Every year, the importance of April grows on the college basketball calendar.
John Beilein might not love it, but this is a critical month for every team across the country to set its roster for the upcoming season. There are transfers, graduate transfers, NBA Draft entrants and every other sort of attrition. The most significant change this year is that agents are in the mix as players test their NBA Draft chances.
Beilein is in the unenviable position of waiting out NBA Draft decisions from Jordan Poole and Ignas Brazdeikis while continuing to recruit as if he knows he needs replacements.
Over the last two weeks, mutual interest has escalated between Michigan and four critical targets. Here’s a rundown of all four — Franz Wagner, Justin Pierce, Lester Quinones, and Nah’Shon Hyland — with a breakdown of the strengths and weaknesses of their games, latest video and where things stand in their recruitments.
Still to come
- Justin Pierce (Grad Transfer)
- Franz Wagner (International, 2019)
- Lester Quinones (2019, 4-star)
- Nah'Shon "Bones" Hyland (2019, 4-star)
- What's Next?
Recruiting
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