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Ryan James

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National Analyst and Regional Event Director at PrepHoops

National Analyst/Regional Event Director for @Prephoops, Gopher Illustrated Publisher (@Minnesota247), writer at @northstarhoops, @breakdownusa, 20 years 🏀💪🏽

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  • 1 week ago | 247sports.com | Ryan James

    Nolan Groves had a remarkable senior season and is now being pursued heavily by high major programs. He announced three high major offers last night including the Gophers and today we caught up with Groves to talk about his new opportunities. Groves was named Gatorade Player of the Year, Breakdown Player of the Year, McDonald Player of the Year by the Coach's Association, and the Prep Hoops Minnesota Player of the Year for the state of Minnesota.

  • 1 week ago | 247sports.com | Ryan James

    In the last 24 hours the Gophers added an explosive 6'4 guard and an All conference 6'2 point guard. What did Niko Medved say about signing Chansey Wills Jr. from Western Michigan and Langston Reynolds from Northern Colorado? Here are the quotes (with help from the University of Minnesota)! The 6'4 Reynolds averaged 16 points and 5.6 rebounds as a first team All Big Sky player a season ago.

  • 1 week ago | 247sports.com | Ryan James

    Niko Medved has now landed a guard transfer from the transfer portal. Six-foot-2, 190-pound guard Chansey Willis Jr visited this weekend along with Bobby Durkin and committed just after the tripMinnesota has landed a portal guard to play next to Issac Asuma.  Six-foot-2, 190 pound guard Chansey Willis Jr finished his official visit and told Niko Medved he will be a Gopher! As a junior last year, Willis averaged the 17 points, nearly six assists, and 4.3 rebounds a game.

  • 1 week ago | prephoops.com | Ryan James

    In this article: <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560827' first='Kale' last='Misegades'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1560798' first='Lucas' last='Gustafson'] stood out in the backcourt and Minnesota has a lot of developing 2026 bigs! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1560827' first='Kale' last='Misegades'] - Healthy and Winning</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Henning junior...

  • 1 week ago | 247sports.com | Ryan James

    Langston Reynolds averaged 16 points, six rebounds, and 3.4 assists a game last year. Today he committed to Minnesota after three years at Northern Colorado Langston Reynolds averaged 16 points a game last season at Northern Colorado. Today he committed to the Gophers giving Niko Medved an explosive 6'4 205 pound shooting guard for his 2025-26 roster. Reynolds played three years ago Northern Colorado starting 34 games this year after coming off the bench the previous two seasons.

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Ryan James
Ryan James @RyanJamesMN
23 Apr 25

"The Top 25 Unsigned Minnesota Seniors" There is a ton of Minnesota talent for colleges to look at still including 6'11 @denglueth3, 6'7 forward @jones_jahnial, several PGs like @Isaelamin5, wings like @TjStuttley and so many more! @NorthstarHoops https://t.co/asLgoyqDWJ

Ryan James
Ryan James @RyanJamesMN
23 Apr 25

"Minnesota 15U: Week 3 Rankings and Records" There was a lot more 15u action last weekend than there were at the older levels. We update records and rankings as we try and sort this new group out! @NorthstarHoops https://t.co/O9wFIR81iV

Ryan James
Ryan James @RyanJamesMN
23 Apr 25

"The Class A Freshmen All State Team" We give you the best 9th grade varsity producers this year at the Class A level. @NorthstarHoops https://t.co/mpGVtvW1bI