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2008-09 Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Roster and Stats

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Record: 22-11 (9-9, 8th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Tubby Smith

PS/G: 66.3 (200th of 344)

PA/G: 61.6 (36th of 344)

SRS: 11.32 (46th of 330)

SOS: 7.19 (40th of 330)

NCAA Tournament: (#10 seed in East)
Lost East First Round (76-62) versus #7 Texas

Recent Game Results

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Roster

Roster Table
Player	#	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	Hometown	RSCI Top 100	Summary
Lawrence Westbrook	20	JR	G	6-0	193	Chandler, AZ		12.6 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 1.4 Ast
Damian Johnson	34	JR	F	6-7	205	Thibodaux, LA		9.8 Pts, 4.2 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Al Nolen	0	SO	G	6-1	188	Minneapolis, MN		6.5 Pts, 3.2 Reb, 4.3 Ast
Ralph Sampson	50	FR	F	6-11	241	Duluth, GA	64 (2008)	6.3 Pts, 4.2 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Blake Hoffarber	24	SO	G	6-4	210	Minnetonka, MN		6.4 Pts, 2.7 Reb, 1.3 Ast
Colton Iverson	45	FR	F	6-10	261	Yankton, SD		5.4 Pts, 3.6 Reb, 0.6 Ast
Devoe Joseph	34	FR	G	6-4	180		98 (2008)	5.0 Pts, 1.8 Reb, 1.5 Ast
Paul Carter	2	SO	F	6-8	203	Little Rock, AR		5.3 Pts, 4.5 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Jamal Abu-Shamala	33	SR	G	6-5	210	Shakopee, MN		3.8 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Devron Bostick	22	JR	G	6-5	220	Racine, WI		4.0 Pts, 1.5 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Travis Busch	10	JR	F	6-4	220	Mounds View, MN		3.7 Pts, 1.6 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Jonathan Williams	11	SR	C	6-9	285	St. Cloud, MN		0.9 Pts, 1.3 Reb, 0.3 Ast
Kevin Payton	3	JR	F	6-6	215	Camden, NJ		0.0 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 0.3 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	33	40.2	23.7	53.7	.441	18.0	36.3	.496	5.7	17.4	.327	13.2	18.5	.715	12.0	22.4	34.4	14.1	8.3	6.1	14.5	17.8	66.3
Rank			186th	235th	147th	157th	206th	113th	222nd	202nd	237th	201st	251st	86th	126th	232nd	177th	90th	38th	4th	118th	216th	200th
Opponent	33	40.2	20.7	51.5	.401	13.9	32.3	.431	6.8	19.3	.351						32.4				15.1		61.6
Rank			16th	54th	36th	8th	27th	29th	247th	229th	235th						79th				253rd		36th

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18	40.3	21.9	52.4	.418	16.8	35.9	.467	5.2	16.6	.312	12.5	16.7	.750	10.1	20.1	30.2	11.9	7.8	5.4	14.5	17.3	61.6
Rank			6th	4th	9th	5th	3rd	9th	9th	8th	11th	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	4th	2nd	8th	1st	1st	2nd	4th	7th
Opponent	18	40.3	20.4	50.0	.408	13.2	30.5	.434	7.2	19.5	.368	13.2	17.8	.741	7.9	19.2	27.2	12.7	8.0	2.8	13.8	17.7	61.1
Rank			1st	3rd	2nd	1st	4th	1st	8th	8th	9th	10th	10th	11th	6th	4th	4th	4th	11th	4th	10th	10th	4th

Total Team and Opponent Stats

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	33	6625	782	1772	.441	594	1197	.496	188	575	.327	437	611	.715	397	739	1136	466	274	201	477	588	2189
Rank			148th	151st	147th	125th	153rd	113th	196th	172nd	237th	165th	203rd	86th	104th	171st	139th	84th	34th	8th	259th	181st	152nd
Opponent	33	6625	682	1701	.401	459	1065	.431	223	636	.351						1070				498		2032
Rank			52nd	136th	36th	20th	72nd	29th	263rd	255th	235th						143rd				259th		82nd

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18	3625	395	944	.418	302	646	.467	93	298	.312	225	300	.750	182	361	543	215	140	98	261	312	1108
Rank			6th	4th	9th	5th	3rd	9th	9th	8th	11th	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	4th	2nd	8th	1st	1st	10th	8th	7th
Opponent	18	3625	367	900	.408	238	549	.434	129	351	.368	237	320	.741	143	346	489	229	144	51	248	319	1100
Rank			1st	3rd	2nd	1st	4th	1st	8th	8th	9th	10th	10th	11th	6th	4th	4th	4th	11th	4th	10th	10th	4th

