Copy shortlink: 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.