When Elijah Thomas was in seventh grade, he stood a gigantic but relatively immobile 6-foot-5, 275 pounds. In fact, his future seemed to lie either in football or academics — pretty much anywhere other than the basketball court. But Thomas wouldn’t hear of it. Now,...
Memorial Day weekend was a busy one on the circuit, here are a number of scouting reports, quotes and videos from around the internet. Consensus rankings finalized We posted our final Class of 2013 Big Ten Recruiting Rankings last week and the always reliable RSCIHoops.com...
Michigan is already involved in the recruitment of a few high-profile 2014 players – Devin Booker and Trevon Bluiett are two of many that come to mind. In the cases of Bluiett and Booker, Michigan was recruiting both early on in their prep careers, only...
J.B. Bauer was in attendance at Session Four of the Nike EYBL to provide coverage special to UM Hoops. Read his scouting thoughts on several Michigan targets throughout the weekend below. Vince Edwards – I was really impressed with his work on the boards this weekend....
Barret Benson, a 6-foot-8 237-pound forward from Illinois, doesn’t feel like waiting to emerge as one of the premiere big man prospects in his class. In fact, that’s the 2016 big man’s stated goal. “This summer I just want to establish myself as one of...
A summary of how Michigan recruiting targets performed in Nike’s Elite Youth Basketball League over the weekend. The final regular season session of the Nike EYBL took place over Memorial Day weekend in Minneapolis as teams battled for the final spots in the Nike Peach...
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When we posted updated Big Ten recruiting rankings a month ago we thought we were nearly at the end but there’s been additional action across the conference. Michigan State and Minnesota added recruits and several services updated their rankings one final time. We also added...
Trey Burke’s time in Ann Arbor is over and it won’t soon be forgotten. His impact as Michigan’s point guard was obvious. He dominated the ball, scored, created, and defended. Burke was the National Player of the Year because of his impressive statistics. He was...
When Noah Dickerson was 10 and 11 years old growing up in New Jersey, he remembers his mother holding a select few colleges especially close to her heart. One of those schools was based quite a ways west from his home: the Michigan Wolverines. “We...
With the NBA Draft order set in stone after last night’s lottery, the NBA Draft picture is slowing coming into focus. With just over a month until the June 27th draft, Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr.’s draft stock continues to improve and the duo...
“Nik Stauskas, he’s not just a shooter.” That fact was proven again and again so many times that it became a running joke to anyone who watched more thana few Michigan games. Over and over, Michigan’s freshman guard from Mississauga, Ontario showed off his diverse...
Tim Hardaway Jr. was one of the stars of the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago and could be moving toward the first round according to ESPN’s Chad Ford. Hardaway Jr. has been hiding in plain sight for the past three years. Whether it was comparisons...
Mike Rothstein profiles Trey Burke after spending two days of draft prep with the point guard: His game has been honed for this moment since he was a sophomore in high school. Burke has been thinking about the draft, about where he’ll go, about the...
AJ Turner, a guard formerly in the class of 2014 at De La Salle, has decided to reclassify to the class of 2015. Turner will also be transferring from De La Salle to New Hampton School in New Hampshire. Turner will repeat his junior year...
Michigan hosted Brazilian forward Mathias Vazquez for an official visit this week. Vazquez posted...
Offseason workouts tipped off in Ann Arbor on Monday, as this year’s new look...
Dusty May and his staff were in attendance at the NBPA Top 100 Camp...
Morez Johnson Jr. was named one of 18 finalists at the USA Basketball U19...
Michigan sophomore Morez Johnson Jr. made the final cut, and will play for Team...