51 .275 13-18 .722 11-36/47 1.5 24 28 4 16 21/0 125 4.0

Career 31 0 341 11.0 49-114 .430 14-51 .275 13-18 .722 11-36/47 1.5 24 28 4 16 21/0 125 4.0

22CAREER HIGHS

Minutes23 - twice; last

vs. Michigan State(3/13/09)Points

19 vs. Penn State(1/11/09)

FG Attempts13 vs. Michigan State

(3/13/09)FG Made

7 vs. Penn State (1/11/09)FT Attempts

4 at Wisconsin (1/15/09)FT Made

3 - twice; last at Wisconsin (1/15/09)3-Point FG Attempts

6 vs. Northwestern(3/12/09)

3-Point FG Made3 - twice; last vs.

High Point (12/28/08)Rebounds

4 - four times; last vs. Northwestern (3/12/09)

Assists3 vs. Northwestern

(2/22/09)Steals

2 - four times last vs. Indiana (2/10/09)

Blocks1 - four times; last vs.

Michigan State (3/13/09)

MILESTONES: Scored 100th career point against Northwestern (2/22).

2008-09 | JUNIOR SEASON: Averaged 4.3 points, 1.0 assists and 11.0 minutes played per game in theNABC Classic • scored a career-high 11 points while shooting a perfect 4-for-4 from the field against Eastern Washington (11/26) • dished out acareer-high two assists against North Dakota State (11/29) • played acareer-high 19 minutes and tied a career-high with 11 points against HighPoint (12/28) • scored a career-high 19 points on 7-of-8 shooting, including2-of-2 from 3-point land, in 16 minutes against Penn State (1/11) • playeda career-high 21 minutes and contributed 11 points and three reboundsagainst Wisconsin (1/15) • scored nine points, tied a career-high with fourrebounds and established a career-high with three assists in 16 minutesagainst Northwestern (2/22) • averaged 11.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 23.0minutes per game while shooting .417 (10-24) from the field in the Big TenTournament • scored 11 against Northwestern in the opening round in 4-11shooting • came off the bench to score 12 against Michigan State in thequarterfinals.

JUNIOR COLLEGE:A graduate of Southwestern Illinois Community College • coach was JayHarrington • averaged a team-high 18.2 points per game in 2008 and leadSWIC to a 28-5 record and a second place finish in the league • also con-tributed 4.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists per contest • 2008 Division INational Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Player of the Year •named a First-Team NJCAA All-American as a sophomore • named aSecond-Team NJCAA All-American as a sophomore • two-time Region 24Player of the Year • averaged 19.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.0 assistsper game as a freshman • awarded the winner of the 2008 NJCAA DavidRowlands Award. • participated in the NJCAA Division I All-Star game.

HIGH SCHOOL:A graduate of St. Catherine’s High School • led Angels to the Wisconsinstate championships at two different divisions during his career • teamwas 52-1 his final two seasons • team went 27-0 in his senior season andwon the WIAA Division 3 State Championship • averaged 17.2 points, 6.4rebounds, 1.5 steals and 1.4 assists per game as a senior • St.Catherine’s went 25-1 in his junior season, winning the Division 2 StateChampionship • averaged 13.7 per game as a junior.

PERSONAL:Majoring in Sports Management with a minor in coaching • son of CarolBostick and Michael Stacey • has four siblings: Antoinette Bostick, TammiBostick, David Billingsley and Tyrone Bostick.


Bostick’s Game-by-Game Stats2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent (Date) Start Min Fg-Fa 3g-3a Ft-Fta O-D/T PF A TO Blk Stl PtsConcordia (11/14) N 14 2-6 1-4 0-0 0-1/1 0 1 1 0 0 5Bowling Green (11/15) N 12 2-3 1-1 1-2 0-0/0 1 1 1 0 0 6Georgia State (11/16) N 7 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0/0 2 1 1 0 0 2Colorado State (11/22) N 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0/0 1 0 1 0 1 0Eastern Washington (11/26) N 18 4-4 3-3 0-0 0-4/4 3 0 1 0 2 11North Dakota State (11/29) N 13 1-2 1-1 2-2 0-2/2 1 2 1 0 0 5Virginia (12/2) N 7 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-0/0 0 1 0 0 0 2Cornell (12/6) N 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2/2 0 0 2 0 0 0South Dakota State (12/10) N 8 2-3 0-1 0-1 0-0/0 1 2 0 0 1 4Louisville (12/20) N 8 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-3/3 0 1 1 0 0 0S.E. Louisiana (12/23) N 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1/1 1 0 1 0 0 0High Point (12/28) N 19 4-9 3-4 0-0 1-2/3 0 2 1 0 2 11Michigan State (12/31) N 5 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1/1 0 0 0 0 0 0Ohio State (1/3) N 13 2-3 1-2 0-0 1-3/4 0 2 1 0 0 5Iowa (1/8) N 15 2-4 0-2 2-2 0-1/1 0 1 1 0 2 6Penn State (1/11) N 16 7-8 2-2 3-3 0-2/2 1 0 2 1 1 19Wisconsin (1/15) N 21 4-9 0-2 3-4 0-3/3 2 1 1 0 0 11Northwestern (1/18) N 10 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-1/1 2 1 4 0 0 0Purdue (1/22) N 8 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0Indiana (1/25) N 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0Illinois (1/29) N 7 0-3 0-2 0-0 1-1/2 0 1 0 0 1 0Michigan State (2/4) N 9 0-4 0-1 0-0 1-1/2 1 0 0 0 0 0Ohio State (2/7) N 5 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0/0 0 1 0 0 0 0Indiana (2/10) N 9 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-1/2 1 2 0 0 2 2Penn State (2/14) N 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1/1 0 0 1 0 1 0Michigan (2/19) N 8 1-3 0-2 0-0 0-0/0 0 0 0 1 0 2Northwestern (2/22) N 16 4-7 1-3 0-0 1-3/4 0 3 2 1 1 9Illinois (2/27) N 4 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0/0 0 0 1 0 0 0Wisconsin (3/4) Did Not PlayMichigan (3/7) Did Not PlayNorthwestern (3/12) BTT N 23 4-11 1-6 2-2 3-1/4 1 1 1 0 1 11Michigan State (3/13) BTT N 23 6-13 0-2 0-0 2-1/3 3 0 3 1 0 12Texas (3/19) NCAA N 15 1-4 0-2 0-0 0-1/1 0 0 0 0 1 2Totals 31/0 341 49-114 14-51 13-18 11-36/47 21 24 28 4 16 125


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Paul CARTER

ForwardSr./Jr. | 6-8 | 185Little Rock, Arkansas | Missouri State-West Plains | Little Rock Mills High School

CAREER STATISTICS

3-POINT REBOUNDSSeason Gp Gs Min Avg Fg-Fga Pct Fg-Fga Pct. Ft-Fta Pct. O-D/Tot Avg Asst TO Blk ST Pf/Dq Pts Avg

2008-09 28 5 448 16.0 47-130 .362 4-19 .211 51-66 .773 53-72/125 4.5 29 34 14 20 53/0 149 5.3

Career 28 5 448 16.0 47-130 .362 4-19 .211 51-66 .773 53-72/125 4.5 29 34 14 20 53/0 149 5.3

1MILESTONES: Scored 100th career point against Indiana (12/20) • grabbed his 100thcareer rebound against Illinois (2/26).

2008-09 | SOPHOMORE SEASON: Started and averaged 5.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.7 blocks and 21.0 minutesplayed per game in the NABC Classic • scored eight points, grabbed fourrebounds and blocked two shots in Gopher debut against Concordia-St.Paul(11/14) in the first game of the NABC Classic • matched a careerhigh ofeight points at Colorado State (11/22), including the winning basket with 18.9seconds remaining • injured his right ankle in the second half and did notreturn against Eastern Washington (11/26) • missed games against SouthDakota State (12/10), Cornell (12/6), Virginia (12/2) and North Dakota State(11/29) with a sprained right ankle • did not play against Louisville (12/20) •played 12 minutes, scored two points and grabbed four rebounds againstHigh Point (12/28) • scored six points and tied a career high with fiverebounds in 10 minutes against Ohio State (1/3) • scored a career-high 14points on 5-of-6 shooting, including his first two three-pointers as a Gopher,and grabbed four rebounds against Penn State (1/11) • scored 10 points andgrabbed a career-high 11 rebounds for his first career double-double in thevictory over Wisconsin (1/15) • scored six points, swiped a career-high threeballs and grabbed two rebounds in 22 minutes against Northwestern (1/18)• tied a career-high with three blocks and grabbed six rebounds in 17 min-utes off the bench against Purdue (1/22) • scored seven points, grabbed tworebounds and collected three steals in 19 minutes at Michigan State (2/4) •scored a game and career-high 22 points on 7-of-13 shooting and grabbedsix rebounds in 22 minutes against Indiana (2/10) • scored seven points andgrabbed a game-high eight rebounds in 26 minutes against Northwestern(2/22) • averaged 5.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 15.5 minutes pergame in the Big Ten Tournament • had eight points and seven boards againstMichigan State in the Big Ten Quarters • grabbed a team-high seven boardsand scored six points against Texas in the first round of the NCAATournament • led team in rebounding off the beanch in six of the team’s lastnine games • finished the season with a team-high 4.5 rebounds per game.

JUNIOR COLLEGE:Played one season at Missouri State-West Plains • redshirted during the2006-07 season • coach was Brian Ostermann • transferred to MissouriState-West Plains from Connors State Community College • led MissouriState-West Plains to 27-5 record and a second place finish in the Region 16regular season and post-season tournament • club finished season with arecord of 27-5, tying the all-time school record set in the 1999-2000 season• averaged 11.7 points, a team-high 8.7 rebounds and 24.3 minutes pergame for the Grizzlies • named to All-Region 16 team.

HIGH SCHOOL:A graduate of Little Rock Mills (Ark.) High School • moved to New Orleans

Carter’s Game-by-Game Stats2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent (Date) Start Min Fg-Fa 3g-3a Ft-Fta O-D/T PF A TO Blk Stl PtsConcordia (11/14) Y 16 2-8 0-2 4-5 2-2/4 4 1 2 2 1 8Bowling Green (11/15) Y 23 0-4 0-0 5-7 1-4/5 3 0 3 3 1 5Georgia State (11/16) Y 24 2-6 0-0 0-0 2-2/4 2 2 3 0 1 4Colorado State (11/22) N 22 4-7 0-1 0-1 3-1/4 2 2 0 1 0 8Eastern Washington (11/26) N 9 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0/0 2 2 1 0 0 0North Dakota State (11/29) Did Not Play - InjuryVirginia (12/2) Did Not Play - InjuryCornell (12/6) Did Not Play - InjurySouth Dakota State (12/10) Did Not Play - InjuryLouisville (12/20) Did Not PlayS.E. Louisiana (12/23) N 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0High Point (12/28) N 12 1-5 0-1 0-0 2-2/4 2 1 2 1 1 2Michigan State (12/31) N 8 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-0/1 0 0 1 0 0 2Ohio State (1/3) N 10 1-5 0-0 4-4 3-2/5 2 1 2 0 1 6Iowa (1/8) N 9 2-5 0-0 1-1 3-0/3 1 0 0 0 0 5Penn State (1/11) N 20 5-6 2-2 2-3 1-3/4 2 1 0 0 1 14Wisconsin (1/15) N 23 4-5 0-0 2-3 5-6/11 4 1 3 1 2 10Northwestern (1/18) N 22 2-4 0-1 2-4 1-1/2 2 1 1 0 3 6Purdue (1/22) N 17 1-5 0-2 0-0 0-6/6 2 0 0 3 2 2Indiana (1/25) N 10 1-4 0-0 1-2 3-3/6 2 0 0 0 0 3Illinois (1/29) N 11 1-2 0-0 1-2 1-4/5 0 0 0 0 0 3Michigan State (2/4) N 19 1-4 0-0 5-6 1-1/2 3 0 1 0 2 7Ohio State (2/7) N 10 1-6 0-1 2-4 3-3/6 0 1 2 0 1 4Indiana (2/10) N 22 7-13 1-2 7-8 3-3/6 2 1 3 1 2 22Penn State (2/14) N 16 1-5 0-0 4-4 2-5/7 3 0 0 0 0 6Michigan (2/19) Y 15 0-1 0-0 2-2 2-3/5 2 2 0 0 0 2Northwestern (2/22) Y 26 2-4 0-0 3-3 1-7/8 2 1 0 0 0 7Illinois (2/27) N 17 0-5 0-1 0-0 5-3/8 1 1 2 0 0 0Wisconsin (3/4) N 17 2-5 1-3 0-0 1-1/2 2 2 1 0 1 5Michigan (3/7) N 19 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1/2 2 3 2 2 0 2Northwestern (3/12) BTT N 12 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-0/1 2 2 0 0 1 2Michigan State (3/13) BTT N 19 3-8 0-1 2-2 2-5/7 2 2 2 0 0 8Texas (3/19) NCAA N 19 1-5 0-0 4-5 3-4/7 3 2 3 0 0 6Totals 28/5 448 47-130 4-19 51-66 53-72/125 53 29 34 14 20 149

CAREER HIGHSMinutes

24 vs. Georgia State(11/16/08)

Points22 vs. Indiana (2/10/09)

FG Attempts13 vs. Indiana (2/10/09)

FG Made7 vs. Indiana (2/10/09)

FT Attempts8 vs. Indiana (2/10/09)

FT Made7 vs. Indiana (2/10/09)3-Point FG Attempts3 vs. Wisconsin (3/4/09)

3-Point FG Made2 vs. Penn State (1/11/09)

Rebounds11 at Wisconsin (1/15/09)

Assists2 - seven times; last vs. Michigan State

(3/13/09)Steals

3 at Northwestern(1/18/09)Blocks

3 - twice; last vs. Purdue(1/22/09)

as a junior from California and then relocated to Arkansas after Hurricane Katrina.

PERSONAL:Majoring in communication studies • son of Michele Mazique and Ron Carter • father Ron Carter wasdrafted 26th overall in the 1978 NBA Draft by the L.A. Lakers out of Virginia Military Institute.


