Gophers look to build on men’s basketball team during off-season

A mass exodus of name, image and likeness (NIL) transfers has left the Gopher men’s basketball team unrecognizable from last year. Now, as summer practices are underway, the task has to be to build a new team.

“It’s a lot like year one,” said Gophers head coach Ben Johnson. “Where, as the days go, you’re figuring out more and more about them individually. You’re figuring out what you’re going to look like and what you’re going to do as a team.”

Effectively, only three players that played a year ago, return. The one big returner is Dawson Garcia, who could be making way more money elsewhere.