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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

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

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	5th	27th	26th	249th	228th	236th						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	12.6	17.6	30.2	11.9	7.8	5.4	15.2	17.3	61.6
Rank			6th	4th	9th	5th	3rd	9th	9th	8th	11th	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	8th	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	10.3	16.9	27.2	12.7	8.0	2.8	14.1	17.7	61.1
Rank			1st	3rd	2nd	1st	4th	1st	8th	8th	9th	10th	10th	11th	7th	3rd	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	17th	73rd	26th	265th	255th	236th						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	226	317	543	215	140	98	274	312	1108
Rank			6th	4th	9th	5th	3rd	9th	9th	8th	11th	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	8th	2nd	8th	1st	1st	10th	8th	7th
Opponent	18	3625	367	900	.408	238	549	.434	129	351	.368	237	320	.741	185	304	489	229	144	51	254	319	1100
Rank			1st	3rd	2nd	1st	4th	1st	8th	8th	9th	10th	10th	11th	7th	3rd	4th	4th	11th	4th	10th	10th	4th

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Lawrence Westbrook	G	32	25	24.1	4.1	9.6	.430	1.4	3.8	.358	2.8	5.8	.478	.502	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	F	30	30	26.7	3.8	7.8	.485	0.3	1.3	.263	3.5	6.6	.528	.506	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	G	33	31	26.5	1.9	5.8	.337	0.6	2.1	.294	1.3	3.7	.361	.389	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	G	32	8	22.0	2.2	5.2	.413	1.4	4.1	.341	0.8	1.1	.686	.548	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 III	F	33	24	20.8	2.5	4.9	.503	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	4.8	.513	.503	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	F	32	27	17.7	2.2	3.6	.603	0.0	0.0		2.2	3.6	.603	.603	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	F	28	5	16.0	1.7	4.6	.362	0.1	0.7	.211	1.5	4.0	.387	.377	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	G	33	2	16.7	1.9	4.7	.400	0.9	2.5	.373	0.9	2.2	.431	.500	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	G	31	0	11.0	1.6	3.7	.430	0.5	1.6	.275	1.1	2.0	.556	.491	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	G	33	12	12.3	1.4	2.8	.505	0.4	1.3	.310	1.0	1.5	.667	.575	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	F	30	0	11.1	1.3	2.7	.500	0.2	0.5	.500	1.1	2.2	.500	.544	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	C	18	1	6.1	0.4	1.1	.350	0.0	0.0		0.4	1.1	.350	.350	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	F	9	0	3.7	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.0
	Team Totals		33	33	200.8	23.7	53.7	.441	5.7	17.4	.327	18.0	36.3	.496	.494	13.2	18.5	.715	12.0	22.4	34.4	14.1	8.3	6.1	14.5	17.8	66.3

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Lawrence Westbrook	G	18	14	24.6	3.9	9.3	.423	1.2	3.5	.333	2.8	5.8	.476	.485	3.0	3.3	.915	0.7	2.0	2.7	1.2	0.4	0.1	1.9	1.8	12.1
2	Damian Johnson	F	18	18	27.4	3.3	7.6	.431	0.2	1.1	.211	3.1	6.6	.466	.445	1.9	2.5	.778	1.8	2.4	4.2	0.9	1.9	1.9	1.4	3.2	8.7
3	Al Nolen	G	18	14	25.1	2.0	6.1	.327	0.7	1.9	.343	1.3	4.2	.320	.382	1.4	1.9	.765	0.8	2.1	2.8	3.2	1.6	0.2	2.1	2.3	6.1
4	Devoe Joseph	G	18	2	18.2	2.3	5.2	.436	1.2	2.7	.429	1.1	2.5	.444	.548	0.3	0.5	.556	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.4	0.9	0.1	2.0	1.1	6.0
5	Paul Carter	F	18	4	16.2	1.8	4.6	.398	0.2	0.7	.308	1.6	3.9	.414	.422	2.0	2.6	.783	2.1	2.9	4.9	0.8	0.8	0.4	1.0	1.8	5.9
6	Ralph Sampson III	F	18	15	22.4	2.2	4.6	.482	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	4.6	.488	.482	1.5	1.9	.794	1.6	2.8	4.4	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.0	2.5	5.9
7	Blake Hoffarber	G	18	2	21.2	1.6	4.7	.345	1.0	3.9	.257	0.6	0.8	.786	.452	0.3	0.4	.625	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.4	0.6	0.1	1.2	0.7	4.5
8	Colton Iverson	F	17	15	17.5	1.8	3.1	.566	0.0	0.0		1.8	3.1	.566	.566	0.8	1.8	.433	1.4	1.8	3.2	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.7	1.8	4.3
9	Devron Bostick	G	16	0	9.5	1.3	3.3	.404	0.3	1.5	.167	1.1	1.8	.607	.442	0.5	0.6	.800	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.8	0.4	3.4
10	Jamal Abu-Shamala	G	18	3	9.4	1.1	2.1	.500	0.3	0.9	.294	0.8	1.2	.667	.566	0.3	0.4	.750	0.2	0.8	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.6	0.7	2.7
11	Travis Busch	F	15	2	10.0	0.9	2.0	.467	0.3	0.5	.571	0.7	1.5	.435	.533	0.5	0.9	.615	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.7
12	Jonathan Williams	C	12	1	5.3	0.2	1.0	.167	0.0	0.0		0.2	1.0	.167	.167	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.8	0.5
13	Kevin Payton	F	2	0	1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0			0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals		206	90	17.6	1.9	4.6	.418	0.5	1.4	.312	1.5	3.1	.467	.468	1.1	1.5	.750	0.9	1.8	2.6	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.3	1.5	5.4