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GuardJr./Jr. | 6-4 | 200Minnetonka, Minn. | Hopkins High School

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BlakeHOFFARBERMILESTONES: Currently eighth all-time on Minnesota’s 3-point shooting percentage list among play-ers with at least 80 career attempts at .389 (115-296) • Minnesota freshman record-holder for three-pointers in a season (70) • Hoffarber’s 70 three pointers in 2007-08 isthe fourth most in Gopher history; Lawrence McKenzie sits in first and second on thelist with 79 treys in 2007-08 and 78 in 2006-07 • grabbed his 100th career reboundagainst Maryland (3/18/08) in the first round of the 2008 NIT Tournament • scored his400th career point against High Point (12/28/08) • hit 100th career trey againstNorthwestern (1/18/09) • is eighth on the Gophers career three-point field goals madelist with 115 • scored in double figures 22 times in his career.

2008-09 | SOPHOMORE SEASON: Averaged 6.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.0 steals and 24.0 minutes played per game in theNABC Classic • grabbed a career-high 12 boards in the first round of the NABC Classicagainst Concordia-St. Paul • led Minnesota scorers with 20 points against ColoradoState (11/22) • scored 12 points, dished out three assists and grabbed four reboundsagainst Eastern Washington (11/26) • played a season-high 31 minutes, scored12points on 4-of-8 shooting and blocked his first career block against Virginia (12/2) •scored six points in 17 minutes against Cornell (12/6) before leaving with a sprainedankle • sat out game vs. South Dakota State (12/10) with a sprained right ankle • scored15 points and grabbed three rebounds in 23 minutes against Louisville (12/20) • scored15 points and grabbed four rebounds in 28 minutes against Southeastern Louisiana(12/23) • recorded his third straight game with double-digit points after scoring 11 pointsto go with four rebounds against High Point (12/28) • scored eight points and grabbedfour rebounds in Big Ten opener against Michigan State (12/31) • tied a career-high withsix three-point field goals and grabbed three rebounds on his way to 19 points in 21minutes against Ohio State (2/7).

2007-08 | FRESHMAN SEASON:Hit game-winning shot at the buzzer to defeat No. 22 Indiana in Big Ten tournamentquarterfinals • Hoffarber took a three-quarter court pass from Travis Busch with 1.5seconds left and hit a twisting jumper as time expired • notched first career start atNorthwestern (2/6) and finished with 15 points, five rebounds and four assists in acareer-high 32 minutes • played a then career-high 25 minutes off the bench againstPenn State, scoring 19 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the field • scored 15 points in18 minutes off the bench vs. Northwestern (1/9) • was a perfect 2-of-2 from the field,scoring five points against Michigan State (1/5) • averaged 12.0 points and 3.0rebounds a game and shot .591 (13-22) from the field during the Duel in the Desert(12/28-30) • scored nine points and dished out a career-high six assists against SouthDakota State (12/12) in 23 minutes, also a career high • scored a career-high 22 pointsand sank a career-high six treys vs. Colorado State (12/8) • scored 10 points andgrabbed a career-high six rebounds vs. North Dakota State (12/3) • posted a career-high 13 points against UC Riverside (12/1), making 4-of-7 three-pointers • also nabbeda career-high four steals against the Highlanders • led Minnesota with 12 points on 5-of-9 shooting at Florida State (11/27) • scored nine points in the victory over CentralMichigan (11/24).• made his Golden Gopher debut against Army (11/10) • collected hisfirst points on his first shot attempt, a three-pointer • finished the game with eightpoints, five rebounds two steals and one assist in 18 minutes played • was Gophers’leading scorer with 11 points vs. Illinois (2/12) • scored 10 points and grabbed threerebounds vs. Penn State (2/24) • scored 10 points and grabbed three rebounds vs.Ohio State (3/1) • scored a team-high 14 points and tied a career-high with six


Season Gp Gs Min Avg Fg-Fga Pct Fg-Fga Pct. Ft-Fta Pct. O-D/Tot Avg Asst TO Blk ST Pf/Dq Pts Avg2007-08 34 4 688 20.2 96-220 .436 70-164 .427 25-33 .758 35-65/100 2.9 37 27 0 18 22/0 287 8.4

2008-09 32 8 703 22.0 69-167 .413 45-132 .341 21-29 .724 14-72/86 2.7 40 41 2 21 31/0 204 6.4

Career 66 12 1391 21.1 165-387 .426 115-296 .389 46-62 .742 49-137/186 2.8 77 68 2 39 53/0 491 7.4

CAREER HIGHSMinutes

32 at Northwestern (2/6/08)Points

21 vs. Colorado State(12/8/07)

FG Attempts13 - twice; last vs. Ohio

State (3/1/08)FG Made

7 vs. Colorado State(12/8/07)

FT Attempts4 at Purdue (2/27/08)

FT Made3 - four times; last at

Colorado State (11/22/08)3-Point FG Attempts11 vs. Colorado State

(12/8/07)3-Point FG Made6 - twice; last at

Ohio State (2/7/09)Rebounds

12 vs. Concordia(11/14/08)Assists

6 vs. South Dakota State(12/12/07)

Steals4 vs. UC Riverside

(12/1/07)Blocks

1 - twice; last vs. Michigan (3/7/09)

rebounds against Illinois (3/8) • scored 11 points and tied a career record with six rebounds againstMaryland (3/18) in the season finale • letterwinner.

HIGH SCHOOL:A graduate of Hopkins High School • 2007 Mr. Basketball in Minnesota • MaxPreps All-American •ESPN.com Top 150 (#76) player • a top 100 player by Street & Smith’s, Sports Illustrated and CBSSportsline • averaged 25.2 points, 8.1 rebounds, 6.6 assists and 3.0 steals per game his senior year •2006 Reebok BigTime All-Tourney First Team • Reebok ABCD Camp #3 Rated Guard Overall Class2007 • ranked 13th Overall of Camp Attendees at Reebok ABCD Camp • Reebok ABCD Camp #1 3Pt. Shooting Percentage – 59% • 2005 and 2006 NBA Players Association Camp Attendee • ESPYAward Winner for “Best Play” – 2005; First High School Athlete to win an ESPY Award • leading scor-er for the Minnesota Class AAAA State Champion 2005 & 2006 • Most Valuable Player AwardRecipient 2005 & 2006 • five-time letterwinner • 2006 Mr. Magic Award • 2005 Reebok ABCD CampTop 25 – Class of 2007 • 2006 and 2007 St. Paul Pioneer Press All-State First Team • 2006 and 2007Minneapolis Star Tribune All-Metro First Team • 2007 Associated Press All-State First Team • 2006 APAll-State Second Team, 2005 Honorable Mention • 2005 and 2006 AP State Tournament – All-Tournament Team • 2006 Minnesota Basketball Breakdown All-State Second Team • three-time all-conference selection • three-time team MVP • named to National Honor Society in 2006 • two-timeMinnesota Basketball Coaches Association Academic All-State • graduated with a 3.9 GPA • ‘A’ HonorRoll.

PERSONAL:Enrolled in the Carlson School of Management • son of Bruce and Shauna Hoffarber • born April 27,1988.

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Hoffarber’s Game-by-Game Stats2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent (Date) Start Min Fg-Fa 3g-3a Ft-Fta O-D/T PF A TO Blk Stl PtsConcordia (11/14) Y 26 2-9 0-4 1-3 2-10/12 2 0 2 0 2 5Bowling Green (11/15) Y 20 2-5 2-4 0-0 1-2/3 2 1 2 0 0 6Georgia State (11/16) N 26 3-7 2-6 0-0 0-2/2 0 1 3 0 1 8Colorado State (11/22) N 30 6-10 5-8 3-3 1-3/4 2 0 1 0 3 20Eastern Washington (11/26) Y 28 4-10 1-5 3-4 1-3/4 2 3 1 0 0 12North Dakota State (11/29) Y 20 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-1/1 2 4 3 0 2 5Virginia (12/2) Y 31 4-8 4-8 0-0 1-2/3 1 2 1 1 0 12Cornell (12/6) Y 17 2-4 2-4 0-0 0-0/0 0 0 1 0 0 6South Dakota State (12/10) Did Not Play - InjuryLouisville (12/20) N 23 4-7 4-7 3-4 0-3/3 3 0 1 0 0 15S.E. Louisiana (12/23) N 28 5-7 3-4 2-2 1-3/4 0 1 3 0 2 15High Point (12/28) N 16 4-6 2-4 1-1 1-3/4 1 2 0 0 1 11Michigan State (12/31) N 27 3-8 2-7 0-0 0-4/4 0 1 0 0 1 8Ohio State (1/3) N 15 1-4 1-4 0-0 0-3/3 0 0 2 0 0 3Iowa (1/8) N 26 0-4 0-4 0-0 1-3/4 0 2 3 0 1 0Penn State (1/11) N 15 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-1/2 0 3 0 0 1 4Wisconsin (1/15) N 27 0-5 0-5 0-0 0-2/2 0 1 1 0 2 0Northwestern (1/18) N 21 1-6 1-5 0-0 0-1/1 0 3 1 0 1 3Purdue (1/22) N 22 1-4 0-3 0-0 0-0/0 0 0 2 0 0 2Indiana (1/25) N 22 1-3 1-3 0-3 0-2/2 1 0 3 0 1 3Illinois (1/29) N 19 2-4 1-3 0-0 0-3/3 0 1 1 0 0 5Michigan State (2/4) N 22 3-5 1-3 0-0 0-1/1 0 0 2 0 0 7Ohio State (2/7) N 21 6-10 6-10 1-1 1-2/3 1 1 1 0 0 19Indiana (2/10) N 20 1-4 0-2 0-0 1-1/2 2 1 0 0 0 2Penn State (2/14) N 14 1-3 1-3 0-0 1-1/2 2 0 1 0 0 3Michigan (2/19) N 22 2-8 2-7 0-0 0-3/3 3 1 0 0 1 6Northwestern (2/22) N 19 1-3 1-3 4-4 0-4/4 0 4 2 0 1 7Illinois (2/27) N 16 1-3 0-2 0-0 0-0/0 1 3 0 0 0 2Wisconsin (3/4) Y 26 1-3 0-2 0-0 0-3/3 2 3 1 0 1 2Michigan (3/7) Y 27 2-5 1-4 0-0 1-2/3 1 1 1 1 0 5Northwestern (3/12) BTT N 28 1-4 0-3 2-2 0-3/3 1 0 1 0 0 4Michigan State (3/13) BTT N 17 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0/0 1 1 0 0 0 0Texas (3/19) NCAA N 12 1-3 1-3 1-2 0-1/1 1 0 1 0 0 4Totals 32/8 703 69-167 45-132 21-29 14-72/86 31 40 41 2 21 204

2007-08 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent (Date) Start Min Fg-Fa 3g-3a Ft-Fta O-D/T PF A TO Blk Stl PtsArmy (11/10) N 18 3-7 2-6 0-0 1-4/5 0 1 0 0 2 8Iowa State (11/20) N 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1/2 0 0 0 0 0 0Central Michigan (11/24) N 15 3-5 3-5 0-0 0-1-/1 0 0 0 0 0 9Florida State (11/27) N 22 5-9 2-6 0-0 3-0/3 4 2 2 0 0 12UC Riverside (12/1) N 21 4-7 4-7 1-2 0-1/1 0 2 2 0 4 13North Dakota State (12/3) N 19 4-9 2-6 0-0 2-4/6 0 0 0 0 3 10Colorado State (12/8) N 22 7-13 6-11 1-1 1-2/3 0 4 1 0 0 21South Dakota State (12/12) N 23 3-7 3-6 0-0 1-2/3 2 6 0 0 0 9Santa Clara (12/22) N 16 0-3 0-3 0-0 1-0/1 0 0 2 0 0 0Nicholls State (12/28) N 15 4-7 2-4 3-3 0-2/2 1 0 2 0 0 13Kennesaw State (12/29) N 15 4-7 2-5 0-0 0-3/3 0 0 1 0 0 10UNLV (12/30) N 23 5-8 3-6 0-2 2-2/4 1 0 0 0 0 13Michigan State (1/5) N 15 2-2 1-1 0-0 1-2/3 1 0 1 0 0 5Northwestern (1/9) N 18 5-8 5-7 0-0 0-3/3 1 0 2 0 0 15Penn State (1/12) N 25 6-11 5-8 2-3 0-1/1 2 0 1 0 1 19Indiana (1/17) N 17 2-5 2-3 1-1 0-0/0 0 0 1 0 0 7Michigan State (1/20) N 24 3-5 1-2 0-1 2-2/4 2 3 1 0 0 7Ohio State (1/26) N 19 3-9 1-7 1-2 0-1/1 0 0 0 0 0 8Michigan (1/31) N 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1/1 0 1 1 0 0 0Wisconsin (2/3) N 17 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-2/3 1 0 0 0 2 0Northwestern (2/6) Y 32 4-8 4-7 3-3 1-4/5 0 4 0 0 0 15Iowa (2/9) Y 24 3-7 2-5 0-0 0-4/4 3 1 2 0 2 8Illinois (2/12) Y 27 4-10 3-7 0-0 1-2/3 1 2 1 0 0 11Wisconsin (2/16) N 20 1-5 1-3 2-2 2-0/2 1 0 0 0 1 5Michigan (2/21) N 20 1-5 1-4 2-2 1-1/2 0 3 1 0 1 5Penn State (2/24) N 17 3-5 3-5 1-2 0-3/3 0 0 1 0 0 10Purdue (2/27) N 25 1-4 1-3 3-4 3-0/3 0 2 0 0 0 6Ohio State (3/1) N 30 4-13 2-10 0-0 1-2/3 0 1 1 0 1 10Indiana (3/5) N 12 0-3 0-3 0-0 1-1/2 0 0 0 0 0 0Illinois (3/8) N 28 4-7 4-6 2-2 2-4/6 2 0 1 0 0 14Northwestern (3/13) N 24 2-7 1-5 0-0 1-3/4 0 1 0 0 0 5Indiana (3/14) N 26 2-7 1-3 0-0 0-2/2 0 1 2 0 0 5Illinois (3/15) N 27 1-4 0-1 1-1 0-2/2 0 1 1 0 1 3Maryland (3/18) Y 26 3-10 3-8 2-2 3-3/6 0 2 0 0 0 11Totals 34/4 688 96-220 70-164 25-33 35-65/100 22 37 27 0 18 287



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Colton IVERSON

Forward/CenterSo./So. | 6-10 | 235Yankton, South Dakota | Yankton High School



2008-09 32 27 566 17.7 70-116 .603 0-0 .000 34-67 .507 49-65/114 3.6 20 44 41 13 66/1 174 5.4

Career 32 27 566 17.7 70-116 .603 0-0 .000 34-67 .507 49-65/114 3.6 20 44 41 13 66/1 174 5.4

45CAREER HIGHS

Minutes28 vs. Bowling Green

(11/15/08)Points

20 vs. Eastern Washington (11/26/08)

FG Attempts13 vs. Eastern Washington

(11/26/08)FG Made

10 vs. Eastern Washington(11/26/08)

FT Attempts8 vs. Concordia (11/14/08)

FT Made5 vs. Concordia (11/14/08)

3-Point FG AttemptsN/A

3-Point FG MadeN/A

Rebounds8 - twice; last at Illinois

(2/26/09)Assists

4 vs. Eastern Washington(11/26/08)

Steals2 at Illinois (2/26/09)

Blocks9 vs. Bowling Green

(11/15/08)

MILESTONES: Swatted nine shots against Bowling Green (11/15) in the second game of theNABC Classic to tie Joel Przybilla and Randy Breuer for the third-best single-game performance in school history • scored 100th career point against OhioState (2/7) • grabbed his 100th career rebound against Illinois (2/26) • is fifth on theGophers all-time single-season field goal percentage list at .605 (69-114).

