At this point, it's nearly impossible to tell how Minnesota's 2015 class will play out.
The Gophers expect to have four scholarships available and have extended offers to four or five times that many players. Of course, they'll likely become less interesting in some. Others will whittle down their lists in ways that don't include a home in Minneapolis.
For now, we have an unfocused, panoramic view of possible candidates. One of those is Jimmy Whitt, a four-star point guard from Missouri.
Earlier this week, Minnesota extended an offer to the 6-2 floor general, joining a host of big name programs that are showing interest.
"Honestly, I've lost count," Dave Johnson, Whitt's coach at Hickman High School, said of the offers.
According to his Rivals page, which ranks him 74th nationally, the junior has picked up invitations to play from Arkansas, Colorado, Creighton, Illinois, Kansas State, Missouri, Northern Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, San Francisco, SMU, Tulsa, Wichita State and Xavier in addition to Minnesota. Other schools -- Indiana, Kansas and Ohio State reportedly among them -- have recruited Whitt at some level.
The Gophers have been aware of him for some time, first reaching out to the guard last summer, Johnson said.
Rivals.com' Eric Bossi, who watched Whitt at the Jayhawk Invitational last weekend, wrote that he "outplayed" his national ranking, noting that while there are bigger and more athletic guards, "very few in the class of 2015 have as developed or advanced off-the-dribble scoring and mid-range game as Whitt."
