The 2009-2010 University of Minnesota men’s basketball team got off to a hot start literally appearing out of a shadow and smoke and a little background information as the players were introduced to the public.
After the introductions were over it was time to get to work. The team started out doing some full court drills.
The first contest that was put on was the three point contest. These are the number of three point shots each player had in the first round of the three point contest.
Al Nolen 9
Devron Bostick 8
Devoe Joseph 6
Paul Carter 7
Blake Hoffarber 10
Damian Johnson 7
Justin Cobbs 11
Lawrence Westbrook 8
After the first round Blake Hoffarber and Justin Cobb’s went head to head to determine the winner of the contest. Blake Hoffarber was the three point shooting championship with 14 shots made to Justin’s 10.
Next was the slam-dunk contest. Devron Bostick did a nice two hand slam dunk.
Justin Cobbs came through with a nice backhanded slam dunk.
Royce White was able to tap the back of the backboard and slam the ball down.
Trevor Maakwe tried to dunk two balls at the beginning and then he only ended up dunking one ball with a two handed slam-dunk.
Rodney Williams brought Goldy out and with everyone standing he dunked over Goldy Gopher.
Damian Johnson had three managers that he swung over.
On Justin Cobbs’ second dunk attempt he was trying to do different complex dunks.
Royce White started out with two balls and he basically laid them in.
With the help of Paul Carter who tried to lay the ball off the backboard he missed those so he just ended up doing a one-handed power dunk.
With Blake Hoffbarber in the upper deck it wasn’t working so he just took off from the free throw line and did a one-handed slam-dunk to win the slam-dunk championship.
Rosters Maroon
Blake Hoffarber
Al Nolen
Devron Bostick
Paul Carter
Colton Iverson
Dominique Dawson
Justin Cobbs
Trevor Mbawke
GOLD ROSTER
Devoe Joseph
Lawrence Westbrook
Royce White
Rodney Williams
Damian Johnson
Ralph Sampson III
After the slam dunk contest the team took to the court for an inner squad scrimmage. The teams were coached by the assistant coaches. Both teams were putting on a show but they were taking it seriously. They were trying to run their offensive sets.
Tubby Smith had a microphone and he was shouting encouragement to his players. I really thought everyone looked good in the scrimmage. It is hard for a team to really try to outsmart everyone else when they know what everyone is running when they are going up against their own team.
At the half time of the first 10 minute scrimmage the score was Gold 17 Maroon 22. The Maroon team came away with the victory.
Rodney Williams put on a heck of a show in the scrimmage. He really played well. He was making cuts and making shots that I have never seen anyone make in my whole life.
Trevor Mbakwe did participate in both the media day event and the scrimmage with the team. There are questions regarding a legal matter and his future as playing but as of right now he is cleared to practice and partake in all team activities.
Over all I was pretty pleased with what I saw out of the Gophers. I am excited about the upcoming basketball season. I think this team can jell together and I do think that they will be a factor again this season in the Big Ten Conference. This team is eager to getting better everyday on and off the court. They have the work ethic that is one of a champion describes Tubby Smith. They go to battle everyday knowing that they have to get better.
I thought Trevor Mbakwe did a nice job in the scrimmage. He played with a lot of intensity and also knew that he wanted to have some fun.
The final of the scrimmage was 49 Maroon-33 Gold.
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