2008-09 | FRESHMAN SEASON: Started all three games and averaged 7.0 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.3 blocks and20.7 minutes played per game in the NABC Classic • tallied nine points, fiverebounds and a block in Gopher debut against Concordia-St. Paul in the first gameof the NABC Classic • played 11 minutes and scored five points in first road gameas a Gopher at Colorado State (11/22) • established career-highs with 20 pointsand four assists against Eastern Washington (11/26) • scored a game-high 14points and grabbed seven rebounds against Virginia (12/2) • scored four points andblocked four shots in 24 minutes against South Dakota State (12/10) • scored fourpoints, grabbed three rebounds and blocked two shots in 25 minutes againstLouisville (12/20) • recorded seven points, seven rebounds, two blocks and a stealin 18 minutes against High Point (12/28) • scored six points and grabbed sixrebounds in 20 minutes against Illinois (1/29) • scored eight points and grabbed fiverebounds in 26 minutes against Ohio State (2/7) • scored four points, tied a career-high with eight rebounds and established a career-high with two steals in 28 min-utes against Illinois (2/26).

HIGH SCHOOL:A graduate of Yankton High School • averaged 17.9 points, 12.3 rebounds and 2.7blocks per game as a senior and led Yankton to a fifth place finish in the SouthDakota State AA Tournament • named to the All-Tournament Team • averaged adouble-double in 20 of the 26 games played during senior season • named MVPof the Hoosier Shootout in the summer of 2007 as after leading the South DakotaHeat AAU team to the championship • averaged 14.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and3.0 blocks during the summer of ‘07 • averaged 12.4 points, 9.6 rebounds and 1.9blocks per game as a junior • three-time All-Conference performer • two-timemember of the All-State team.

PERSONAL:Undecided on a major • son of Chuck and Karla Iverson • father Chuck Iverson,a former University of South Dakota basketball standout, is a member of the USDCoyote Sports Hall of Fame and was later drafted by the Seattle Supersonics ofthe NBA as well as by Memphis of the ABA • has two sisters, Cassie and Kara •Kara played four years of basketball for her father Chuck Iverson at Mount Marty• Cassie is a senior forward at the University of South Dakota.

Iverson’s Game-by-Game Stats2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent (Date) Start Min Fg-Fa 3g-3a Ft-Fta O-D/T PF A TO Blk Stl PtsConcordia (11/14) Y 14 2-2 0-0 5-8 3-2/5 3 0 0 1 0 9Bowling Green (11/15) Y 28 2-5 0-0 2-4 3-5/8 2 1 3 9 1 6Georgia State (11/16) Y 20 2-5 0-0 2-4 1-2/3 1 1 0 0 0 6Colorado State (11/22) Y 11 2-2 0-0 1-2 2-2/4 5 0 3 0 1 5Eastern Washington (11/26) Y 25 10-13 0-0 0-0 4-1/5 0 4 0 1 0 20North Dakota State (11/29) Y 17 2-3 0-0 2-3 1-1/2 3 1 0 0 1 6Virginia (12/2) Y 22 5-6 0-0 4-6 4-3/7 2 0 2 0 1 14Cornell (12/6) Y 12 1-3 0-0 2-2 3-2/5 4 0 0 2 0 4South Dakota State (12/10) Y 24 2-4 0-0 0-1 0-2/2 0 0 2 4 0 4Louisville (12/20) Y 25 2-5 0-0 0-0 0-3/3 3 0 0 2 0 4S.E. Louisiana (12/23) Y 13 3-5 0-0 2-2 1-0/1 3 0 0 1 0 8High Point (12/28) Y 18 3-5 0-0 1-2 2-5/7 0 1 2 2 1 7Michigan State (12/31) Y 15 1-3 0-0 2-4 3-4/7 1 0 3 0 0 4Ohio State (1/3) Y 27 2-3 0-0 0-1 1-2/3 3 3 1 4 0 4Iowa (1/8) Y 11 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-0/2 1 0 1 1 0 0Penn State (1/11) Y 18 1-3 0-0 0-1 1-2/3 3 1 3 1 0 2Wisconsin (1/15) Y 17 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0/0 1 0 1 2 0 2Northwestern (1/18) Y 10 2-2 0-0 0-2 0-1/1 3 1 0 0 0 4Purdue (1/22) Y 11 2-3 0-0 2-4 1-0/1 2 0 0 0 0 6Indiana (1/25) Y 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0/0 2 0 1 0 0 0Illinois (1/29) Y 20 2-4 0-0 2-5 3-3/6 0 1 1 0 0 6Michigan State (2/4) Y 19 2-4 0-0 0-3 3-2/5 2 2 2 2 0 4Ohio State (2/7) Y 26 3-6 0-0 2-2 2-3/5 2 0 2 1 1 8Indiana (2/10) Y 12 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-1/1 0 0 2 2 1 6Penn State (2/14) Y 13 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-2/3 4 0 2 0 0 2Michigan (2/19) N 16 3-3 0-0 0-0 1-3/4 1 0 1 2 0 6Northwestern (2/22) N 20 2-4 0-0 3-6 1-3/4 3 1 3 1 0 7Illinois (2/27) Y 28 2-2 0-0 0-0 3-5/8 1 1 4 1 2 4Wisconsin (3/4) Y 26 3-8 0-0 2-2 2-0/2 2 2 2 0 1 8Michigan (3/7) Did Not Play - InjuryNorthwestern (3/12) BTT N 13 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-1/1 4 0 2 2 3 4Michigan State (3/13) BTT N 12 1-1 0-0 0-3 0-2/2 3 0 0 0 0 2Texas (3/19) NCAA N 14 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-3/4 2 0 1 0 0 2Totals 32/27 566 70-116 0-0 34-67 49-65/114 66 20 44 41 13 174


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DamianJOHNSON

ForwardGr./Sr. | 6-7 | 210Thibodaux, Louisiana | Thibodaux High School



2007-08 34 6 768 22.6 91-188 .484 10-40 .250 49-88 .557 69-92/161 4.7 44 46 46 59 99/4 241 7.1

2008-09 30 30 802 26.7 114-235 .485 10-38 .263 55-82 .671 54-71/125 4.2 48 42 60 58 86/3 293 9.8

Career 92 40 1846 20.1 222-469 .473 25-91 .275 109-181 .602 135-191/326 3.5 105 102 124 131 222/8 578 6.3

34CAREER HIGHS

Minutes36 - twice; last at

Ohio State (2/7/09)Points


FG Attempts18 at Illinois (2/26/09)

FG Made10 vs. South Dakota State

(12/10/08)FT Attempts

10 vs. Michigan State(3/13/09)FT Made

5 - three times; last vs. Michigan State

(3/13/09)3-Point FG Attempts4 vs. Maryland (3/18/08)

3-Point FG Made2 - five times; last vs.

Michigan State (3/13/09)Rebounds

12 vs. Maryland (3/18/08)Assists

6 vs. North Dakota State(11/29/08)

Steals5 - three times; last at

Illinois (2/26/09)Blocks

5 - twice; last vs. South Dakota State

(12/10/08)

MILESTONES: Scored in double figures 24 times in his career • istied for ninth on the Gophers all-timesteals list with 131 • recorded 59 steals in 2007-08, the eighth most in a season for aGopher • followed that up with 58 steals in 2008-09, tied for ninth most in a season for aGopher • his 34 thefts in Big Ten Conference action during the 2007-08 and 2008-09 sea-sons ranks sixth all-time • is eighth on the Gophers all-time blocks list with 124 • swatted60 shots in 2008-09, the eighth most blocks in a season for a Gopher • his 35 blocks in BigTen Conference action during the 2008-09 season ranks sixth all-time • grabbed his 200thcareer rebound in the Big Ten Tournament against Illinois (3/15/08) • scored his 400thcareer point in a victory at Iowa (1/8/09) • scored his 500th career point at Illinois (2/26/09)• swiped his 100th career steal in a victory over Penn State (1/11/09) • swatted his 100thcareer block against Purdue (1/22/09) • grabbed his 300th career rebound againstNorthwestern (2/22/09) • dished out his 100th career assist at Illinois (2/26/09).

2008-09 | JUNIOR SEASON: Missed the Gophers’ first three games with a broken left hand • Made season debut atColorado State (11/22) where he tied a career high with five assists • scored a season-high11 points, dished out two assists, blocked two shots and collected two steals againstEastern Washington (11/26) • played 29 minutes, dished out a career-high six assists,blocked three shots and collected four steals against North Dakota State (11/29) • playeda season-high 33 minutes, scored six points, grabbed six rebounds and also added threeassists, three blocks and three steals against Virginia (12/2) • put up 11 points to go alongwith four assists, three rebounds, two blocks and a steal against Cornell (12/6) • registereda career-high 21 points on 10 of 15 shooting from the field and tied a career-high with fiveblocks in 31 minutes against South Dakota State (12/10) • scored nine points, grabbed sixrebounds, registered two steals and blocked one shot in 30 minutes against Louisville(12/20) • tallied 13 points, grabbed four rebounds, dished out four assists, registered threesteals and blocked two shots in 31 minutes against Eastern Louisiana (12/23) • scored eightpoints, grabbed four rebounds and swiped four balls in 22 minutes against High Point(12/28) • played a season-high 34 minutes and tied a season high with six rebounds andfour steals to go along with 12 points against Ohio State (1/3) • grabbed a team-high sixrebounds and scored four points in 26 minutes at Iowa (1/8) • scored 11 points and grabbedfive rebounds in 28 minutes against Wisconsin (1/15) • scored 14 points, grabbed fourrebounds and blocked three shots against Northwestern (1/18) • scored nine points,grabbed five rebounds, blocked three shots and collected three steals against Purdue(1/22) • logged a career-high 36 minutes and scored a team-high 18 points, grabbed sixrebounds, blocked two shots and finished with two steals against Indiana (1/25) • scored12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his second career double-double and tied a career-high with 36 minutes played against Ohio State (2/7) • tallied 10 points, four blocks and fourrebounds against Michigan (2/19) • scored 18 points, tied a career-high with five steals,grabbed four rebounds and blocked three shots in 33 minutes against Illinois (2/26) • scored11 points on 4-of 9 shooting and grabbed five rebounds in 35 minutes against Wisconsin(3/4) • scored 12 points, collected four steals, grabbed three rebounds and blocked twoshots in 31 minutes against Michigan (3/7) • averaged a team-high 13.5 points and 5.5rebounds to go along with 1.5 blocks and 24.0 minutes while shooting .500 (8-16) from thefield at the Big Ten Tournament • scored 19 points to go with four boards against MichiganState in Big Ten Quarterfinals • scored 13 points and grabbed three boards in his first careerNCAA Tournament games against Texas (3/19).

2007-08 | SOPHOMORE SEASON:Scored eight points, added a career-high five assists and tied a career with five stealsagainst Ohio State (1/26) • contributed a great defensive effort against Big Ten scoringleader Eric Gordon on 1/17, holding him to 3-8 shooting and 12 points while forcing seventurnovers • had eight points, five steals, three blocks and three assists against IU (1/17) •

started his first game of the season against Penn State (1/12) and contributed six points,two blocks and two steals • averaged 6.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game and shot .500(7-14) from the field during the Duel in the Desert (12/28-30) • tied a career-high with fourblocked shots against South Dakota State (12/12) • dished out a career-high three assistsagainst North Dakota State (12/3) • came off the bench to record career-highs in points (12),rebounds (8), blocks (4) and steals (4) in the season opener vs. Army (11/10) • matched athen career-high with 12 points against UC Riverside (12/1) and added seven boards, threesteals and three blocks while hitting 5-5 from the field • played a then career-high 27 min-utes at Iowa State (11/20) • sank (4) and attempted (5) career highs from the line againstCentral Michigan (11/24) • scored 10 points and swiped two steals against Colorado State(12/8) • scored six points and tied a then career-high with three assists against Santa Clara(12/22) • recorded a career-high five blocks and scored 10 points in a career-high 24 min-utes vs. Wisconsin (2/3) • pulled down a then career-high 10 rebounds, including seven onthe offensive end against Illinois (2/12) • he also scored nine points and had four steals anda block against the Illini. • scored five points and grabbed six boards against Wisconsin(2/16) • scored five points and grabbed five rebounds in 18 minutes at Purdue (2/27) • con-tributed seven points, two rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block in 22 minutes offthe bench against Illinois (3/8) • was the Gophers’ leading scorer in Big Ten Tournamentquarterfinal victory over No. 22 Indiana with 17 points (3/14) • also pulled down sixrebounds against the Hoosiers • played a career-high 35 minutes and recorded his firstcareer double-double with 14 points and a career-high 12 rebounds in the first round of theNIT against Maryland (3/18) • also finished with four blocks, four steals and four assists •letterwinner.

2006-07 | FRESHMAN SEASON: Played 28 games with four starts • averaged 1.6 points and 1.4 rebounds per game •scored six points, on 2-of-2 from three-point range with an assist in nine minutes vs. OhioState (2/18) • made his second start and first in Big Ten play at Wisconsin (1/6); had arebound and a block in 11 mintues • started his first career game, scoring two points andthree rebounds in 14 minutes of play vs. UCF (12/12) • had a career-high eight points, was2-of-3 from three-point range, with two steals in seven minutes vs. Southern Illinois (11/24)• scored five points, grabbed six rebounds and tallied four blocks in 15 minutes vs. LongIsland (11/17) • saw his first action as a Golden Gopher, played eight minutes vs. NorthDakota State (11/13) • letterwinner.

