The Minnesota 2022 Class – Where Are They Now?
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What ever happened to the Minnesota class of 2022 talent? We run you through the names now as we look back!
Note: if you look back at the old rankings, Joe Hurlburt is listed with his North Dakota ranking and Josh Ola-Joseph is listed with his California ranking. Not sure why.....
Number ONE. The top prospect in the class was Pharrel Payne and he has proven his worth averaging 8.2pt/5.2rb as a frosh at Minnesota and then 10/6 as a sophomore for the Gophers followed by 10/5 at Texas A&M as a junior and then 17/7 last season at Maryland as a senior. Payne was hurt last year so he red-shirted medically and gets one more year for the Terps.
Number TWO. The former CDH great just announced a commitment to Grand Canyon and he will play at GCU next year if the five for five ruling from the NCAA (that does't include 2022s) doesn't cancel him (and many others) out.
Holloman averaged nine points and two assists at NC State last year, and he gave Tom Izzo nine points and 3.7 assists as a junior, five points a game as a soph, and eight minutes a game for the Spartans as a frosh. Tre is a guy that really worked to become a good shooter and he has made over 37 percent of his college threes.
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Number THREE. The 2022 Mr. Basketball award winner was a two year hard working defender for the Gophers and then a seven point point per game guy at Tulsa as a junior. After not hitting more than a third of his threes his first three years and having a rough start last year, Carrington exploded for the Badgers the last 2.5/3 months of the season having a great year as a senior. He shot 40 percent from the arc and scored 8.3 points game. Carrington hopes to get a 5th year and play for the Badgers this winter.
Number FOUR. Watson was a three year role player for Iowa State but fell out of the rotation as a junior. He then went to North Texas for his senior year and started ten games averaging a career high 2.4 points per game.
Number FIVE. King went to Iowa State with Watson but played in only nine games and transferred to North Dakota.
At UND, King was a two year starter, a three year rotational player and a 12 point per game all league player as a senior. Shot 34 percent at the arc for his career at UND and ISU. An All Summit League player.
Number SIX. Prince was a very good college defender that started 103 of 124 games for Boston College, Seton Hall and Southern Illinois. Aligbe had a career high 7.8 points a game for Seton Hall and averaged 7.2 last year for Southern Illinois. Was never able to get the jumper going (22 of 122 in college total from the arc) but was outstanding on defense which is why he averaged 21 minutes a game his entire college career.
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Number SEVEN. A player that at one point had several high major offers including one from Kansas, Lee played 20 games at Houston Baptist last year as a junior (red-shirted in 24-25) averaging 1.2 points a game and he is not on any roster for 2026-27 that I can find. Lee played in 64 games for UST as an underclassmen and scored five points a game.
Number EIGHT. Blue went to UST for three years and was a two time all league player finishing with a 12.1pt/4.4rb/4.1ast per game season as a junior. Blue then entered the portal, landed at Nebraska and got some nice NIL, and was never in the Husker rotation playing only 67 minutes all of his senior season. Blue has been listed in the lawsuits against the NCAA and is hoping to get another season but if that was to happen, no school has been listed for him.
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Number NINE. Elvis was named Emeka Nnaji and then Meka Nnaji in college and he played for George Mason and Grambling State over three seasons at the D1 level. Nnaji only played in 43 games in three years as he medically red-shirted his second year. He then transferred to Fort Valley State at the D2 level and had a solid season at 7.5 points and four rebounds a game. That was his junior year, so Nnaji had one more year left in the portal but I have not seen where he landed as of yet.
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Number TEN. Omot had two excellent all Summit level seasons for UND out of high school averaging double figures. He then went to Cal and played four games before getting hurt, and he was hurt all last season at Minnesota. Omot is now at Cal State Northridge hoping for his first healthy year in three years.
Number ELEVEN. The ONLY guy on this list that stayed at his school for all of his years. Red-shirted his first year, was a reserve his redshirt frosh year, part time starter as a sophomore, and a full time starter as a junior. Scored just under ten points a game the past two seasons and is a career 44 percent three point shooter. Playing his fifth season this year.
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EXTRA. Number TWENTY-THREE.
Love to look down the list and find a guy that out-played his spot and Brown is that guy for this class. Brown went to a prep school for year a year after high school, grew in height and strength, and then went to FDU for two seasons and Utah for one year. He is now at North Carolina for his final year.
Brown averaged 7.8ppg at FDU as a frosh, 20+ as a sophomore and then 19.9 points a game last year at Utah. Brown has career shooting splits of 44%fg/29.4 3pt%/75.4% ft. Shot a career best 32.9 percent at the arc at Utah last season. Has 294 assists to 234 turnovers in his career. A strong 3.6 rebounds per game as a guard (over 5 a game as a sophomore).
