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Gophers' Kadyn Betts returning for 2024-25 season

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Minnesota forward Kadyn Betts (15) works around IUPUI guard Kidtrell Blocker (8) during the first half at Williams Arena in Minneapolis on Dec. 12, 2023.
Minnesota forward Kadyn Betts (15) works around IUPUI guard Kidtrell Blocker (8) during the first half at Williams Arena in Minneapolis on Dec. 12, 2023. | Matt Krohn / USA TODAY Sports

Another player is returning for the Gophers men's basketball team.

Forward Kadyn Betts will return for the 2024-25 season, the program announced Monday on Twitter. Betts scored 10 points in eight games for the Gophers last season.

While he didn't see many minutes last season, Betts was a three-star recruit in high school out of Pueblo, Colo., and averaged 22.7 points per game his junior season. He was the No. 87-ranked recruit in the 2023 class, per PrepHoops, but reclassified for the 2022 class.

Betts could potentially see an increased role after the U saw some departures via the transfer portal, including Pharrel Payne, Braeden Carrington and Josh Ola-Joseph.

The Gophers appear poised to return four of their starting five from this season, including leading scorer Dawson Garcia, who recently announced his intentions to return for the 2024-25 season.

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Nolan O'Hara
NOLAN O'HARA

Nolan O'Hara covers all things Minnesota sports, primarily the Timberwolves, for Bring Me The News and Sports Illustrated's On SI network. He previously worked as a copy editor at the St. Paul Pioneer Press and is a graduate of the University of Minnesota's Hubbard School of Journalism. His work has appeared in the Pioneer Press, Ratchet & Wrench magazine, the Minnesota Daily and a number of local newspapers in Minnesota, among other publications.

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