The Gophers men’s basketball program’s initial recruiting class under new head coach Niko Medved is off to a stronger start.

It’s still early in the cycle, but the three total recruits in the 2026 class have the U at seventh in the nation, according to 247Sports.

And there is a “possibility” for one more, Medved said Monday.

“It’s got to be the right guy,” he said. “We’ve got some guys that have visited that we really, really like, so we will see where that goes.”

One of those candidates is four-star shooting guard Joseph Hartman. The Gainesville, Fla. product visited the Gophers last week. Hartman has more than 15 offers and has posted about other recent visits to Butler and Iowa.

Quinn Costello, a four-star forward prospect from Boston, visited the U in late August, but he committed

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