University of Minnesota head men’s basketball coach Niko Medved has announced that Langston Reynolds (Denver, Colo.) will join the Golden Gopher program for the 2025-26 season. Reynolds joins the Gophers after three years at Northern Colorado.
“We’re excited to add Langston to our team,” Medved said. “Langston is a physical, athletic guard who plays well in transition, can get downhill and has good rebounding ability. He also has a great personality and we’re thrilled to have him in the Maroon and Gold.”
Reynolds, a 6-foot, 4-inch guard, skyrocketed last year with Northern Colorado, averaging 16 points and 5.6 rebounds en route to First Team All-Big Sky honors in the 2024-25 season. He also finished the 2024-25 campaign as one of the nation’s most efficient shooters. Reynolds ranked 20th nationally and first in the Big Sky in field goal percentage (59.3) as he aided the Bears to a share of the Big Sky regular season title and the program’s first-ever NIT bid. His 16 ppg ranked second on the team and sixth in the Big Sky, while his 5.6 rebounds ranked eighth in the league and tied for first on the team.
Reynolds also received NABC All-District Second Team. He also was named the Big Sky Player of the Week three times last season. In the 2023-24 season, Reynolds appeared in 33 games and averaged 6.2 points, 1.3 assists, 2.0 rebounds, and 0.5 steals per game. As a freshman in the 2022-23 season, he played in 25 games and scored 42 points.
Medved has also announced the addition of Chansey Willis Jr. (Detroit, Mich.) to the Golden Gopher program. Willis Jr. comes to Minnesota after spending a year at Western Michigan.
“Chansey is a great playmaker who makes others around him better,” Medved said. “He is a dynamic scorer who can use his speed to his advantage. In addition, he’s a great two-way player and we’re excited to have him on our team.”
Willis Jr., a 6-foot, 2-inch guard, led the Mid-American Conference in scoring when he averaged 16.8 points and 5.8 assists, while he ranked fifth in the league in steals per game (1.7) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.8). Despite playing in 24 games, he was named an All-MAC Second Team selection and a CSC Academic All-District honoree. In MAC action alone, Willis Jr. averaged 17.5 points and 5.8 assists, which ranked second in the conference. He also received MAC Player of the Week honors when he averaged 25.5 points in a pair of wins over Ohio and Northern Illinois.
Willis Jr. was at Henry Ford College in the 2023-24 season, where he was named the Michigan Community College Athletic Association’s Eastern Conference Player of the Year. He started in all 28 games and averaged 20.0 points, 7.0 assists, 6.1 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game. He also spent his freshman season at Saginaw Valley State, averaging 12.0 points and 3.8 rebounds per game for the Cardinals. Playing for Detroit Martin Luther King, Willis Jr. was named the 2022 Michigan Mr. Basketball, Michigan’s 2022 Gatorade Player of the Year, AP Division I Michigan Player of the Year and First Team All-State selection.
(info courtesy of Gopher Sports)