2005-06:Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL:A graduate of Thibodaux High School • high school coach was Barry Filce • named 5A All-State by the Louisiana Sports Writer’s Association • Daily CometAll-Bayou Region Player ofthe Year • District 6-5A MVP • led his team to a runner-up finish in the state tournament •named Top 28 All-Tournament • scored 32 points vs. Acadiana in the second round and 21with five blocks in the semifinals vs. East St. John • averaged 16.8 points, 8.9 rebounds and4.8 blocks per game • had 19 points, eight rebounds and three blocks in Texas vs. LouisianaAll-Star Classic • McDonald’s All-American nominee • three-year basketball letterwinner •named all-district honorable mention after his sophomore year and first team all-district hisjunior year • All-Bayou Region second team in 2003 and first team in 2004 • District 6-5ADefensive MVP his junior season • led team to regional playoffs his junior season • averaged17 points, nine rebounds, six blocks and four assists as a junior • honor roll student.

PERSONAL:Majoring in communication studies • son of David and Yvonne Johnson • born March 9,1987.


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Johnson’s Game-by-Game Stats2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent (Date) Start Min Fg-Fa 3g-3a Ft-Fta O-D/T PF A TO Blk Stl PtsConcordia (11/14) Did Not Play - InjuryBowling Green (11/15) Did Not Play - InjuryGeorgia State (11/16) Did Not Play - InjuryColorado State (11/22) Y 21 2-6 1-3 1-2 3-2/5 3 5 1 3 1 6Eastern Washington (11/26) Y 19 5-6 0-0 1-1 0-1/1 2 2 1 2 2 11North Dakota State (11/29) Y 29 5-6 0-0 1-1 0-0/0 1 6 4 3 4 11Virginia (12/2) Y 33 3-9 0-3 0-0 1-5/6 3 3 0 3 3 6Cornell (12/6) Y 19 5-8 1-1 0-4 2-1/3 3 4 2 2 1 11South Dakota State (12/10) Y 31 10-15 0-2 1-4 4-2/6 2 1 1 5 1 21Louisville (12/20) Y 30 3-7 0-1 3-4 3-3/6 5 2 3 1 2 9S.E. Louisiana (12/23) Y 31 6-10 0-1 1-2 1-3/4 2 4 1 2 3 13High Point (12/28) Y 22 3-4 0-1 2-4 2-2/4 1 2 0 0 4 8Michigan State (12/31) Y 27 0-4 0-2 3-4 0-2/2 3 0 0 3 1 3Ohio State (1/3) Y 34 5-8 0-0 2-2 2-4/6 2 4 0 3 4 12Iowa (1/8) Y 26 2-8 0-0 0-0 2-4/6 4 0 1 1 0 4Penn State (1/11) Y 25 2-3 0-0 0-0 1-2/3 1 0 3 2 3 4Wisconsin (1/15) Y 28 3-5 2-2 3-4 2-3/5 5 1 1 1 0 11Northwestern (1/18) Y 30 6-9 2-3 0-0 2-2/4 3 1 1 3 1 14Purdue (1/22) Y 28 2-9 0-3 5-7 5-0/5 4 0 2 3 3 9Indiana (1/25) Y 36 7-16 0-1 4-5 2-4/6 3 1 0 2 2 18Illinois (1/29) Y 29 2-7 0-2 1-2 2-3/5 3 1 3 2 0 5Michigan State (2/4) Y 16 1-5 0-1 1-2 1-1/2 3 0 2 1 0 3Ohio State (2/7) Y 36 5-11 0-2 2-2 3-7/10 4 0 1 3 2 12Indiana (2/10) Y 17 0-4 0-1 0-0 0-0/0 4 2 1 1 2 0Penn State (2/14) Y 21 0-4 0-1 5-6 1-2/3 5 1 2 1 2 5Michigan (2/19) Y 25 3-4 0-0 4-4 0-4/4 3 0 2 4 1 10Northwestern (2/22) Y 17 3-6 0-0 0-0 1-2/3 4 1 1 0 2 6Illinois (2/27) Y 33 9-18 0-0 0-0 3-1/4 1 2 1 3 5 18Wisconsin (3/4) Y 35 4-9 0-1 3-5 2-3/5 1 0 2 0 2 11Michigan (3/7) Y 31 5-7 0-0 2-2 2-1/3 4 2 3 2 4 12Northwestern (3/12) BTT Y 23 2-5 1-2 3-3 1-6/7 2 2 2 3 0 8Michigan State (3/13) BTT Y 25 6-11 2-3 5-10 2-2/4 3 1 0 0 2 19Texas (3/19) NCAA Y 25 5-11 1-2 2-2 2-1/3 2 0 1 1 1 13

2007-08 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent (Date) Start Min Fg-Fa 3g-3a Ft-Fta O-D/T PF A TO Blk Stl PtsArmy (11/10) N 20 4-7 2-3 2-4 4-4/8 1 0 1 4 4 12Iowa State (11/20) N 27 2-7 0-1 0-1 4-3/7 2 1 1 2 1 4Central Michigan (11/24) N 15 1-3 0-1 4-5 0-1/1 2 2 2 0 0 6Florida State (11/27) N 18 2-6 0-0 2-2 4-2/6 1 0 2 2 1 6UC Riverside (12/1) N 20 5-5 1-1 1-1 2-5/7 3 1 1 3 3 12North Dakota State (12/3) N 20 1-4 0-0 0-0 2-4/6 4 3 0 0 0 2Colorado State (12/8) N 21 4-6 0-1 2-3 2-1/3 2 0 1 0 2 10South Dakota State (12/12) N 19 3-5 0-0 4-5 2-4/6 3 1 2 4 0 10Santa Clara (12/22) N 19 3-7 0-1 0-0 2-0/2 2 3 0 0 3 6Nicholls State (12/28) N 16 1-3 0-1 3-4 1-3/4 3 2 5 1 2 5Kennesaw State (12/29) N 20 3-5 0-0 0-3 2-4/6 3 1 4 3 1 6UNLV (12/30) N 13 3-6 0-0 1-2 2-3/5 4 1 0 0 1 7Michigan State (1/5) N 26 2-5 0-0 2-2 3-1/4 3 0 2 1 3 6Northwestern (1/9) N 12 1-3 0-0 3-8 1-3/4 2 0 0 0 0 5Penn State (1/12) Y 22 2-2 1-1 1-2 0-0/0 4 1 0 2 2 6Indiana (1/17) N 27 3-5 0-2 2-3 1-1/2 1 3 0 3 5 8Michigan State (1/20) Y 31 4-7 0-1 2-3 2-4/6 4 1 1 0 2 10Ohio State (1/26) N 30 4-9 0-1 0-0 1-5/6 5 5 3 1 5 8Michigan (1/31) Y 28 4-6 0-2 0-2 1-1/2 5 1 1 1 1 8Wisconsin (2/3) Y 34 4-7 0-1 2-2 0-3/3 2 2 1 5 1 10Northwestern (2/6) N 15 1-3 0-0 2-5 0-2/2 4 1 2 1 1 4Iowa (2/9) N 31 4-8 0-2 1-1 6-1/7 1 2 2 1 2 9Illinois (2/12) N 27 3-8 0-2 3-4 7-3/10 2 1 2 1 4 9Wisconsin (2/16) N 26 2-6 1-2 0-0 3-3/6 4 0 2 0 1 5Michigan (2/21) N 20 1-2 0-0 1-4 0-4/4 1 0 3 0 1 3Penn State (2/24) N 16 2-5 1-1 0-3 0-0/0 2 2 0 1 1 5Purdue (2/27) N 18 2-8 1-1 0-2 2-3/5 4 0 2 1 1 5Ohio State (3/1) N 17 0-1 0-0 1-3 3-2/5 2 1 0 0 1 1Indiana (3/5) N 25 2-5 1-3 0-0 1-5/6 4 0 0 2 1 5Illinois (3/8) N 22 3-4 1-2 0-0 0-2/2 5 2 3 1 2 7Northwestern (3/13) BTT N 23 1-3 0-0 0-2 1-1/2 4 1 1 1 0 2Indiana (3/14) BTT Y 23 6-11 1-3 4-4 4-2/6 5 1 0 1 1 17Illinois (3/15) BTT Y 32 2-5 0-3 4-6 0-4/4 3 1 1 0 2 8Maryland (3/18) NIT N 35 6-11 0-4 2-2 6-6/12 2 4 1 4 4 14Totals 34/6 768 91-188 10-40 49-88 69-92/161 99 44 46 46 59 241

2006-07 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent (Date) Start Min Fg-Fa 3g-3a Ft-Fta O-D/T PF A TO Blk Stl PtsNorth Dakota St. (11/13) N 8 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0/0 0 0 1 0 0 0Long Island (11/17) N 15 2-4 0-0 1-3 2-4/6 0 1 1 4 0 5Iowa State (11/21) N 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0/0 2 0 0 2 1 0vs. Marist (11/23) N 23 2-6 0-1 1-2 2-1/3 3 2 0 2 0 5vs. So. Illinois (11/24) N 7 2-4 2-3 2-2 1-0/1 3 0 2 0 2 8vs. Montana (11/26) N 15 1-2 0-0 1-1 3-2/5 2 2 1 0 1 3Clemson (11/29) N 11 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0/0 2 1 1 1 2 2Arizona State (12/2) N 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1/1 1 0 0 0 0 0at UAB (12/5) N 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0South Dakota State (12/7) N 21 2-2 1-1 0-0 1-2/3 0 2 1 4 2 5Arkansas-Little Rock (12/9) N 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0/’0 2 0 0 0 0 0UCF (12/12) Y 14 1-3 0-1 0-0 1-2/3 0 0 2 1 1 2at UNLV (12/22) Did Not Play SE Louisiana (12/30) Did Not PlayPurdue (1/3) N 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Wisconsin (1/6) Y 11 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1/1 3 0 0 1 0 0at Iowa (1/13) Did Not PlayIllinois (1/17) N 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0/0 1 1 1 0 0 0Northwestern (1/20) N 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0at Michigan State (1/24) Y 18 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-4/4 2 0 1 1 0 2Penn State (1/27) N 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1/1 2 0 0 0 0 0at Northwestern (1/31) N 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Illinois (2/3) N 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1/1 0 0 0 0 1 0Iowa (2/7) N 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Michigan (2/10) N 6 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-0/1 2 0 0 1 1 2Wisconsin (2/14) N 10 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1/1 1 1 0 0 0 2Ohio State (2/18) N 9 2-3 2-2 0-0 0-0/0 2 1 0 0 0 6at Indiana (2/21) N 18 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-3/3 5 0 1 1 0 0Michigan (2/24) Y 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1/1 1 0 1 0 0 0at Purdue (2/28) N 22 0-3 0-2 0-1 0-3/3 1 1 1 0 2 0vs. Michigan (3/8) BTT N 9 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1/2 0 1 0 0 1 2Totals 28/4 275 17-46 5-13 5-11 12-28/40 37 13 14 18 14 44


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Devoe JOSEPH

GuardSo./So. | 6-3 | 170Ajax, Ontario | Pickering High School



2008-09 33 2 551 16.7 62-155 .400 31-83 .373 9-17 .529 13-46/59 1.8 50 55 2 26 26/0 164 5.0

Career 33 2 551 16.7 62-155 .400 31-83 .373 9-17 .529 13-46/59 1.8 50 55 2 26 26/0 164 5.0

5CAREER HIGHS

Minutes31 at Michigan (2/19/09)

Points23 at Penn State (2/14/09)

FG Attempts11 at Penn State (2/14/09)

FG Made8 at Penn State (2/14/09)

FT Attempts2 vs. Cornell (12/6/08)

FT Made2 vs. Cornell (12/6/08)3-Point FG Attempts

8 at Penn State (2/14/09)3-Point FG Made

7 at Penn State (2/14/09)Rebounds

4 - five times; last at Illinois (2/26/09)

Assists5 vs. Penn State (1/11/09)

Steals2 - nine times; last

vs. Northwestern (2/22/09)Blocks

1 - twice; last vs. Northwestern (3/12/09)

MILESTONES: Made 31 three-point field goals in 2008-09, the fifth-most by a Gopherfreshman • tied a school record with seven three-point field goalsagainst Penn State (2/14/09) • went 7-of-8 (.875) against Penn State toestablish a new school record for three-point percentage in a game •scored 100th career point against Ohio State (2/7) • made first careerstart against Wisconsin (3/4).

2008-09 | FRESHMAN SEASON: Averaged 1.0 points, 2.0 assists and 20.7 minutes played per game inthe NABC Classic • grabbed two rebounds and dished out two assists in19 minutes in his Gopher debut against Concordia-St. Paul(11/14) in thefirst game of the NABC Classic • scored a career-high five points atColorado State (11/22) • played 14 minutes and tied a career-high withfive points against Eastern Washington (11/26) • played13 minutes andtied a career-high with five points against North Dakota State (11/29) •grabbed a career-high four rebounds in 13 minutes against Virginia(12/2) • played a career-high 28 minutes and scored a career-high sixpoints against Cornell (12/6) • dished out a career-high four assists andscored three points in 15 minutes against Louisville (12/20) • tied acareer-high with two steals to go along with four points and two assistsagainst Southeastern Louisiana (12/23) • scored a career-high 11 pointson 4-of-7 shooting from the field against High Point (12/28) • played 14minutes and tied a career-high for the fourth straight game with twosteals against Michigan State (12/31) • played 21 minutes and tied acareer high four assists and four rebounds to go with seven pointsagainst Ohio State (1/3) • dished out a career-high five assists and tied acareer-high with two steals in 15 minutes against Penn State (1/11) • tieda career-high with two steals and scored eight points while logging 18minutes against Purdue (1/22) • tied career-highs with 11 points and twosteals in 24 minutes at Michigan State (2/4) • scored nine points on 4-of6shooting and tied a career-high with four rebounds in 23 minutes againstIndiana (2/10) • tied a school-record with seven trey’s en route to acareer-high 23 points (all in the 2nd half) in 22 minutes against PennState (2/14) • scored a team-high 14 points and logged a career-high 31minutes against Michigan (2/19).

INTERNATIONAL:A two-time member of the Canadian World Junior National Team • ledteam in scoring both years • invited to the Canadian Men’s NationalTeam training camp leading up to the 2008 Olympics • was one of thefinal cuts.

HIGH SCHOOL:A graduate of Pickering High School • averaged 24.0 points, 6.0rebounds and 5.0 assists as a senior to lead Pickering to a 70-2 record• three-time Canadian High School Player of the Year • three-timeToronto Star High School all-star • led team to 2007 and 2008 ProvincialChampionship • two-time Pickering High School Mr. Basketball Awardwinner • member of Grassroots Canada AAU program throughout highschool.

