Bison and Gophers will square off next season in the BSA. THis has been a tumultuous Spring for the GO-GO GOphers. Six players graduated the program including starters/parttime starters Shannon Schonrock, Shannon Bolden, and April Calhoun. Additionally, five players transferred including the entire post rotation of Nat Williams, Jamie Broback, Lauren Lacey, and Liz Podominick leaving the Gophs with only one player taller than 6-0. The only experienced players returning are guards Kelly Roysland and Emily Fox. Three other players return to the team.
Borton has added a highly touted frosh recruiting class featuring F Corrine Campbell, W Breanna Salley and G Brittany McCoy. Additionally, the Gophers have brought in a F from Canada, Tanisha Smith, and G Jordan Barnes, out of Minnetonka who played one year at Winthrop before becoming a student for the past year at the U.
Obviously, watching this makeshift team will be interesting. At the SU/UM game this year in Minneapolis, Broback was the only player who stepped up to stave off the Bison in a close win.