From The Barn

Yes, its youtube, no its not bad, and no the music isn’t horrible either.

Krys Faber, the mildly touted great rebounder but horrible free throw shooter has signed with DePaul. The Gophers were reportedly at the top of his list until last weekend. While it would have been nice to have a big body, the Gophers are already bringing in plenty of size, and still have Jonathan Williams from last year. By all accounts, Faber and Williams are at the same level in terms of talent and playing style. This isn’t a huge loss.

Minnesota now turns its lonely eyes to Verdell Jones for some help at the point guard spot. Even if they don’t get him, they will have one of their best recruiting classes ever, and will save Tubby an extra headache or two. Five new players is a lot already.

Virginia finished a disappointing season with a 17-16 overall record. Like most years, they started out hot, rising to a #23 ranking in the first month of the season, until their inevitable implosion. As part of the Big Ten-ACC Challenge, the Gophers will have a chance to start the implosion, as Ralph Sampson III takes on his dad’s team. This appears to be the highest profile non-conference game, but there appear to be a potential of 5 home games with opponents that have not been announced as of yet.

When we hear more we will pass it along.

The Nike Hoop Summit presents Gopher fans with a rare opportunity, at least for Gopher fans; the chance to see a highly touted recruit playing on National TV well before he puts on the Maroon and Gold. On FoxSportsNet today at 3 pm central time, Devoe Joseph, everyone’s favorite non-hockey playing Canadian will play for the World All-Star team along with a few future college players and plenty of big guys who will play in the NBA next year. What better way to spend a cold winter April afternoon. After all,  there were plenty of other winter afternoons when the average Gopher fan couldn’t watch present or future Gophers on any sort of TV.

And in other news, former interim coach Jim Molinari  has been named the head coach at Western Illinois. Hopefully he will have better luck cleaning up the mess in Macomb, Illinois than he did with Monson’s mess. We wish him luck.

Remember folks, just because he has an outside shot doesn’t mean he can’t play inside.

Next year should be fun.