Spike Albrecht wasn’t supposed to play high-major Division I basketball. He wasn’t supposed to score 17 points in the National Championship game. And he’s not supposed to start at point guard next season for John Beilein’s Michigan team. But whenever he was called upon as...
As the summer months fade into fall, Michigan continues to wait on its top 2014 offerees to pick their destinations. Devin Booker, Donte Grantham, Kameron Chatman and James Blackmon Jr. all have yet to make a decision. DJ Wilson and Jonah Bolden have yet to...
Australian import Jonah Bolden surged onto the national recruiting circuit at Adidas Nations in August. The 6-foot-9 forward impressed scouts with his inside-outside game Bolden trimmed his list to ten schools over the weekend. UCLA, Michigan, UNLV, Louisville, SMU, LSU, Arizona, Oregon State, Auburn and Vanderbilt...
DJ Wilson missed much of the last year due to injury but is still drawing major recruiting interest from across the country. The 6-foot-8 forward is currently on an official visit to Columbia and will visit Gonzaga and Michigan in the next two weeks. Wilson...
Donte Grantham is widely reported to be nearing a decision after taking official visits to Clemson, Michigan and Cincinnati within the last month. While the Michigan coaching staff tracked Grantham throughout July, we didn’t have a chance to see him in person over the summer. However,...
John Beilein and Bacari Alexander were both in attendance for Devin Booker’s open gym on Wednesday evening but they weren’t the only ones. John Calipari and a “full house” of coaches from Kentucky were also in attendance. Booker is considered a Kentucky lean by most...
James Blackmon Jr., one of Michigan’s top priorities in the class of 2014, will be taking his official visit to Ann Arbor the weekend of September 27th. The 6-foot-4 shooter has expressed serious mutual interest in Michigan since he visited Ann Arbor and was offered...
Over the next two months we’ll rundown some of the biggest storylines facing the 2013-14 Michigan Wolverines. We start with expectations. A year after a trip to the National Championship game and having two players selected in the first round of the NBA Draft, what...
It’s still early in Seth Towns’ recruitment — the 6-foot-7 forward will be a sophomore this season — but his versatile game and sizeable potential already has schools paying attention. Towns already holds Xavier and Dayton offers while West Virginia, Ohio State and Michigan are...
Bacari Alexander watched class of 2014 wing guard Javon Bess in open gym last week and Michigan head coach John Beilein was in attendance on Monday. Bess said he thought he played well in front of Michigan’s coach. “I think I played well, I think...
The off-season provides ample opportunity to experiment with new ideas and one of our focuses this year will be on better utilizing video in our coverage. We have two YouTube channels, one featuring media coverage of the team and the other focused on recruiting videos, but...
Michigan is ranked 9th in Blue Ribbon’s 2013-14 College Basketball Yearbook. The Wolverines are the second highest rated team in the Big Ten, trailing No. 1 Michigan State. Ohio State (11) and Iowa (24) are also ranked in the top-25. Michigan will face No. 4 Duke...
Commitments and official visits continue to heat up as the November signing period nears, here are four thoughts on Michigan’s basketball recruiting heading into the critical stretch before the early signing period. For reference, previous and upcoming fall visits are tracked here, 2014 recruits, 2015...
Class of 2015 Michigan offeree Jalen Coleman impressed at the NY2LA Futures Camp this weekend. Watch Coleman, who visited Michigan on September 7th, in the embedded media player below.
Before July, TJ Leaf couldn’t seem to get healthy. Recently, the talented forward had to play through a hurt finger, a broken wrist and a broken leg. But this summer, Leaf was finally healthy and he took full advantage of the opportunity to prove he...
Over the last few years, we’ve borrowed an idea from Adam Jardy of the...
The 2025-26 college basketball season is around the corner. Preseason magazines are hitting newsstands,...
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As the nation’s top transfer-portal recruit this offseason, graduate forward Yaxel Lendeborg has sky-high...
Over the last few years, we’ve borrowed an idea from Adam Jardy of the...