Gophers hope their future is … Blue
Madison Memorial guard Vander Blue recently backed out of his oral commit to the Wisconsin Badgers and Tubby Smith’s Gophers now hope to steal Blue away from the Badgers, in what would certainly be a regional recruiting coup. Blue is ranked as one of the top 10 point guards in high school basketball and a Top 30 recruit by Rivals.com.
Also in the Gophers’ sights: Iowa’s Harrison Barnes, currently the top-ranked recruit in the nation for the Class of 2010. Barnes is close with Gophers signees Rodney Williams Jr. and Royce White. Additionally, coach Smith is close to Barnes’ mother, so Tubby should at least score an official visit at some point. Still, landing the best player in the nation’s a tall order; everyone’s after him. Barnes has to enjoy the attention though; beats reading nuphedra reviews.
