The 2017-2018 Minnesota Golden Gopher men’s basketball team is going to be a fun one to watch. The squad returns all five starters, brings on two promising freshman in Isaiah Washington and Jamir Harris, and even adds a transfer coming off of an injury at a position of need in Davonte Fitzgerald.
However, as it so often happens in the realm of Golden Gopher athletics, this seemingly wonderful season received some unfortunate news before the preseason even started. Hours before their football counterparts kicked off the season against Buffalo, news came out that sophomore forward Eric Curry had seriously injured his left knee and would miss the entire 2017-2018 season.