Joseph’s Game-by-Game Stats2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent (Date) Start Min Fg-Fa 3g-3a Ft-Fta O-D/T PF A TO Blk Stl PtsConcordia (11/14) N 19 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-2/2 0 2 3 0 1 0Bowling Green (11/15) N 9 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-2/2 2 2 0 0 0 3Georgia State (11/16) N 9 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-2/3 0 2 1 0 0 0Colorado State (11/22) N 9 2-2 1-1 0-0 1-1/2 2 1 1 0 0 5Eastern Washington (11/26) N 14 2-4 1-3 0-0 0-1/1 0 2 3 0 0 5North Dakota State (11/29) N 13 2-5 1-2 0-0 0-0/0 0 1 2 0 0 5Virginia (12/2) N 13 1-4 0-2 0-0 0-4/4 0 0 1 0 0 2Cornell (12/6) N 28 2-7 0-2 2-2 1-3/4 1 2 2 0 1 6South Dakota State N 13 2-6 0-1 0-0 1-0/1 0 1 0 0 1 4Louisville (12/20) N 15 1-4 1-3 0-0 1-1/2 0 4 2 0 2 3S.E. Louisiana (12/23) N 15 1-3 1-3 1-3 0-0/0 0 2 1 0 2 4High Point (12/28) N 17 4-7 3-4 0-1 0-1/1 0 2 1 0 2 11Michigan State (12/31) N 14 2-3 1-1 0-0 0-0/0 1 0 1 0 2 5Ohio State (1/3) N 21 3-9 1-3 0-0 3-1/4 1 4 2 0 1 7Iowa (1/8) N 11 0-3 0-3 0-0 0-0/0 2 0 2 0 0 0Penn State (1/11) N 15 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-2/2 1 5 2 0 2 3Wisconsin (1/15) N 15 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-3/3 0 1 2 0 0 0Northwestern (1/18) N 14 3-4 2-3 0-1 0-1/1 2 1 1 0 1 8Purdue (1/22) N 18 3-8 2-5 0-0 0-0/0 1 0 2 0 2 8Indiana (1/25) N 12 1-4 1-3 0-0 0-1/1 0 1 2 0 1 3Illinois (1/29) N 16 2-5 0-3 0-0 0-2/2 2 1 2 0 0 4Michigan State (2/4) N 24 5-8 1-3 0-0 0-0/0 2 1 3 0 2 11Ohio State (2/7) N 18 2-6 1-4 0-0 1-0/1 0 2 2 0 0 5Indiana (2/10) N 23 4-6 1-1 0-1 0-4/4 1 2 4 0 2 9Penn State (2/14) N 22 8-11 7-8 0-0 1-0/1 3 0 3 0 1 23Michigan (2/19) N 31 5-9 3-6 1-2 0-1/1 1 4 3 1 0 14Northwestern (2/22) N 15 0-1 0-1 2-3 0-1/1 2 1 2 0 2 2Illinois (2/27) N 15 0-6 0-3 0-0 1-3/4 0 0 1 0 0 0Wisconsin (3/4) Y 20 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-2/2 0 0 0 0 0 2Michigan (3/7) Y 23 1-4 0-1 2-2 1-2/3 0 3 2 0 0 4Northwestern (3/12) BTT N 21 2-6 1-4 1-2 0-3/3 0 1 1 1 0 6Michigan State (3/13) BTT N 16 0-3 0-3 0-0 1-0/1 2 2 1 0 1 0Texas (3/19) NCAA N 13 1-5 0-2 0-0 0-3/3 0 0 0 0 0 2Totals 33/2 551 62-155 31-83 9-17 13-46/59 26 50 55 2 26 164

PERSONAL:Undecided on a major • son of David and Connie Joseph • younger brother Cory Joseph will be a sen-ior at Findlay College Prep.


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GuardJr./Jr. | 6-1 | 180Minneapolis, Minn. | Patrick Henry High School

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AlNOLENMILESTONES: Scored in double figures 11 times in his career • recorded 64 steals in 2007-08 andalso in 2008-09, the fifth most in a season in Gopher history • his 32 thefts in con-ference play in 2007-08 tied him with Quincy Lewis for seventh all-time in Gopherseason history • currently sits 10th all-time in Gopher history with 128 careersteals • currently fifth all-time on Minnesota’s assist average list among playerswith at least 40 career games played at 3.9 (259 assists in 66 games) • dished out143 assists in 2008-09, seventh most in single-season Gopher history • dished outhis 100th career assist against Illinois (3/8/08) • dished out his 200th career assistagainst Ohio State (1/3/09) • grabbed his 100th career rebound against GeorgiaState (11/16/08) • scored his 200th career point against Virginia (12/2/08) • scoredhis 300th career point against Purdue (1/22/09) • collected his 100th career stealagainst Wisconsin (1/15/09) • dished out a career-high 11 assists against SouthDakota State (12/10/08), to tie four former Gophers for the seventh most assists ina game all-time.

2008-09 | SOPHOMORE SEASON: Started all three games and averaged 9.0 points, 5.3 rebounds, 7.0 assists, 4.0steals and 20.7 minutes played per game in the NABC Classic • scored a thencareer-high 17 points and dished out six assists against Concordia-St. Paul (11/14)• dished out nine assists and tied a career-high with five steals against BowlingGreen (11/15) • named to the NABC Classic All-Tournament Team • logged acareer-high 37 minutes and scored 16 points against Colorado State (11/22/08) •dished out seven assists in 26 minutes against Eastern Washington (11/26) •grabbed a season-high seven rebounds in 31 minutes against North Dakota State(11/29) • tied a career-high with five steals to go along with nine points and fiveassists against Virginia (12/2) • registered eight rebounds and eight points whiledishing out a career-high 11 assists against South Dakota State (12/10) • scored acareer-high 18 points, including 13 from the free-throw line, grabbed five reboundsand dished out five assists in 36 minutes against Louisville (12/20) • dished outeight assists, scored four points and grabbed four rebounds in 31 minutes againstSoutheastern Louisiana (12/23) • led the team with 14 points and seven assistswhile playing 33 minutes against Michigan State (12/31) • scored eight points,grabbed four rebounds and dished out three assists at Iowa (1/8) • grabbed fiverebounds and dished out five assists against zero turnovers in 25 minutes againstPenn State (1/11) • tied a career-high with five steals to go along with seven pointsin 17 minutes against Wisconsin (1/15) • led the team with 17 points, grabbed sixrebounds and collected four steals in 24 minutes against Purdue (1/22) • scored sixpoints, dished out four assists, grabbed three rebounds and collected two steals in27 minutes against Illinois (1/29) • scored 10 points and dished out five assists in35 minutes against Penn State (2/14) • had five assists against Michigan State inBig Ten Quarterfinals (3/13).

2007-08 | FRESHMAN SEASON:Made his Golden Gopher debut against Army (11/10) • collected his first assist ona Lawrence Westbrook three pointer in the first half • finished the game with ninepoints, three steals and a game-high six assists in 22 minutes played • recordedfive steals against Iowa State (11/20), the most in a game since Adam Boonerecorded five against Wisconsin (Jan. 10, 2006) • started first career game againstFlorida State (11/27) • had career-highs in points (15) and steals (5) while hitting5-of-7 shots against North Dakota State (12/3) • scored 11 points and dished out



2007-08 33 6 745 22.6 37-113 .327 19-65 .292 48-63 .762 21-66/87 2.6 116 60 2 64 44/0 141 4.3

2008-09 33 31 875 26.5 64-190 .337 20-68 .294 68-93 .731 23-81/104 3.2 143 57 6 64 82/3 216 6.5

Career 66 37 1620 24.5 101-303 .333 39-133 .293 116-156 .744 44-147/191 2.9 259 117 8 128 126/3 357 5.4

CAREER HIGHSMinutes

37 at Colorado State(11/22/08)

Points18 vs. Louisville (12/20/08)

FG Attempts14 -twice; last vs. Purdue

(1/22/09)FG Made

7 vs. Concordia (11/14/08)FT Attempts

17 vs. Louisville (12/20/08)FT Made

13 vs. Louisville (12/20/08)3-Point FG Attempts6 vs. Colorado State

(11/22/08)3-Point FG Made3 - twice; last vs.

Concordia (11/14/08)Rebounds

9 vs. Wisconsin (12/30/07)Assists


Steals5 - seven times; last at

Wisconsin (1/15/08)Blocks

1 - eight times; last atMichigan State (2/4/09)

five assists against Colorado State (12/8) grabbed a career-high five rebounds and scored six pointsagainst Kennesaw State (12/29) • tied a career-high with 26 minutes played against UNLV (12/30) •averaged 4.3 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game during the Duel in the Desert (12/28-30) •played a career-high 27 minutes, scoring seven points while dishing out a career-high seven assistsagainst Michigan State (1/5) • scored 10 points and dished out six assists vs. Northwestern (1/9) • tieda career-high with seven assists to go along with six points and three steals against Penn State (1/12)• dished out five assists and recorded two thefts vs. Indiana (1/17) • recorded two assists and a stealat Ohio State (1/26) • did not play vs. Michigan State (1/20) due to a right thigh bruise • pulled down acareer-high nine boards and collected two steals vs. Wisconsin (2/3) • played a then career-high 30minutes and scored 11 points while dishing out a career-high eight assists against Iowa (2/9) • scoredeight points and dished out five assists in a career-high 30 minutes against Illinois (2/12) • played acareer-high 33 minutes at Wisconsin (2/16), finishing with six points, six rebounds, five assists andthree steals • scored seven points and recorded a team-high four assists in win over Penn State (2/24)• dished out seven assists in 23 minutes off the bench against Illinois (3/8) • started his sixth game ofthe season against Maryland (3/18) and finished with three points, four steals and two assists • letter-winner.

HIGH SCHOOL:A graduate of Minneapolis Henry High School • averaged 14 points, eight assists, six rebounds andfour steals his senior season • Minneapolis Conference Most Valuable Player • team MVP • all-statehonorable mention • McDonald’s All-American Honorable Mention • finalist for Minnesota Mr.Basketball award • averaged 16 points and eight assists as a junior.

PERSONAL:Undecided on a major • full name is Al Nolen Jr. • son of Al Nolen Sr. and Rose Burch • born February11, 1989.

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Nolen’s Game-by-Game Stats2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent (Date) Start Min Fg-Fa 3g-3a Ft-Fta O-D/T PF A TO Blk Stl PtsConcordia (11/14) Y 26 7-11 3-5 0-0 2-4/6 3 6 1 0 2 17Bowling Green (11/15) Y 33 1-5 0-3 2-3 1-5/6 1 9 3 1 5 4Georgia State (11/16) Y 36 1-5 0-3 4-6 0-4/4 2 6 0 0 5 6Colorado State (11/22) Y 37 6-14 2-6 2-5 2-0/2 2 3 4 0 0 16Eastern Washington (11/26) Y 26 0-3 0-1 2-2 0-1/1 3 7 0 0 2 2North Dakota State (11/29) Y 31 1-4 0-0 3-6 0-7/7 2 4 0 1 2 5Virginia (12/2) Y 27 2-4 1-2 4-5 0-1/1 4 5 2 0 5 9Cornell (12/6) Y 21 2-5 1-2 2-3 0-3/3 5 4 3 0 2 7South Dakota State (12/10) Y 32 4-8 0-3 0-1 2-6/8 1 11 3 0 3 8Louisville (12/20) Y 36 2-6 1-2 13-17 0-5/5 2 5 1 0 0 18S.E. Louisiana (12/23) Y 31 1-6 0-2 2-2 0-4/4 2 8 1 0 1 4High Point (12/28) Y 18 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-0/1 3 7 0 0 1 0Michigan State (12/31) Y 33 4-8 2-4 4-4 1-3/4 3 7 3 1 1 14Ohio State (1/3) Y 22 3-8 1-4 0-0 1-1/2 2 3 2 0 2 7Iowa (1/8) Y 29 3-10 1-3 1-4 1-3/4 3 3 0 0 0 8Penn State (1/11) Y 25 1-6 1-1 0-0 0-5/5 0 5 0 1 2 3Wisconsin (1/15) Y 17 3-8 1-2 0-0 0-1/1 5 0 2 0 5 7Northwestern (1/18) Y 29 4-7 2-3 0-0 0-2/2 2 2 6 0 0 10Purdue (1/22) Y 24 3-14 1-3 10-10 5-1/6 5 3 3 1 4 17Indiana (1/25) Y 25 1-2 0-0 3-6 1-1/2 3 6 1 0 2 5Illinois (1/29) Y 27 3-9 0-1 0-0 0-3/3 1 4 1 0 2 6Michigan State (2/4) Y 22 0-6 0-2 4-4 0-0/0 3 2 2 1 1 4Ohio State (2/7) Y 29 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-1/1 3 3 5 0 1 2Indiana (2/10) Y 29 2-5 0-1 0-1 1-1/2 0 5 1 0 4 4Penn State (2/14) Y 35 2-6 2-2 4-4 1-0/1 2 5 2 0 0 10Michigan (2/19) Y 18 2-6 0-3 0-0 1-3/4 4 2 3 0 2 4Northwestern (2/22) Y 25 2-4 1-3 0-0 0-2/2 2 3 2 0 1 5Illinois (2/27) Y 22 0-5 0-2 0-0 0-4/4 2 0 4 0 0 0Wisconsin (3/4) N 20 2-5 0-1 0-0 2-3/5 2 2 0 0 0 4Michigan (3/7) N 20 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3/3 0 2 0 0 2 0Northwestern (3/12) BTT Y 18 1-3 0-2 4-5 0-1/1 3 1 0 0 1 6Michigan State (3/13) BTT Y 27 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-2/2 3 5 1 0 3 0Texas (3/19) NCAA Y 25 0-2 0-0 4-4 1-1/2 4 5 1 0 3 4

