![]() ![]() I talk to Ben about (playing there), but it’s up to Jericho what he wants to do.” Ben Johnson is the one I talk to most of the time. “(The Gophers are) going through some problems right now, but they will get better. “I didn’t put pressure on any of the kids,” Sims’ father said of playing at his alma mater. Sims, who will play Friday through Sunday in the Battle of the Lakes tournament in Minneapolis, has two older brothers who played Division I basketball: Ty at Kansas State and Jason at Northern Iowa. ![]() “A lot of people know my last name has a history of being at the U.” “It’s great,” said Sims, who joined D1 Minnesota AAU teammates Nate Reuvers and McKinley Wright with offers from the Gophers. The offer from Gophers coach Richard Pitino was meaningful because Sims’ father, Charles, played basketball at the U from 1971-75, alongside the likes of Jim Brewer, Mychal Thompson and Flip Saunders. Photo Courtesy of Cristo Rey High Schoolīut that has changed during the spring AAU season, and he now has more than a dozen high-major offers, including recently from Minnesota, Xavier, Texas and Florida. Cristo Rey junior forward Jericho Sims, who was offered by the Gophers, goes high with the ball against Heritage Christian this season. Cristo Rey Jesuit basketball coach Stan Clay received a phone call from Duke assistant Nate James in December wondering if he could get some game film of Jericho Sims.Ĭlay was surprised because Sims, a 6-foot-9 junior forward, had received only a few high-major scholarship offers up to that point. Playing for a small, Class A high school made it difficult for Sims to get noticed. ![]()
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