Maturi said the most likely funding source to eventually build a practice facility for Smith’s program will be donations. Maturi listed baseball, wrestling and gymnastics as programs that also need facilities.
In their last three games Smith’s team has lost at Wisconsin, and defeated Michigan and Penn State. He said in that stretch Minnesota has played some of its best basketball of the season. The Gophers, 7-7 in the Big Ten, play at second place Purdue (12-2) tonight (Wednesday).
Although the Timberwolves have the second worst record in the NBA, they are ranked 27th in the 30 team NBA power rankings, www.nba.com. The Lakers have moved to the No. 1 position followed by the Spurs.
Timberwolves rookie No. 1 pick Corey Brewer continues to struggle with his shooting. In his last three games he’s made five of 14 field goal attempts. For the season his field goal percentage is .349. He ‘s at .194 on three point attempts.
Newly acquired Wolves forward Kirk Snyder made his debut last night in the team’s 111-100 win over Utah. He played just over 24 minutes, totaling six points, two rebounds, three assists and one steal. He came into last night’s game averaging 3.8 points, 1.3 rebounds and 0.9 assists with Houston.
Gopher director of marketing and ticket sales director Jason LaFrenz said 250 new season football ticket sales were sold after the news earlier this month about Tim Brewster’s nationally ranked recruiting class.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, a guest on Michael Eisner’s CNBC show Monday night, said 13 of the 15 most popular shows on TV last year were NFL games. He said the 2008 Super Bowl was the most watched Super Bowl in history.
It tells you something about the Vikings lack of interest in bringing back wide receiver Troy Williamson for a third season when the club was willing to trade him for a sixth round draft pick to Jacksonville. Williamson was the seventh player selected overall in the 2005 draft. The Vikings weren’t the only ones surprised that Williamson wasn’t more productive. At least one NFL draft expert labeled Williamson the best player in the draft prior to teams making their selections.