2007-08 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent (Date) Start Min Fg-Fa 3g-3a Ft-Fta O-D/T PF A TO Blk Stl PtsArmy (11/10) N 22 3-5 2-4 1-1 0-3/3 1 6 0 0 3 9Iowa State (11/20) N 26 0-3 0-2 2-2 1-3/4 2 3 2 0 5 2Central Michigan (11/24) N 26 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2/3 1 5 1 0 3 4Florida State (11/27) Y 22 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2/2 2 3 3 0 0 0UC Riverside (12/1) N 21 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-2/2 0 4 1 0 1 2North Dakota State (12/3) N 23 5-7 3-4 2-2 2-1/3 0 2 1 1 5 15Colorado State (12/8) N 17 4-7 2-5 1-1 0-1/1 1 5 1 0 1 11South Dakota State (12/12) N 22 0-1 0-0 3-4 0-2/2 1 3 2 0 2 3Santa Clara (12/22) N 19 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-1/2 0 2 0 0 2 0Nicholls State (12/28) N 19 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-3/3 2 4 1 0 5 2Kennesaw State (12/29) N 16 0-0 0-0 6-6 3-2/5 1 1 2 0 0 6UNLV (12/30) N 26 1-5 1-3 2-2 0-1/1 3 0 4 0 0 5Michigan State (1/5) N 27 2-7 1-4 2-2 0-4/4 0 7 1 0 4 7Northwestern (1/9) N 22 3-4 1-1 3-6 0-4/4 1 6 3 0 3 10Penn State (1/12) N 26 1-3 0-2 4-6 1-1/2 1 7 5 0 3 6Indiana (1/17) N 22 1-4 0-2 0-0 1-0/1 2 5 2 0 2 2Michigan State (1/20) Did Not Play - injuryOhio State (1/26) N 16 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0/0 2 2 3 0 1 0Michigan (1/31) N 13 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1/1 2 1 2 0 1 0Wisconsin (2/3) N 22 1-3 1-2 0-0 4-5/9 1 1 6 0 2 3Northwestern (2/6) N 10 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1/1 2 0 2 0 2 0Iowa (2/9) N 29 4-6 2-3 1-3 0-4/4 1 8 2 0 3 11Illinois (2/12) N 30 2-10 0-3 4-5 0-2/2 1 5 0 0 0 8Wisconsin (2/16) Y 33 2-7 2-5 0-2 1-5/6 2 5 0 0 3 6Michigan (2/21) Y 28 1-3 0-2 0-0 0-3/3 2 3 1 1 2 2Penn State (2/24) Y 29 1-4 1-2 4-6 2-0/2 1 4 1 0 0 7Purdue (2/27) Y 34 2-7 1-4 0-0 1-3/4 2 1 5 0 3 5Ohio State (3/1) N 11 0-0 0-0 4-4 0-0/0 2 3 1 0 1 4Indiana (3/5) N 23 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-1/2 2 3 2 0 1 0Illinois (3/8) N 23 0-3 0-3 0-0 0-0/0 2 7 1 0 1 0Northwestern (3/13) BTT N 26 0-3 0-2 2-2 1-4/5 1 3 2 0 0 2Indiana (3/14) BTT N 21 0-3 0-2 2-2 0-2/2 1 3 0 0 0 2Illinois (3/15) BTT N 14 1-2 0-1 2-2 0-3/3 1 2 1 0 1 4Maryland (3/18) NIT Y 27 1-5 1-5 0-0 1-0/1 1 2 2 0 4 3Totals 33/6 745 37-113 19-65 48-63 21-66/87 44 116 60 2 64 141


Ralph SAMPSON III

ForwardSo./So. | 6-11 | 230Duluth, Georgia | Northview High School



2008-09 33 24 688 20.8 81-161 .503 0-3 .000 47-62 .758 51-89/140 4.2 26 27 50 10 78/1 209 6.3

Career 33 24 688 20.8 81-161 .503 0-3 .000 47-62 .758 51-89/140 4.2 26 27 50 10 78/1 209 6.3

50CAREER HIGHS

Minutes31 - twice; last at

Michigan State (2/4/09)Points

17 vs. High Point (12/28/08)FG Attempts

10 vs. High Point (12/28/08)FG Made

7 vs. High Point (12/28/08)FT Attempts

10 vs. Illinois (1/29/09)FT Made

8 vs. Illinois (1/29/09)3-Point FG Attempts1 - three times; last at Northwestern (1/18/09)

3-Point FG MadeN/A

Rebounds8 at Indiana (1/25/09)

Assists3 - twice; last vs. Illinois

(1/29/09)Steals

3 at Michigan State (2/4/09)Blocks

6 at Indiana (1/25/09)

MILESTONES: Scored 100th career point against Penn State (1/11) • grabbed his 100thcareer rebound against Indiana (2/10).

2008-09 | FRESHMAN SEASON: Averaged 6.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.7 blocks and 15.0 minutes playedper game in the NABC Classic • tallied nine points and grabbed fiverebounds in 14 minutes in his Gopher debut against Concordia-St.Paul(11/14) in the first game of the NABC Classic • tied, a then career-high with nine points and grabbed a career-high seven rebounds in 16minutes against Eastern Washington (11/26) • tallied a career-high 12points, blocked three shots and dished out two assists in a career-high23 minutes against North Dakota State (11/29) • played a career-high 25minutes and scored 10 points, grabbed six rebounds, stole a career-hightwo balls and blocked a shot against Cornell (12/6) • made first careerstart, scored 10 points and tied a career-high with four blocks in 22 min-utes against South Dakota State (12/10) • started his third consecutivegame and finished with a career-high 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting andadded six rebounds against High Point (12/28) • started his sixth consec-utive game against Ohio State (1/3) and finished with five rebounds andfour points in 17 minutes • started and finished with 10 points, threerebounds and three blocks in 23 minutes against Penn State (1/11) •scored six points, grabbed five rebounds and blocked two shots in 22minutes against Wisconsin (1/15) • tied a career-high with sevenrebounds and scored six points in 25 minutes against Purdue (1/22) •blocked a career-high six shots and grabbed a career-high eightrebounds to go along with 13 points while playing a career-high 30 min-utes against Indiana (1/25) • scored 10 points, grabbed seven rebounds,tied a career-high with three assists while playing a career-high 31 min-utes against Illinois (1/29) • swiped a career-high three balls, grabbedthree rebounds while tying a career-high with 31 minutes played atMichigan State (2/4) • scored eight points and grabbed seven reboundsin 26 minutes against Indiana (2/10) • scored eight points and grabbedfour rebounds in 24 minutes against Illinois (2/26) • scored 13 points on6-of-9 shooting in 22 minutes against Michigan (3/7) • averaged 6.5points, 5.0 rebounds and a team-high 27.0 minutes per game in the BigTen Tournament • set a school Big Ten Tournament record with fiveblocks against Northwestern in the Big Tournament opening round(3/12).

HIGH SCHOOL:A graduate of Northview High School in Duluth, Ga. • averaged 19.3points, 10.3 rebounds and 7.0 blocks as a senior in leading Northviewto its first state tournament appearance and a 21-9 record • named tothe Atlanta All-Metro Team by the Atlanta Tipoff Club following his sen-ior season • played in the Capital Classic All-Star game.

PERSONAL:Undecided on a major • son of Ralph and Aleize Sampson • has threesiblings: Rachel is a senior at Stanford, Robert is a senior in high schooland Anna is 11 • his father Ralph Sampson II, was one of the most heav-

Sampson’s Game-by-Game Stats2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent (Date) Start Min Fg-Fa 3g-3a Ft-Fta O-D/T PF A TO Blk Stl PtsConcordia (11/14) N 14 4-7 0-0 1-1 2-3/5 3 0 1 1 0 9Bowling Green (11/15) N 12 1-3 0-0 0-0 2-1/3 2 0 1 4 0 2Georgia State (11/16) N 19 4-7 0-0 0-0 1-3/4 3 1 0 0 0 8Colorado State (11/22) N 10 1-3 0-0 0-0 2-1/3 3 0 2 0 0 2Eastern Washington (11/26) N 16 4-7 0-0 1-1 3-4/7 2 0 0 1 0 9North Dakota State (11/29) N 23 5-6 0-0 2-3 2-4/6 1 2 1 3 0 12Virginia (12/2) N 17 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-0/1 1 1 0 2 0 0Cornell (12/6) N 25 5-9 0-0 0-1 3-3/6 2 1 2 1 2 10South Dakota State (12/10) Y 22 3-8 0-1 4-4 1-2/3 1 1 0 4 0 10Louisville (12/20) Y 12 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-1/2 3 0 0 2 0 2S.E. Louisiana (12/23) Y 18 2-5 0-0 0-0 1-2/2 1 0 0 1 0 4High Point (12/28) Y 27 7-10 0-1 3-4 1-5/6 2 3 0 2 0 17Michigan State (12/31) Y 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0/0 4 0 0 0 0 0Ohio State (1/3) Y 17 2-6 0-0 0-0 1-4/5 1 1 1 0 0 4Iowa (1/8) Y 21 3-5 0-0 0-1 1-2/3 3 0 0 0 1 6Penn State (1/11) Y 23 3-5 0-0 4-4 1-2/3 2 2 0 3 0 10Wisconsin (1/15) Y 22 3-7 0-0 0-0 1-4/5 2 1 0 2 0 6Northwestern (1/18) Y 23 1-3 0-1 0-0 1-4/5 3 0 2 1 0 2Purdue (1/22) Y 25 2-4 0-0 2-2 2-5/7 2 1 2 1 1 6Indiana (1/25) Y 30 6-9 0-0 1-1 4-4/8 2 2 2 6 1 13Illinois (1/29) Y 31 1-3 0-0 8-10 3-4/7 3 3 0 1 0 10Michigan State (2/4) Y 31 0-4 0-0 2-2 0-3/3 1 1 1 0 3 2Ohio State (2/7) Y 14 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1/1 5 0 1 1 1 2Indiana (2/10) Y 26 2-4 0-0 4-5 5-2/7 3 1 4 1 1 8Penn State (2/14) Y 21 3-8 0-0 0-0 4-2/6 4 0 1 2 0 6Michigan (2/19) Y 21 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-3/3 2 0 0 0 0 4Northwestern (2/22) Y 19 0-1 0-0 3-4 1-6/7 3 0 1 2 0 3Illinois (2/27) Y 24 3-5 0-0 2-3 2-2/4 2 1 0 1 0 8Wisconsin (3/4) Y 24 2-4 0-0 0-0 2-2/4 3 0 1 0 0 4Michigan (3/7) Y 22 6-9 0-0 1-2 0-1/1 0 0 2 1 0 13Northwestern (3/12) BTT Y 26 3-3 0-0 3-4 1-5/6 3 2 1 5 0 9Michigan State (3/13) BTT Y 28 0-2 0-0 4-8 1-3/4 2 0 1 1 0 4Texas (3/19) NCAA Y 15 1-3 0-0 2-2 1-2/3 4 2 0 1 0 4Totals 33/24 688 81-161 0-3 47-62 51-89/140 78 26 27 50 10 209


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ily recruited players ever and eventually signed with the University of Virginia • father was one of onlytwo male players in the history of college basketball to receive the Naismith Award as the NationalPlayer of the Year three times (Bill Walton of UCLA ) • was a No. 1 draft pick, three-time NBA All-Star,and Rookie of the Year for the Houston Rockets • played nine seasons in the NBA.


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LawrenceWESTBROOK

GuardSr./Sr. | 6-0 | 195Chandler, Ariz. | Winchendon Prep



2007-08 34 34 798 23.5 94-224 .420 33-84 .393 67-84 .798 33-78/111 3.3 82 64 3 31 86/0 288 8.5

2008-09 32 25 770 24.1 132-307 .430 44-123 .358 95-114 .833 21-58/79 2.5 46 68 4 22 61/0 403 12.6

Career 87 61 1794 20.6 253-604 .419 87-240 .363 171-215 .795 55-147/202 2.3 141 160 7 58 169/0 764 8.8

20CAREER HIGHS

Minutes35 - three times;

last vs. Indiana (3/14/08)Points

29 at Wisconsin (1/15/09)FG Attempts

16 at Wisconsin (1/15/09)FG Made

10 at Wisconsin (1/15/09)FT Attempts

9 vs. Michigan (3/7/09)FT Made

9 vs. Michigan (3/7/09)3-Point FG Attempts

8 at Northwestern (1/18/09)3-Point FG Made

4 vs. Northwestern (2/22/09)Rebounds

8 at Northwestern (1/18/09)Assists

10 at Northwestern (2/6/08)Steals

3 vs. Northwestern (1/9/08)Blocks

1 - seven times; last vs.Wisconsin (3/4/09)

MILESTONES: Scored in double figures 43 times in his career • tallied first career double-double with12 points and 10 assists at Northwestern (2/9/08) • with the 10 assists he became onlythe sixth different player in school history to have double-digit assists in a game andthe first to do so since Lawrence McKenzie achieved the goal vs. Ohio State on Feb.18, 2007 • dished out 100th career assist against Bowling Green (11/15/08) • scoredhis 500th career point vs. High Point (12/28/08) • scored his 600th career point atNorthwestern (1/18/09) • started 38 straight games from 11/7/07 - 11/22/08 beforemissing the Eastern Washington game (11/26/08) with a bruised right shin • currentlyowns the third-best career free throw percentage in school history (.795 - 171-215) andthe eighth-best single-season free-throw precentage in school history (.833 - 95-114).

2008-09 | JUNIOR SEASON: Named NABC Classic MVP after averaging a team-high 16.0 points to go along with 2.7rebounds • scored a career-high 20 points and grabbed four rebounds against BowlingGreen (11/15) • missed the Eastern Washington game (11/26) with a right shin bruise •returned to the lineup against North Dakota State (11/29) and contributed 17 points andthree rebounds in 24 minutes • came off the bench to score 13 points and grab fourrebounds in a season-high 28 minutes against Virginia (12/2) • came off the bench toscore 17 points and dish out a season-high five assists against Cornell (12/6) • came offthe bench to score 12 points against South Dakota State (12/10), the fourth straightgame he has reached double-figures • came off the bench to score 15 points to go alongwith three assists and two rebounds in 24 minutes against Southeastern Louisiana(12/23) • started and scored 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting in 22 minutes against HighPoint (12/28) • started and scored 11 points 26 minutes against Michigan State (12/31)• led the team in scoring against Ohio State (1/3) with 15 points on 4-of-7 shooting in 21minutes • led the team in scoring with 10 points in 25 minutes at Iowa (1/8) • tallied 13points on 5-of-9 shooting in 24 minutes against Penn State (1/11) • scored a career-high29 points on 10-of-16 shooting in 33 minutes against Wisconsin • hit a three-pointer with.3 seconds remaining to complete a 14-point comeback and put the game in to overtimeagainst Wisconsin • grabbed a career-high eight rebounds and scored a team-high 18points in 27 minutes against Northwestern (1/18) • scored 12 points in 27 minutesagainst Purdue (1/22) • scored 12 points and grabbed four rebounds in 29 minutesagainst Indiana (1/25) • scored a game-high 15 points and grabbed six rebounds in 30minutes against Illinois (1/29) • scored 12 points, grabbed four rebounds and dished outfour assists in 32 minutes against Michigan (2/19) • connected on a career-high fourthree-pointers en route to a game-high 17 points against Northwestern (2/22) • scoreda team-high 15 points, including the game’s last 10 points, and went 7-of-7 from thefree-throw line in a victory over Wisconsin (3/4) • averaged 12.0 points, 1.5 reboundsand 23.0 minutes per game in the Big Ten Tournament • scored a team-high 19 pointson 8-of-14 shooting and grabbed three rebounds against Texas in the first round of theNCAA Tournament (3/19), his first career NCAA Tournament game • finished the seasonwith a team-best and career-high 12.6 points per game average • also establishedcareer-highs in average minutes played (24.1), field-goal percentage (.430) and free-throw percentage (.833).

