Where Are They Now? The 2018 Minnesota Top Ten

The 2018 class not only had talent, it had a ton of players that developed a lot during their senior year AND several that really developed once they graduated high school. Here is our ten, and several more!   (1) Tre Jones of Apple Valley (San Antonio Spurs). Last year Tre averaged 13 points, 6.6 assists and 2.6 rebounds a game shooting nearly 47 percent from the field. Also had a standout career at Duke winning the ACC Player of the Year as a sophomore.   (2) Daniel Oturu of CDH (Windy City Bulls). Oturu had a strong two year career for the Gophers and then was drafted 33rd (second round) by the LA Clippers. Oturu averaged 10 points and six boards a game last year for the Windy City Bulls in the G League.   (3) Race Thompson of Robbinsdale Armstrong (Indiana). Race finished up his six years at IU (went to school a year early and red-shirted) as a two year starter and was signed to play with the New York Knicks summer team but hurt his tibia.   (4) Jarvis Omersa of Orono (Minnesota). Omersa played for the Gophers for two and a half years, left the team, resurfaced as a commit to UST but he never joined the team, and last he surfaced it was as a player working to be a football player.   (5) Gabe Kalscheur of DeLaSalle (Iowa State). Gabe was basically a five year starter for Minnesota (three years) and Iowa State (two years). He was a trusted player, a top defender, and was on and off as a shooter. Played in the NBA Summer League for the Golden State Warriors.   (6) Joseph Hedstrom of Hopkins (Valpo). Spent three years at Wisconsin and two years at Valpo so far. Averaged 2.2 points and 2.2 rebounds last season as a 5th year player. Hedstrom did have one more year to play at Valpo but has moved into the work force.   (7) Both Gach of Austin (Kosovo). After two years at Utah, one year at Minnesota, and then one year back at Utah, Gach left college with year of eligibility left and went to play professionally in Kosovo last season.   (8) Michael Jones of Woodbury (Stanford). After three seasons at Davidson, Jones came off the Stanford bench last year scoring 10 points a game shooting 35 percent from the arc. Has more season at Stanford.   (9) Shae Mitchell of Lakeville South. Played at Milwaukee, then Butler Community College, and was signed locally but that is the last we heard of Mitchel on the court.   (10) Brevyn Spann-Ford of St. Cloud Tech (Minnesota Football). Spann-Ford is an All Big Ten level tight end that is considered one of the best tight ends in all of college football this fall. He will be an NFL draft pick.     More   (11) Calvin Wishart of Delano (UCSB). After two years at Georgia Southern, the state champ went to UCSB where he averaged seven points and two assists a game last year as a senior.   (14) Matt Todd of Monticello. Todd spent one year at a junior college, a couple years at Augustana, a year at Central Missouri where he averaged 6.5 points a game as a red-shirt junior, and we aren't quite sure where he played last season.   (15) Goodnews Kpegeol of North St Paul. Spent a half year at Kansas State, went to Southwest Mississippi CC, then Valpo for a year, then Gulf Coast CC, and if I am seeing this correctly, was at a D2 out west last year. I believe he has one more year of college hoops to play.   (18) Ryan Larson of CDH (College of Charleston). After an excellent career at Wofford, Larson went to College of Charleston last season averaging 11 points and four assists a game for a first place team.   (21) Sy Chatman of CDH (Buffalo). Chatman played in 29 games as a frosh at UMASS but then only 11 games combined the next two seasons at UMass and Illinois State. Then his fourth year, at Illinois State, he really stepped up with 13 points and 6.5 rebounds a game. Last year Sy played at Buffalo and had another great year averaging 13.5 and six boards a game. Chatman has one more year to play at Buffalo.   (23) Anders Nelson of Edina (William & Mary). After a standout career at UST at the D3 level and 14.6 points a game at UST their first year of D1, Nelson went to W&M averaging 11 points and four assists a game.   (26) Josiah Strong of Champlin Park (Colorado State). Strong played at Navy for a year, was at a junior college for a year, averaged 11.5 points a game both seasons at Illinois State, and then scored 4 points a game for Colorado State before getting hurt. Strong will have another year for the Rams next season.   (31) Damani Hayes of Mankato East (South Dakota). A full time starter in his third year at USD, Hayes averaged 5.5 points and 6.7 rebounds a game. Played at South Dakota School of Mines his first two years of college basketball. Damani is done at USD but his brother Jalen has walked on to USD as a frosh.

The 2018 class not only had talent, it had a ton of players that developed a lot during their senior year AND several that really developed once they graduated high school. Here is our ten, and several more!