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Minnesota GOLDEN GOPHERS
Last year: 10-8 Big Ten, 19-12 overall
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Postseason: NCAA 1st round
Returning starters:
Sam Jacobson (7.7 ppg, 4.8 rpg)
John Thomas (7.3 ppg, 4.6 rpg)
Key losses:
Voshon Lenard (17.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg)
Townsend Orr (13.0 ppg, 4.7 apg)
Jayson Walton (10.9 ppg, 7.1 rpg)
Coach: Clem Haskins
Career Record: 252-197 (15 years)
Record at Minnesota: 151-124 (9 years)
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Minnesota will begin its 101st season
of basketball with a lot of question
marks. Clem Haskins' team was gutted
by the departures of Chad Kolander,
Townsend Orr, Jayson Walton, Ryan
Wolf and Voshon Lenard.
With the graduation of those players,
the Gophers must find a way to make up
for the loss of 49 points per game.
"When you lose five seniors, you
have to be realistic," Haskins said. "It
takes away from the ballclub and leaves
some voids to fill."
Haskins' efforts to replace Lenard
and Orr in the backcourt have been
thwarted by injury. In the first 15 min-
utes of practice this year, starting point
guard Bobby Jackson went up to block a
shot and came down with a broken foot.
Either sophomore Eric Harris or fresh-
man Quincy Lewis will take over the
starting spot.
Minnesota's strength should be at
one forward position with the Gophers'
top returning scorer, Sam Jacobson.
Jacobson averaged 7.7 points and 4.8
rebounds per game in his first year of
collegiate action.
"He is one of the better 6-5 players in
the country," Haskins said. "He can hold
his own against anyone."
Minnesota is solid in the paint with
the center tandem of starter John Thomas
and reserve Trevor Winter. Thomas,
who averaged 7.3 points and 4.6 re-
bounds per game, is thought to be one of
the better centers in the conference.
Minnesota will likely field a team
with no senior starters this year. In fact,
the Gophers have three freshmen vying
for starting positions.
The power forward position will be
filled by either Miles Tarveror Courtney
James. Both freshmen were highly re-
cruited players in high school. James was
Minnesota's top recruit, garnering sec-
ond team All-American honors last year.
He is slotted at forward, but is thought to
have the skills to help in the backcourt.
Tarver, "Mr. Basketball" for the state
of Kentucky, was also an impressive
catch for Haskins.
the year for the state of Arkansas, will
likely be relegated to backing up Harris
at the point.
The Gophers added Mark Jones from
Anderson Junior College to take over the
shooting guard role. The off-season ac-
quisitions should go a long way in help-
ing fans in Minneapolis forget about
Lenard and company.
Even with all of the new faces,
Haskins does not appear to be concerned
about the youth and quality of his team.
"We're working hard, we're going to
make mistakes, and we need to improve
on defense," he said. "I think if this team
can jell, it can possibly move up to third
or fourth before the year is over."
Illinois coach Lou Henson must long
for the days of his 1988-89 team.
During that season, Nick Anderson,
Stephen Bardo, Kenny Battle, Marcus
Liberty and Kendall Gill called Assem-
bly Hall home. Anderson and Gill are
currently in the NBA, while Bardo,
Battle and Liberty also saw action in the
pros.
Imagine: a college team with five fu-
ture pros.
Henson led that squad to the Final
Four (or it led him, his detractors would
say), and looked to be headed to the na-
tional title game opposite Seton Hall.
Then a team called the Wolverines
got in its way. In the national semifinal's
waning moments, Sean Higgins' put
back put out Illinois, 83-81.
The Illini have won one NCAA
Tournament game since.
In fairness to Henson, his program
has hardly fallen to the depths reserved
for the Northwesterns and Ohio States.
Illinois had made the NCAAs three
straight years and should continue that
streak this season behind possibly the
league's best point guard, Kiwane
Garris. The junior is a preseason All-Big
Ten pick and led the Illini in scoring
(15.8 per game), assists (3.8 per game)
and steals (1.2 per game) last year.
Henson, who at times can be about as
quotable as a rock, said he is confident
when Garris has his hands on the ball.
"He can penetrate and takes the ball
down the floor very well," Henson said.
"Once he gets in and around the basket,
he's good at making the bank shot."
Richard Keene joins Garris in the
back court.
The senior's range from beyond the
arc is the best in the conference this side
of Iowa's Chris Kingsbury. He was the
Illini's third-leading scorer (10.9 points
per game) and topped 100 assists for the
second straight season last year.
He can also play defense, something
Illinois failed to do last season.
"There were several years when we
had one of the best defensive teams in
league," Henson said. "Last year was
maybe one of our worst defensive
teams."
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