2007-08 | SOPHOMORE SEASON: Started his third career game and played 22 minutes in the season opener againstArmy (11/10) • notched career highs in free throw attempts (6), free throw made (4) andassists (3) • finshed the game with nine points • tied a then career-high with 11 pointsagainst North Dakota State (12/3) and blocked his first career shot • scored eight pointsand dished out a career-high five assists against Santa Clara (12/22) • scored a then

career-high 12 points and grabbed four rebounds against Kennesaw State (12/29) •averaged 10.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game during the Duel in the Desert (12/28-30) • scored seven points and swiped a career-high three balls vs. Northwestern (1/9)• scored five points and dished out three assists vs. Indiana (1/17) • tied a then career-high with 12 points vs. Michigan State (1/20) to go along with three assists and twosteals • scored a then career-high 15 points while dishing out three assists and record-ing two steals in a win at Michigan (1/31) • scored a team-high 11 points and dishedout four assists in 29 minutes against Wisconsin (2/3) • tallied first career double-dou-ble with 12 points and 10 assists at Northwestern (2/6) • dished out four assists in winover Iowa (2/9) • tied for the team-high with 10 points at Wisconsin (2/16) • collectedsix rebounds and scored eight points in win over Michigan (2/21) • scored a team-high15 points, collected six rebounds and dished out four assists in win over Penn State(2/24) • scored a then-career-high 16 points and grabbed six rebounds in a victory overOhio State (3/1) • contributed eight points, four rebounds and two assists in 25 minutesplayed at Indiana (3/5) • was a perfect 4-of-4 from the field and scored 10 points in 15minutes against Illinois (3/8) • poured in a career-high 17 points and pulled down sixrebounds in Big Ten Tournament opener against Northwestern (3/13) • played 31 min-utes and scored 11 points in the season finale against Maryland (3/18). • letterwinner.

2006-07 | FRESHMAN SEASON: Played in 21 games, starting twice against Indiana (2/21) and Michigan (2/24) • went3-of-6 from the field for seven points in 11 minutes at Purdue (2/28) • had eight points,on 3-of-9 from the field, in a career-high 35 minutes vs. Indiana (2/21) • scored 11points, on 4-of-7 from the field, with two rebounds and two assists in 19 minutes vs.Ohio State (2/18) • did not score but had three rebounds and two assists in 20 minutesvs. Northwestern (1/20) • went 2-for-2 from the field and 1-for-1 from three-point range,for six points in nine minutes vs. UCF (12/12) • played a career-high 19 minutes andscored a career-high 11 points vs. Montana (11/26) • scored nine points, on 3-of-7 fromthe field, 2-of-3 from three-point range, with two steals in 16 minutes vs. SouthernIllinois (11/24) • scored five points in six minutes vs. Iowa State (11/21) • saw his firstaction as a Golden Gopher and scored two points in six minutes vs. North Dakota State(11/13) • letterwinner.

HIGH SCHOOL:A graduate of Winchendon Prep in Massachusetts • averaged 18.0 points per game forWinchendon Prep as a senior • led nation in scoring (41.0 ppg) as a junior at ChandlerH.S. • broke the Arizona single-season scoring record, a mark that stood for 41 years,finishing the year with 883 points in 22 games • shot 35 percent (68-193) from three-point range and 83 percent (227-275) from the free-throw line • scored 40 or morepoints 14 times and had four 50-point games including a season-high 57 points •named first team all-state his junior season • all-city, all-county and all-conference hissophomore and junior seasons • high school’s athlete of the year his sophomore andjunior years • averaged 26.0 ppg as a sophomore • named Top 5 at the Nike All-America Junior Camp • attended the NBA Players Association Top 100 Camp • playedon the Blue All-Star Team at the adidas camp • ranked as the 75th-best player in thecountry by Rivals.com • ranked as the 12th-best shooting guard by Rivals and a four-star recruit • originally signed with Iowa State • graduated with a 3.7 grade point aver-age and was ranked eighth in his class • National Honor Society member.

PERSONAL:Majoring in history • son of Larry and Sabrina Westbrook • born January 17, 1988 •cousin of Philadelphia Eagle running back Brian Westbrook.


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Westbrook’s Game-by-Game Stats2008-09 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent (Date) Start Min Fg-Fa 3g-3a Ft-Fta O-D/T PF A TO Blk Stl PtsConcordia (11/14) Y 23 5-12 2-4 1-2 1-0/1 1 3 3 0 2 13Bowling Green (11/15) Y 25 6-14 1-4 7-8 1-3/4 2 2 2 0 1 20Georgia State (11/16) Y 25 4-9 2-5 5-5 1-2/3 3 0 2 0 2 15Colorado State (11/22) Y 18 3-11 0-4 0-0 0-1/1 2 2 2 0 2 6Eastern Washington (11/26) Did Not Play - InjuryNorth Dakota State (11/29) N 24 6-10 3-4 2-2 0-3/3 3 0 3 0 0 17Virginia (12/2) N 28 3-10 1-5 6-8 2-2/4 3 2 3 0 1 13Cornell (12/6) N 26 5-9 3-5 4-6 1-1/2 3 5 2 1 1 17South Dakota State (12/10) N 24 4-10 2-7 2-2 0-3/3 3 2 1 1 2 12Louisville (12/20) Y 11 0-2 0-2 2-3 0-0/0 4 0 4 0 0 2S.E. Louisiana (12/23) N 24 4-10 2-4 5-5 0-2/2 1 3 0 0 1 15High Point (12/28) Y 22 5-8 3-6 0-0 0-1/1 0 3 2 0 0 13Michigan State (12/31) Y 26 5-12 0-4 1-2 0-1/1 2 0 2 0 0 11Ohio State (1/3) Y 21 4-7 3-5 4-4 0-2/2 3 2 0 0 0 15Iowa (1/8) Y 25 2-7 1-5 5-6 1-1/2 0 0 1 1 1 10Penn State (1/11) Y 24 5-9 2-2 1-1 1-1/2 1 1 3 0 0 13Wisconsin (1/15) Y 33 10-16 2-2 7-7 0-2/2 3 0 2 0 0 29Northwestern (1/18) Y 27 6-14 3-8 3-4 2-6/8 4 4 2 0 2 18Purdue (1/22) Y 27 2-8 0-1 8-8 1-0/1 3 1 1 0 0 12Indiana (1/25) Y 29 4-7 1-3 3-3 1-3/4 2 1 2 0 1 12Illinois (1/29) Y 30 6-9 3-4 0-1 2-4/6 1 2 1 0 1 15Michigan State (2/4) Y 20 2-7 1-2 1-2 1-0/1 1 0 2 0 0 6Ohio State (2/7) Y 25 2-10 0-5 0-0 2-5/7 2 5 3 0 0 4Indiana (2/10) Y 19 0-7 0-3 4-4 1-1/2 3 0 0 0 0 4Penn State (2/14) Y 13 2-6 0-2 0-0 0-1/1 1 0 4 0 2 4Michigan (2/19) Y 32 6-15 0-2 0-0 0-4/4 0 4 1 0 0 12Northwestern (2/22) Y 25 6-10 4-6 1-1 0-0/0 0 0 1 0 1 17Illinois (2/27) Y 26 2-10 0-4 0-0 0-4/4 3 1 4 0 0 4Wisconsin (3/4) N 18 4-8 0-1 7-7 0-0/0 2 0 2 1 0 15Michigan (3/7) N 22 3-6 1-4 9-9 1-1/2 1 1 3 0 0 16Northwestern (3/12) BTT Y 23 4-9 1-1 5-8 1-0/1 1 0 1 0 0 14Michigan State (3/13) BTT Y 23 4-11 1-5 1-2 1-1/2 2 1 4 0 1 10Texas (3/19) NCAA Y 32 8-14 2-4 1-4 0-3/3 1 1 5 0 1 19Totals 32/25 770 132-307 44-123 95-114 21-58/79 61 46 68 4 22 403

2007-08 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent (Date) Start Min Fg-Fa 3g-3a Ft-Fta O-D/T PF A TO Blk Stl PtsArmy (11/10) Y 22 2-6 1-3 4-6 1-1/2 2 3 1 0 0 9Iowa State (11/20) Y 15 0-5 0-2 2-2 1-2/3 1 0 0 0 0 2Central Michigan (11/24) Y 23 3-7 1-2 4-5 2-0/2 2 1 3 0 2 11Florida State (11/27) Y 26 4-12 2-5 1-2 3-3/6 0 1 0 0 2 11UC Riverside (12/1) Y 17 1-4 0-1 1-2 1-1/2 3 2 1 0 0 3North Dakota State (12/3) Y 15 5-7 1-3 0-1 1-3/4 3 1 3 1 0 11Colorado State (12/8) Y 21 2-5 0-2 1-1 0-0/0 1 1 0 0 1 5South Dakota State (12/12) Y 17 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0/0 2 2 1 0 1 2Santa Clara (12/22) Y 20 2-4 2-2 2-2 0-4/4 3 5 0 0 0 8Nicholls State (12/28) Y 21 5-8 0-2 1-1 0-3/3 4 2 2 0 1 11Kennesaw State (12/29) Y 29 4-7 2-3 2-3 1-3/4 2 4 4 0 2 12UNLV (12/30) Y 17 2-6 0-2 3-3 2-3/5 4 1 0 0 1 7Michigan State (1/5) Y 18 1-3 1-2 0-0 0-0/0 2 2 0 0 0 3Northwestern (1/9) Y 24 2-3 1-2 2-2 0-1/1 2 3 2 0 3 7Penn State (1/12) Y 12 0-2 0-1 0-0 2-2/4 4 3 0 0 1 0Indiana (1/17) Y 24 1-7 1-3 2-2 0-3/3 2 3 1 0 0 5Michigan State (1/20) Y 28 3-5 0-2 6-7 0-3/3 3 3 5 0 2 12Ohio State (1/26) Y 29 3-8 3-5 0-2 5-2/7 3 2 3 0 1 9Michigan (1/31) Y 32 6-10 1-4 2-2 0-4/4 4 3 3 0 2 15Wisconsin (2/3) Y 29 4-11 1-1 2-2 0-1/1 2 4 4 0 1 11Northwestern (2/6) Y 29 4-7 1-3 3-5 2-5/7 3 10 1 0 0 12Iowa (2/9) Y 16 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-2/2 2 4 1 1 1 0Illinois (2/12) Y 30 4-11 2-4 0-0 0-1/1 1 4 1 0 1 10Wisconsin (2/16) Y 24 3-5 3-4 1-2 1-1/2 3 1 3 0 1 10Michigan (2/21) Y 21 3-7 1-4 1-2 2-4/6 4 1 2 1 2 8Penn State (2/24) Y 21 4-7 1-3 6-6 2-4/6 1 4 1 0 2 15Purdue (2/27) Y 23 0-5 0-0 4-4 2-4/6 2 1 5 0 0 4Ohio State (3/1) Y 31 5-10 2-3 4-4 2-4/6 2 2 0 0 1 16Indiana (3/5) Y 25 2-6 0-1 4-4 2-2/4 3 2 3 0 1 8Illinois (3/8) Y 15 4-4 2-2 0-0 0-0/0 3 1 1 0 1 10Northwestern (3/13) BTT Y 35 6-12 2-6 3-5 0-6/6 3 1 2 0 1 17Indiana (3/14) BTT Y 35 2-10 1-4 2-2 0-4/4 2 3 4 0 0 7Illinois (3/15) BTT Y 23 2-4 0-1 2-2 0-2/2 5 1 3 0 1 6Maryland (3/18) NIT Y 31 4-12 1-2 2-3 1-0/1 3 1 4 0 0 11Totals 34/34 798 94-224 33-84 67-84 33-78/111 86 82 64 3 31 288

2006-07 GAME-BY-GAMEOpponent (Date) Start Min Fg-Fa 3g-3a Ft-Fta O-D/T PF A TO Blk Stl PtsNorth Dakota St. (11/13) N 6 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0/0 1 0 0 0 0 2Long Island (11/17) N 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1/1 0 1 1 0 0 0Iowa State (11/21) N 6 2-4 1-3 0-0 0-0/0 0 0 0 0 0 5vs. Marist (11/23) N 8 0-4 0-2 0-0 0-0/0 0 2 1 0 1 0vs. So. Illinois (11/24) N 16 3-7 2-3 1-4 0-0/0 3 1 5 0 2 9vs. Montana N 19 4-10 1-5 2-4 1-0/1 3 2 3 0 1 11Clemson (11/29) N 8 1-2 0-0 1-1 0-1/1 0 1 1 0 0 3Arizona State (12/2) Did Not Playat UAB (12/5) Did Not PlaySouth Dakota State (12/7) N 10 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-0/0 1 0 1 0 0 2Arkansas-Little Rock (12/9) Did Not PlayUCF (12/12) N 9 2-2 1-1 0-0 1-0/1 1 0 1 0 0 6at UNLV (12/22) N 15 3-8 1-4 0-0 0-0/0 1 0 1 0 0 7SE Louisiana (12/30) N 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1/1 0 1 1 0 0 0Purdue (1/3/07) N 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Wisconsin (1/6) N 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0/0 1 0 1 0 0 0at Iowa (1/13) N 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0/0 0 0 1 0 0 0Illinois (1/17) Did Not PlayNorthwestern (1/20) N 20 0-4 0-3 0-0 0-3/3 1 2 1 0 0 0at Michigan State (1/24) N 5 0-2 0-1 2-2 0-0/0 1 0 1 0 0 2Penn State (1/27) Did Not Playat Northwestern (1/31) Did Not Playat Illinois (2/3) Did Not PlayIowa (2/7) Did Not Playat Michigan (2/10) Did Not PlayWisconsin (2/14) Did Not PlayOhio State (2/18) N 19 4-7 2-4 1-2 0-2/2 1 2 2 0 1 11at Indiana (2/21) Y 35 3-9 1-4 1-2 0-1/1 3 1 3 0 0 8Michigan (2/24) Y 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0/0 3 0 2 0 0 0at Purdue (2/28) N 11 3-6 1-2 0-0 0-1/1 2 0 1 0 0 7vs. Michigan (3/8) BTT N 5 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1/1 0 0 1 0 0 0Totals 21/2 226 27-73 10-33 9-17 1-11/12 22 13 28 0 5 73


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JustinCOBBS22 Guard

Fr./Fr. • 6-3 • 170

Los Angeles, Calif.Bishop Montgomery High School

HIGH SCHOOL:A graduate of Bishop Montgomery High School • averaged 20.4 points, 4.5 assists and 4.8 rebounds pergame as a senior • led Bishop Montgomery to a second-place finish in the California Division IVTournament • named Most Valuable Pplayer for CIF Division IV • received the John R. Wooden HighSchool Player of the Year Award for CIF Division IV • named to the First Team CIF Southern SectionDivision IV-AA • Co-Player of the Year in in the State of California as a junior.

