University of Minnesota head men’s basketball coach – Ben Johnson joins for this episode.  Ben is entering his second season leading the Gophers program and is also a former Gopher player himself.  Ben was also a star locally at DeLaSalle high school where he helped lead them to 2 state championships.  For this episode we discuss Coach Johnson’s first season as head coach, building a program on the fly and for the future, his DeLaSalle days and how much he enjoyed football and which college coach he’s been around that has the most colorful language. 

We also chat about having his former high school coach (Dave Thorson) on his staff, how good Jamison Battle can be and where the Denzel Washington Twitter graphic idea came from for when the team announces a new recruit on social media.