As the 2013-14 season nears, we run down some of the best players in the Big Ten by specialty. Today, we continue with the league’s top ten shooters (returning players only). Previously: Best Rebounders, Best Newcomers, Best Defenders, Best Post Scorers Some of the best...
It’s a well-known trope in college basketball that the most difficult concept for freshmen to grasp is defense. And for the majority of players, it’s true — adjusting to the speed of the college game can be difficult for even the most talented first-year players....
The rumblings have been there throughout the offseason practices, and while the Michigan assistant coaches were on WTKA’s Michigan Insider Tuesday morning, LaVall Jordan finally came out and said it: Caris LeVert could see minutes at point guard this season. “I wouldn’t hold that (LeVert...
As the 2013-14 season nears, we run down some of the best players in the Big Ten by specialty. Today, we continue with the league’s top ten post scorers (returning players only). Previously: Best Defenders, Best Newcomers, Best Rebounders The Big Ten some great post players...
James Blackmon Jr. updated his recruitment with ESPN’s Reggie Rankin after his Kentucky official visit. “That was the main thing I took away from the visit is when Coach Calipari talked to me about being a shooting guard and a point guard,” he said. “That...
Devin Booker has completed all four official visits and plans to decide before the early signing period. He will also return to Missouri this weekend for a return visit with his father, who will be honored along with Missouri’s 1994 Big 8 Championship team. “I...
The top 2014 targets on Michigan’s recruiting board, Devin Booker and James Blackmon Jr., both took official visits over the weekend. Booker took his fourth and final official visit to Missouri, where his father was a former All-American. Booker told USA Today’s Jason Jordan that his...
John Beilein told MLive.com that Mitch McGary’s health is progressing and Derrick Walton is 100%. “We are very optimistic about him having a complete season — I mean of him being able to play and do everything,” Beilein said Friday morning. “We’re just being very...
ESPN’s Jeff Goodman visited practices at Kansas, Michigan, Michigan State, Indiana, Oklahoma State and Louisville. Glenn Robinson III was the most impressive player he saw. Michigan’s Glenn Robinson III was the most impressive player of anyone I saw on the trip. GR3 will see more...
As the 2013-14 season nears, we run down some of the best players in the Big Ten by specialty. Today, we continue with the league’s top ten defenders (returning players only). Previously: Best Rebounders, Best Newcomers As the nation’s premiere basketball conference, the Big Ten is known...
Michigan is ranked ninth in USA Today’s Preseason Coaches Poll. The Wolverines were ranked 5th in last year’s preseason poll and spent the entire season ranked in the top 11. Michigan ended last season ranked No. 2 overall after a loss to Louisville in the...
As the 2013-14 season nears, we run down some of the ten most promising newcomers (freshmen and transfers) in the Big Ten this year. Previously: Big Ten’s Best Rebounders 1. Noah Vonleh – 6-foot-10 forward – Indiana RSCI Consensus Rank: #8 Vonleh is the highest...
As the 2013-14 season nears, we run down some of the best players in the Big Ten by specialty. We start with the league’s top ten rebounders (returning players only). The Big Ten lost a lot of offensive and defensive rebounding firepower to graduation and...
Rk School # Rivals Scout ESPN 247 Avg. Avg. Score Cum. Score 1 Ohio State 4 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.00 4.19 120.42 1470 2 Maryland 4 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 118.09 1475 3 Illinois 3 3.67 3.67 3.67 3.67 3.67 92.50 1045 4 Northwestern...
Over the next two months we’ll rundown some of the biggest storylines facing the 2013-14 Michigan Wolverines. In this edition we look at the point guard position battle as the Wolverines look for an option to replace Trey Burke. Previously: 2013-14 expectations The past few seasons...
After seven weeks of holding their breath, Michigan fans can exhale: Yaxel Lendeborg is...
Yaxel Lendeborg made things official on Tuesday by announcing his intentions to withdraw from...
UAB transfer Yaxel Lendeborg will withdraw from the 2025 NBA Draft and transfer to...
Last offseason, Dusty May had to build an entire operation from scratch while uprooting...
Isaac Trotter from 247 Sports and CBS Sports joins the show this week to...