PERSONAL:Son of Julanda Brown and Greg Cobbs • undecided on major.

JUNIOR COLLEGE:Played one season at Miami Dade College • transferred to Miami Dade from Marquette University • ledMiami Dade to 26-3 record and the Southern Conference Championship • averaged 16.3 points, 13.2rebounds and 2.7 blocks while shooting .610 from the field • named FCCAA player of the week on twooccasions (2/17 & 2/10) • named First Team All- Southern Conference • named Southern ConferencePlayer of the Year • named to the FCCAA All-State and All-Tournament teams.

AT MARQUETTE:Played two season at Marquette • averaged 1.5 points and 2.1 rebounds per game in 11 games as asophomore • redshirted his freshman season due to an isolated fibular collateral ligament sprain, whichrequired surgery

HIGH SCHOOL:A graduate of St. Bernard’s High School • averaged 21.6 points, 12.7 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per gameas a senior • shot 64 percent from the field • helped guide the team to a 32-1 overall record and anappearance in the state tournament semifinals • named to the event's all-tournament squad • also earneda spot on the all-metro team • all-state selection at Henry Sibley High School as a junior • contributed21.2 points, 12.5 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game that season

PERSONAL:Born January 24, 1989 • son of Ana Davis and Marc Mbakwe.

TrevorMBAKWE32 Forward

Jr./Jr. • 6-8 • 240

St. Paul, Minn.Miami Dade College

RoyceWHITE30 Forward

Fr./Fr. • 6-8 • 240

Minneapolis, Minn.Hopkins High School

HIGH SCHOOL:A graduate of Hopkins High School • averaged 16.4 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game as asenior • shot 60 percent from the field • named 2009 Mr. Basketball for the State of Minnesota • led unde-feated Hopkins in scoring and a Minnesota Class 4A State Championship • named to the MinneapolisStar Tribune All-metro team • named to the St. Paul Pioneer Press First Team All-State team.

PERSONAL:Son of Rebecca White • a • undecided on major.

HIGH SCHOOL:A graduate of Robbinsdale Cooper Senior High School • averaged 15.5 points and 7.6 rebounds pergame as a senior • named to the Minneapolis Star Tribune All-Metro team • named to the St. PaulPioneer Press Second Team All-State • all-time scoring leader at Robbinsdale Cooper with 1,702 points• second on Cooper’s all-time rebounding list with 660.

PERSONAL:Son of Rodney and Shanell Williams • • undecided on major.

RodneyWILLIAMS33 Forward

Fr./Fr. • 6-7 • 210

Minneapolis, Minn.Robbinsdale Cooper High School


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2008-09 ResultsRECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 22-11 16-3 4-6 2-2CONFERENCE 9-9 6-3 3-6 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 13-2 10-0 1-0 2-2

DATE OPPONENT RESULT TOP SCORER REBOUNDS ASSISTS STEALS BLOCKS11/14 CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL% W,76-51 Nolen (17) Hoffarber (12) Nolen (6) 3 with (2) Carter (2)

11/15 BOWLING GREEN% W,68-61 Westbrook (20) Iverson (8) Nolen (9) Nolen (5) Iverson (9)

11/16 GEORGIA STATE% W,60-52 Westbrook (15) 3 with (4) Nolen (6) Nolen (5) Abu-Shamala (1)

11/22 at Colorado State W,72-71 Hoffarber (20) Busch (6) Johnson (5) Busch (3) Johnson (3)

Hoffarber (3)

11/26 EASTERN WASHINGTON W,88-67 Iverson (20) Sampson (7) Nolen (7) 4 with (2) Johnson (2)

Abu-Shamala (2)

11/29 NORTH DAKOTA ST. W,90-76 Abu-Shamala (20) Nolen (7) Johnson (6) Johnson (4) Johnson (3)

Sampson (3)

12/2 VIRGINIA W,66-56 Iverson (14) Iverson (7) Nolen (5) Nolen (5) Johnson (3)

12/6 CORNELL W,71-54 Westbrook (17) Sampson (6) Westbrook (5) Nolen (2) Johnson (2)

Sampson (2) Iverson (2)

12/10 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W,74-60 Johnson (21) Nolen (8) Nolen (11) Nolen (3) Johnson (5)

12/20 vs Louisville* W,70-64 Nolen (18) Busch (6) Nolen (5) 4 with (2) Iverson (2)

Johnson (6) Sampson (2)

12/23 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA W,80-71 Westbrook (15) 4 with (4) Nolen (8) Johnson (3) Williams (2)

Hoffarber (15) Johnson (2)

12/28 HIGH POINT W,82-56 Sampson (17) Iverson (7) Nolen (7) Johnson (4) 3 with (2)

12/31 MICHIGAN STATE L,58-70 Nolen (14) Iverson (7) Nolen (7) Joseph (2) Johnson (3)

1/3 OHIO STATE W,68-59 Westbrook (15) Johnson (6) Johnson (4) Johnson (4) Iverson (4)

Joseph (4)

1/8 at Iowa W,52-49 Busch (10) Johnson (6) Nolen (3) Bostick (2) 3 with (1)

Westbrook (10)

1/11 PENN STATE W,79-59 Bostick (19) Nolen (5) Nolen (5) Johnson (3) Sampson (3)

Joseph (5)

1/15 at Wisconsin W,78-74 (OT) Westbrook (29) Carter (11) 7 with (1) Nolen (5) Iverson (2)

Sampson (2)

1/18 at Northwestern L,65-74 Westbrook (18) Westbrook (8) Westbrook (4) Carter (3) Johnson (3)

1/22 PURDUE L,62-70 Nolen (17) Sampson (7) Nolen (3) Nolen (4) Johnson (3)

Carter (3)

1/25 at Indiana W,67-63 Johnson (18) Sampson (8) Nolen (6) Nolen (2) Sampson (6)

Johnson (2)

1/29 ILLINOIS W,59-36 Westbrook (15) Sampson (7) Nolen (4) Nolen (2) Johnson (2)

2/4 at Michigan State L,47-76 Joseph (11) Iverson (5) Nolen (2) Sampson (3) Iverson (2)

Iverson (2)

2/7 at Ohio State L,58-64 Hoffarber (19) Johnson (10) Westbrook (5) Johnson (2) Johnson (3)

2/10 INDIANA W,62-54 Carter (22) Sampson (7) Nolen (5) Nolen (4) Iverson (2)

2/14 at Penn State L,63-68 Joseph (23) Carter (7) Nolen (5) Westbrook (2) Sampson (2)

Johnson (2)

2/19 at Michigan L,62-74 Joseph (14) Carter (5) Westbrook (4) Nolen (2) Johnson (4)

Joseph (4)

2/22 NORTHWESTERN W,72-45 Westbrook (17) Carter (8) Hoffarber (4) Johnson (2) Sampson (2)

Joseph (2)

2/26 at Illinois L,41-52 Johnson (18) Carter (8) Hoffarber (3) Johnson (5) Johnson (3)

Iverson (8)

3/4 WISCONSIN W,51-46 Westbrook (15) Nolen (5) Hoffarber (3) Johnson (2) Westbrook (1)

Johnson (5)

3/7 MICHIGAN L,64-67 Westbrook (16) Abu-Shamala (5) Carter (3) Johnson (4) Johnson (2)

Joseph (3) Carter (2)

3/12 vs Northwestern^ W,66-53 Westbrook (14) Johnson (7) 3 with (2) Iverson (3) Sampson (5)

3/13 vs Michigan State^ L,56-64 Johnson (19) Carter (7) Nolen (5) Nolen (3) Bostick (1)

Sampson (1)

3/19 vs Texas # L,62-76 Westbrook (19) Carter (7) Nolen (5) Nolen (3) Johnson (1)

Sampson (1)

% NABC Classic - Minneapolis, Minn.

* Stadium Shootout - Glendale, Ariz.

^ Big Ten Tournament - Indianapolis, Ind.

# NCAA Tournament First Round - Greensboro, N.C.

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TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS

No. Player GP GS Min Avg. FG FGA Pct. 3FG FGA Pct. FT FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.

20 Lawrence Westbrook 32 25 770 24.1 132 307 .430 44 123 .358 95 114 .833 21 58 79 2.5 61 0 46 68 4 22 403 12.6

34 Damian Johnson 30 30 802 26.7 114 235 .485 10 38 .263 55 82 .671 54 71 125 4.2 86 3 48 42 60 58 293 9.8

00 Al Nolen 33 31 875 26.5 64 190 .337 20 68 .294 68 93 .731 23 81 104 3.2 82 3 143 57 6 64 216 6.5

24 Blake Hoffarber 32 8 703 22.0 69 167 .413 45 132 .341 21 29 .724 14 72 86 2.7 31 0 40 41 2 21 204 6.4

50 Ralph Sampson III 33 24 688 20.8 81 161 .503 0 3 .000 47 62 .758 51 89 140 4.2 78 1 26 27 50 10 209 6.3

45 Colton Iverson 32 27 566 17.7 70 116 .603 0 0 .000 34 67 .507 49 65 114 3.6 66 1 20 44 41 13 174 5.4

1 Paul Carter 28 5 448 16.0 47 130 .362 4 19 .211 51 66 .773 53 72 125 4.5 53 0 29 34 14 20 149 5.3

5 Devoe Joseph 33 2 551 16.7 62 155 .400 31 83 .373 9 17 .529 13 46 59 1.8 26 0 50 55 2 26 164 5.0

22 Devron Bostick 31 0 341 11.0 49 114 .430 14 51 .275 13 18 .722 11 36 47 1.5 21 0 24 28 4 16 125 4.0

33 Jamal Abu-Shamala 33 12 406 12.3 47 93 .505 13 42 .310 18 25 .720 9 45 54 1.6 30 0 22 25 6 8 125 3.8

4 Travis Busch 30 0 333 11.1 40 80 .500 7 14 .500 24 34 .706 16 32 48 1.6 30 0 10 21 4 12 111 3.7

11 Jonathon Williams 18 1 109 6.1 7 20 .350 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 12 11 23 1.3 19 0 5 15 7 3 16 0.9

3 Kevin Payton 9 0 33 3.7 0 4 .000 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 4 3 7 0.8 5 0 3 2 1 1 0 0.0

TM TEAM 67 58 125 3.8 18

Total 33 782 1772 .441 188 575 .327 437 611 .715 397 739 1136 34.4 588 8 466 477 201 274 2189 66.3

Opponents 33 682 1701 .401 223 636 .351 445 618 .720 368 702 1070 32.4 610 - 411 498 84 248 2032 61.6

2008-09 OVERALL STATISTICSOVERALL RECORD: 22-11 • BIG TEN RECORD: 9-9 • HOME: 16-3 • AWAY: 4-6 • NEUTRAL: 2-2

TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS

No. Player GP GS Min Avg. FG FGA Pct. 3FG FGA Pct. FT FTA Pct. Off Def Tot Avg. PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg.

20 Lawrence Westbrook 18 16 442 24.6 71 168 .423 21 63 .333 54 59 .915 13 36 49 2.7 32 0 22 34 2 8 217 12.1

34 Damian Johnson 18 18 494 27.4 59 137 .431 4 19 .211 35 45 .778 33 43 76 4.2 57 2 16 26 35 34 157 8.7

00 Al Nolen 18 16 451 25.1 36 110 .327 12 35 .343 26 34 .765 14 37 51 2.8 42 2 57 37 4 29 110 6.1

5 Devoe Joseph 18 2 327 18.2 41 94 .436 21 49 .429 5 9 .556 7 23 30 1.7 19 0 26 36 1 16 108 6.0

50 Ralph Sampson III 18 17 404 22.4 40 83 .482 0 1 .000 27 34 .794 28 51 79 4.4 45 1 13 18 22 8 107 5.9

1 Paul Carter 18 2 291 16.2 33 83 .398 4 13 .308 36 46 .783 37 52 89 4.9 32 0 15 18 7 15 106 5.9

24 Blake Hoffarber 18 2 381 21.2 29 84 .345 18 70 .257 5 8 .625 6 36 42 2.3 13 0 25 21 1 10 81 4.5

45 Colton Iverson 17 15 298 17.5 30 53 .566 0 0 .000 13 30 .433 24 31 55 3.2 31 0 12 29 17 5 73 4.3

22 Devron Bostick 16 0 152 9.5 21 52 .404 4 24 .167 8 10 .800 5 18 23 1.4 7 0 12 13 3 8 54 3.4

33 Jamal Abu-Shamala 18 1 170 9.4 19 38 .500 5 17 .294 6 8 .750 4 15 19 1.1 12 0 9 11 2 4 49 2.7

4 Travis Busch 15 0 150 10.0 14 30 .467 4 7 .571 8 13 .615 6 13 19 1.3 13 0 6 11 3 2 40 2.7

11 Jonathan Williams 12 1 63 5.2 2 12 .167 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 5 6 11 0.9 9 0 2 7 1 1 6 0.5

3 Kevin Payton 2 0 2 1.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

TM TEAM 44 28 72 4.0 13

Minnesota 18 395 944 .418 93 298 .312 225 300 .750 226 389 615 34.2 312 5 215 274 98 140 1108 61.6

Opponents 18 367 900 .408 129 351 .368 237 320 .741 185 371 556 30.9 319 - 229 254 51 144 1100 61.1

2008-09 BIG TEN STATISTICSBIG TEN RECORD: 9-9 • HOME: 6-3 • ROAD: 3-6

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