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Former Gophers football standouts MarQueis Gray and Bryan Cupito embrace being basketball dads

By Marcus Fuller, the Minnesota Star Tribune, 06/09/25, 11:00AM CDT

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After playing for the University of Minnesota years apart, MarQueis Gray and Bryan Cupito watch their children succeed on the AAU hardcourt at the same time.

Ex-Gophers football players MarQueis Gray (left) and Bryan Cupito have teenagers who excel on the basketball court. (Minnesota Star Tribune photos)

Bryan Cupito and MarQueis Gray don’t look far removed from their Gophers football-playing days, but you’ll spot them on the sidelines now as dedicated sports dads.

On the first weekend in June, their sons played on the same court at Shakopee High School a couple of hours apart — and the following weekend they were in the same Adidas tournament in Chicago.

“Basketball is so much time — it’s crazy,” said Cupito, who coaches his sons, Carter and Jack. “We do a lot of traveling.”

The Cupito and Gray boys were among hundreds of players competing last week in the Prep Hoops NHR state AAU tournament in the Twin Cities.

For more on Cupito and Gray, click here to read this story on startribune.com.

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