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Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Lawrence Westbrook	G	32	25	770	132	307	.430	44	123	.358	88	184	.478	.502	95	114	.833	21	58	79	46	22	4	68	61	403
2	Damian Johnson	F	30	30	802	114	235	.485	10	38	.263	104	197	.528	.506	55	82	.671	54	71	125	48	58	60	42	86	293
3	Al Nolen	G	33	31	875	64	190	.337	20	68	.294	44	122	.361	.389	68	93	.731	23	81	104	143	64	6	57	82	216
4	Ralph Sampson III	F	33	24	688	81	161	.503	0	3	.000	81	158	.513	.503	47	62	.758	51	89	140	26	10	50	27	78	209
5	Blake Hoffarber	G	32	8	703	69	167	.413	45	132	.341	24	35	.686	.548	21	29	.724	14	72	86	40	21	2	41	31	204
6	Colton Iverson	F	32	27	566	70	116	.603	0	0		70	116	.603	.603	34	67	.507	49	65	114	20	13	41	44	66	174
7	Devoe Joseph	G	33	2	551	62	155	.400	31	83	.373	31	72	.431	.500	9	17	.529	13	46	59	50	26	2	55	26	164
8	Paul Carter	F	28	5	448	47	130	.362	4	19	.211	43	111	.387	.377	51	66	.773	53	72	125	29	20	14	34	53	149
9	Devron Bostick	G	31	0	341	49	114	.430	14	51	.275	35	63	.556	.491	13	18	.722	11	36	47	24	16	4	28	21	125
10	Jamal Abu-Shamala	G	33	12	406	47	93	.505	13	42	.310	34	51	.667	.575	18	25	.720	9	45	54	22	8	6	25	30	125
11	Travis Busch	F	30	0	333	40	80	.500	7	14	.500	33	66	.500	.544	24	34	.706	16	32	48	10	12	4	21	30	111
12	Jonathan Williams	C	18	1	109	7	20	.350	0	0		7	20	.350	.350	2	2	1.000	12	11	23	5	3	7	15	19	16
13	Kevin Payton	F	9	0	33	0	4	.000	0	2	.000	0	2	.000	.000	0	2	.000	4	3	7	3	1	1	2	5	0
	Team Totals		33		6625	782	1772	.441	188	575	.327	594	1197	.496	.494	437	611	.715	330	681	1011	466	274	201	477	588	2189

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Lawrence Westbrook	G	18	14	442	71	168	.423	21	63	.333	50	105	.476	.485	54	59	.915	13	36	49	22	8	2	34	32	217
2	Damian Johnson	F	18	18	494	59	137	.431	4	19	.211	55	118	.466	.445	35	45	.778	33	43	76	16	34	35	26	57	157
3	Al Nolen	G	18	14	451	36	110	.327	12	35	.343	24	75	.320	.382	26	34	.765	14	37	51	57	29	4	37	42	110
4	Devoe Joseph	G	18	2	327	41	94	.436	21	49	.429	20	45	.444	.548	5	9	.556	7	23	30	26	16	1	36	19	108
5	Ralph Sampson III	F	18	15	404	40	83	.482	0	1	.000	40	82	.488	.482	27	34	.794	28	51	79	13	8	22	18	45	107
6	Paul Carter	F	18	4	291	33	83	.398	4	13	.308	29	70	.414	.422	36	46	.783	37	52	89	15	15	7	18	32	106
7	Blake Hoffarber	G	18	2	381	29	84	.345	18	70	.257	11	14	.786	.452	5	8	.625	6	36	42	25	10	1	21	13	81
8	Colton Iverson	F	17	15	298	30	53	.566	0	0		30	53	.566	.566	13	30	.433	24	31	55	12	5	17	29	31	73
9	Devron Bostick	G	16	0	152	21	52	.404	4	24	.167	17	28	.607	.442	8	10	.800	5	18	23	12	8	3	13	7	54
10	Jamal Abu-Shamala	G	18	3	170	19	38	.500	5	17	.294	14	21	.667	.566	6	8	.750	4	15	19	9	4	2	11	12	49
11	Travis Busch	F	15	2	150	14	30	.467	4	7	.571	10	23	.435	.533	8	13	.615	6	13	19	6	2	3	11	13	40
12	Jonathan Williams	C	12	1	63	2	12	.167	0	0		2	12	.167	.167	2	2	1.000	5	6	11	2	1	1	7	9	6
13	Kevin Payton	F	2	0	2	0	0		0	0		0	0			0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		206		3625	395	944	.418	93	298	.312	302	646	.467	.468	225	300	.750	182	361	543	215	140	98	261	312	1108

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