A glimpse of what's been going on this week:

  • One of the 2013 recruits the Gophers are going after hard, Nigel Hayes, just completed his final planned official visit at Ohio State this weekend. Hayes has taken four, total: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Stanford and Ohio State, which he has said represents his short list.
  • Alex Foster visited Auburn over the weekend. He will head to Tennessee tomorrow.
  • Power 2014 recruits Tyus Jones and Jahlil Okafor have said they will be unofficially visiting Duke together this weekend and attending the Blue Devils' Midnight Madness.
  • Nothing new: 2014 star recruit Rashad Vaughn picked up another offer according to Rivals' Ryan James: from N.C. State. This makes 23 offers for him. Jerry Meyer, from 247sports.com said Tennessee was around to watch Vaughn last Thursday.
  • Local recruits Henry Ellenson (Rice Lake, Wisc., 2015) and Amir Coffey (Hopkins, 2016) were invited to USA's mini-camp at the U.S. Olympic training Center and the pair have been receiving high praise by those who have watched.
  • James reported that Minnesota (10/3) and Purdue (10/4) were in gym to watch Ellenson this week.
  • FoxSportsNEXT.com (formerly Scout.com) reported that Chris Perry, a recruit whom the Gophers had their eye on (but hadn't offered) committed to South Florida last week.
  • Rumor is Oregon and Kansas will be in Grand Rapids to watch 2015 recruit Alex Illikainen today.
  • Sterling Brown, a 2013 guard the Gophers have offered, will be visiting Missouri this weekend.