North Carolina transfer Cade Tyson can have ‘really good year’ for Gophers

Once the Gophers men s basketball group completed its runaway - exhibition win over North Dakota State on Oct and Niko Medved wrapped up his news conference the new head coach shared a parting thought as he left the Williams Arena interview room Gophers wing Cade Tyson poured in a game-high points in Minnesota s - exhibition win over North Dakota State at Williams Arena on Oct Tyson is a senior transfer from North Carolina Brad Rempel Gophers Athletics Wish it counted Medved noted with a laugh Minnesota played well over the final minutes in its first of two tune-up games That was especially true for transfer wing Cade Tyson who scored a game-high points The Gophers second exhibition contest is noon Saturday against North Dakota at The Barn The season opener is Nov against Gardner-Webb Among the U s nine new transfers Tyson represents one of the greater part intriguing incoming players this season The Monroe N C native started his career at Belmont in Nashville averaging points and shooting from -point range as a sophomore in - His first transfer move was to North Carolina but didn t play much while putting up points in eight minutes per meeting while shooting from deep So he hit the portal a second time We invariably talk about fit matters Medved disclosed after the NDSU win For whatever reason it didn t work out for him If you remember a couple of years ago he was one of the top transfers in the transfer portal North Carolina has a great project It just wasn t working out fit-wise We thought he would be a great fit here I think you are seeing that Tyson didn t look like a performer searching for confidence after a down year with the Tar Heels Against the Bison he went for from behind the arc and made all four of his free throws I felt confident out there on the floor Tyson announced The most of essential thing that I felt was just having fun out there with my teammates That was the best feeling Tyson scored straight points against NDSU which is picked to finish in fourth of the Summit League this season Every time he put up a three ball I m like Man that s money reported guard Isaac Asuma explained I ve seen him rep it in practice Medved listed a sparse things he likes about the -foot- Tyson whose brother Hunter played at Clemson and is a reserve for the Denver Nuggets Cade s got great skill great size Medved disclosed He can shoot it He s a tough guy and you don t see a kid that didn t have confidence vs NDSU He puts in the work and he believes in himself and I think he s going to have a really good year for us Medved didn t stop there He announced Tyson kind of reminded him of Nique Clifford a guard who transferred from Colorado to Colorado State to play for Medved the previous two seasons Clifford who was the Sacramento Kings th overall pick in the NBA draft shot from -point land for the Buffaloes in - but that number dipped to the following year Clifford s -point shooting improved across his two years in Fort Collins Colo but so did his overall battle with jumps in scoring and rebounding and assist numbers The Gophers would love to see a similar bounce back from their new wing over the unit of the upcoming campaign Related Articles Cretin-Derham Hall guard Ty Schlagel commits to Nebraska Gophers men s basketball tops NDSU in exhibition in Medved s debut Gophers men basketball welcomes North Dakota schools for exhibitions Five takeaways from Gophers men s basketball scrimmage A scarce things to expect from Gophers men s basketball under Niko Medved