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Lawrence Westbrook	32	25	24.1	4.1	9.6	.430	2.8	5.8	.478	1.4	3.8	.358	3.0	3.6	.833	0.7	1.8	2.5	1.4	0.7	0.1	2.1	1.9	12.6
2	Damian Johnson	30	30	26.7	3.8	7.8	.485	3.5	6.6	.528	0.3	1.3	.263	1.8	2.7	.671	1.8	2.4	4.2	1.6	1.9	2.0	1.4	2.9	9.8
3	Al Nolen	33	31	26.5	1.9	5.8	.337	1.3	3.7	.361	0.6	2.1	.294	2.1	2.8	.731	0.7	2.5	3.2	4.3	1.9	0.2	1.7	2.5	6.5
4	Blake Hoffarber	32	8	22.0	2.2	5.2	.413	0.8	1.1	.686	1.4	4.1	.341	0.7	0.9	.724	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.3	0.7	0.1	1.3	1.0	6.4
5	Ralph Sampson	33	24	20.8	2.5	4.9	.503	2.5	4.8	.513	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.9	.758	1.5	2.7	4.2	0.8	0.3	1.5	0.8	2.4	6.3
6	Colton Iverson	32	27	17.7	2.2	3.6	.603	2.2	3.6	.603	0.0	0.0		1.1	2.1	.507	1.5	2.0	3.6	0.6	0.4	1.3	1.4	2.1	5.4
7	Paul Carter	28	5	16.0	1.7	4.6	.362	1.5	4.0	.387	0.1	0.7	.211	1.8	2.4	.773	1.9	2.6	4.5	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.2	1.9	5.3
8	Devoe Joseph	33	2	16.7	1.9	4.7	.400	0.9	2.2	.431	0.9	2.5	.373	0.3	0.5	.529	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.5	0.8	0.1	1.7	0.8	5.0
9	Devron Bostick	31	0	11.0	1.6	3.7	.430	1.1	2.0	.556	0.5	1.6	.275	0.4	0.6	.722	0.4	1.2	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.7	4.0
10	Jamal Abu-Shamala	33	12	12.3	1.4	2.8	.505	1.0	1.5	.667	0.4	1.3	.310	0.5	0.8	.720	0.3	1.4	1.6	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.9	3.8
11	Travis Busch	30	0	11.1	1.3	2.7	.500	1.1	2.2	.500	0.2	0.5	.500	0.8	1.1	.706	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.0	3.7
12	Jonathan Williams	18	1	6.1	0.4	1.1	.350	0.4	1.1	.350	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.1	1.000	0.7	0.6	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.1	0.9
13	Kevin Payton	9	0	3.7	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.0

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Lawrence Westbrook	32	25	770	132	307	.430	88	184	.478	44	123	.358	95	114	.833	21	58	79	46	22	4	68	61	403
2	Damian Johnson	30	30	802	114	235	.485	104	197	.528	10	38	.263	55	82	.671	54	71	125	48	58	60	42	86	293
3	Al Nolen	33	31	875	64	190	.337	44	122	.361	20	68	.294	68	93	.731	23	81	104	143	64	6	57	82	216
4	Ralph Sampson	33	24	688	81	161	.503	81	158	.513	0	3	.000	47	62	.758	51	89	140	26	10	50	27	78	209
5	Blake Hoffarber	32	8	703	69	167	.413	24	35	.686	45	132	.341	21	29	.724	14	72	86	40	21	2	41	31	204
6	Colton Iverson	32	27	566	70	116	.603	70	116	.603	0	0		34	67	.507	49	65	114	20	13	41	44	66	174
7	Devoe Joseph	33	2	551	62	155	.400	31	72	.431	31	83	.373	9	17	.529	13	46	59	50	26	2	55	26	164
8	Paul Carter	28	5	448	47	130	.362	43	111	.387	4	19	.211	51	66	.773	53	72	125	29	20	14	34	53	149
9	Jamal Abu-Shamala	33	12	406	47	93	.505	34	51	.667	13	42	.310	18	25	.720	9	45	54	22	8	6	25	30	125
10	Devron Bostick	31	0	341	49	114	.430	35	63	.556	14	51	.275	13	18	.722	11	36	47	24	16	4	28	21	125
11	Travis Busch	30	0	333	40	80	.500	33	66	.500	7	14	.500	24	34	.706	16	32	48	10	12	4	21	30	111
12	Jonathan Williams	18	1	109	7	20	.350	7	20	.350	0	0		2	2	1.000	12	11	23	5	3	7	15	19	16
13	Kevin Payton	9	0	33	0	4	.000	0	2	.000	0	2	.000	0	2	.000	4	3	7	3	1	1	2	5	0
	School Totals	33		6625	782	1772	.441	594	1197	.496	188	575	.327	437	611	.715	397	739	1136	466	274	201	477	588	2189

