Big Ten Reset Ranks Very Incomplete Rosters, Part One
Ace
April 20th, 2021 at 11:57 AM
While Michigan s 2021-22 roster is mostly set, the same can t be said for much of the Big Ten or, really, most programs in the country between a packed transfer portal, the pandemic year option for seniors to return without counting against the scholarship cap, and up-in-the-air NBA Draft decisions.
There s been a lot of movement over the last few days, including this morning s announcement that Northwestern shooter Miller Kopp is transferring within the conference to Indiana. This week, I ll be going over where each Big Ten program s roster stands in alphabetical order, and I ll rank each team s current outlook at the end. Here are some important dates to keep in mind as players make decisions about their future:
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Minnesota’s Jamal Mashburn Jr. shoots over Ohio State’s CJ Walker (13) at the Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis on March 11. Mashburn on Friday became the second player in as many days from a major school to say he’s coming to UNM. (Michael Conroy/Associated Press)
Another day, another highly regarded point guard announcing his desire to transfer to play for the New Mexico Lobos.
Jamal Mashburn Jr., a 6-foot-2 former four-star recruit who started eight games and averaged 8.2 points and 1.6 assists this past season as a true freshman for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, announced on social media Friday that he will follow his old coach, Richard Pitino, to Albuquerque and play for the Lobos.
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(Edit number 1: With Walker and Grady committing and some new big names added to the portal, we are going to do a quick update and call this version 1.1)
(Update 2: Some new big names in the portal as well as some guys Kansas has offered means it’s time for a new update)
(Update 3 - April 14: Our 2-4 guys are gone and 5th committed to Kansas, so it’s update time. Starting now, I am going to erase guys who have committed rather than crossing them out)
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New Gophers men s basketball coach Ben Johnson finally is getting some help on the recruiting trail.
Johnson, who was hired last month, officially announced former DeLaSalle coach and Colorado State assistant Dave Thorson and William & Mary s Jason Kemp to his staff on Friday.
But they ve already hit the ground running in trying to build the roster together.
Thorson, who coached Johnson in high school in the late 1990s, has spent the last three years at Colorado State under Niko Medved. Kemp has been at William & Mary for the past two seasons, which included coaching new Gophers recruit and graduate transfer Luke Loewe.