...The Gophers will begin the 2003 basketball season without its top freshman recruit, and it appears unlikely guard Wesley Washington will ever be in a Minnesota uniform. The university announced Thursday that Washington wasn't admitted to the...

...men's basketball team landed the first two members of its recruiting class. On Tuesday, the school said guard Wesley Washington and forward Kerry Woolridge, both high school players from California, signed national letters of intent to play...

...Boone, a transfer from North Carolina, will be eligible next year and should be the starting point guard. Guard Wesley Washington, a top-50 prep recruit from Santa Ana, Calif., arrives, and big man Aliou Kane gets to play after redshirting...