Per 40 Minutes

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Lawrence Westbrook	32	25	770	6.9	15.9	.430	4.6	9.6	.478	2.3	6.4	.358	4.9	5.9	.833	4.1	2.4	1.1	0.2	3.5	3.2	20.9
2	Devron Bostick	31	0	341	5.7	13.4	.430	4.1	7.4	.556	1.6	6.0	.275	1.5	2.1	.722	5.5	2.8	1.9	0.5	3.3	2.5	14.7
3	Damian Johnson	30	30	802	5.7	11.7	.485	5.2	9.8	.528	0.5	1.9	.263	2.7	4.1	.671	6.2	2.4	2.9	3.0	2.1	4.3	14.6
4	Travis Busch	30	0	333	4.8	9.6	.500	4.0	7.9	.500	0.8	1.7	.500	2.9	4.1	.706	5.8	1.2	1.4	0.5	2.5	3.6	13.3
5	Paul Carter	28	5	448	4.2	11.6	.362	3.8	9.9	.387	0.4	1.7	.211	4.6	5.9	.773	11.2	2.6	1.8	1.3	3.0	4.7	13.3
6	Jamal Abu-Shamala	33	12	406	4.6	9.2	.505	3.3	5.0	.667	1.3	4.1	.310	1.8	2.5	.720	5.3	2.2	0.8	0.6	2.5	3.0	12.3
7	Colton Iverson	32	27	566	4.9	8.2	.603	4.9	8.2	.603	0.0	0.0		2.4	4.7	.507	8.1	1.4	0.9	2.9	3.1	4.7	12.3
8	Ralph Sampson	33	24	688	4.7	9.4	.503	4.7	9.2	.513	0.0	0.2	.000	2.7	3.6	.758	8.1	1.5	0.6	2.9	1.6	4.5	12.2
9	Devoe Joseph	33	2	551	4.5	11.3	.400	2.3	5.2	.431	2.3	6.0	.373	0.7	1.2	.529	4.3	3.6	1.9	0.1	4.0	1.9	11.9
10	Blake Hoffarber	32	8	703	3.9	9.5	.413	1.4	2.0	.686	2.6	7.5	.341	1.2	1.7	.724	4.9	2.3	1.2	0.1	2.3	1.8	11.6
11	Al Nolen	33	31	875	2.9	8.7	.337	2.0	5.6	.361	0.9	3.1	.294	3.1	4.3	.731	4.8	6.5	2.9	0.3	2.6	3.7	9.9
12	Jonathan Williams	18	1	109	2.6	7.3	.350	2.6	7.3	.350	0.0	0.0		0.7	0.7	1.000	8.4	1.8	1.1	2.6	5.5	7.0	5.9
13	Kevin Payton	9	0	33	0.0	4.8	.000	0.0	2.4	.000	0.0	2.4	.000	0.0	2.4	.000	8.5	3.6	1.2	1.2	2.4	6.1	0.0

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	PProd	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/40
1	Damian Johnson	30	30	802	.535	.506	.162	.349				9.4	13.4		6.7	13.3	20.6		1.2	2.5	3.7	.184
2	Lawrence Westbrook	32	25	770	.558	.502	.401	.371				6.2	14.3		0.5	15.8	29.1		2.1	0.9	3.0	.155
3	Ralph Sampson	33	24	688	.549	.503	.019	.385				12.2	8.0		6.5	12.4	16.5		1.0	1.7	2.7	.159
4	Colton Iverson	32	27	566	.589	.603	.000	.578				12.1	7.6		6.5	22.9	17.7		1.1	1.5	2.6	.185
5	Blake Hoffarber	32	8	703	.564	.548	.790	.174				7.3	11.6		0.3	18.5	16.5		1.1	0.8	2.0	.113
6	Al Nolen	33	31	875	.461	.389	.358	.489				7.1	31.6		0.6	19.6	17.4		0.1	1.8	1.9	.088
7	Jamal Abu-Shamala	33	12	406	.596	.575	.452	.269				8.0	11.4		1.3	19.2	16.7		0.9	0.5	1.4	.138
8	Travis Busch	30	0	333	.577	.544	.175	.425				8.7	6.4		1.1	17.9	18.4		0.7	0.5	1.2	.139
9	Paul Carter	28	5	448	.462	.377	.146	.508				16.8	13.3		2.8	17.4	22.8		0.0	1.2	1.2	.107
10	Devoe Joseph	33	2	551	.503	.500	.535	.110				6.4	19.0		0.3	25.2	20.7		0.4	0.8	1.2	.089
11	Devron Bostick	31	0	341	.510	.491	.447	.158				8.3	15.8		1.1	18.6	23.0		0.4	0.6	0.9	.109
12	Jonathan Williams	18	1	109	.382	.350	.000	.100				12.7	8.7		5.8	41.7	17.2		-0.1	0.3	0.2	.066
13	Kevin Payton	9	0	33	.000	.000	.500	.500				12.7	15.4		2.7	28.8	11.0		-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-.080

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