Whispers turned to a roar on Friday afternoon as Hunter Dickinson’s name popped up in the NCAA transfer portal. The 7-footer who has been the face of Michigan’s program for the last three years is suddenly the hottest free agent in the sport.
The All-American big man left the program after one of its most disappointing seasons in the last decade in a shocking development that leaves Juwan Howard at a crossroads after four seasons in Ann Arbor.
Here are some thoughts on Dickinson’s decision in an attempt to make sense of how we got here and what comes next.