Quincy Roberts has announced a final five of Virginia, Michigan, Georgia Tech, St. Johns and Temple. This one is interesting because Quincy’s name has pretty much fell off the radar over the last few weeks but now he comes out listing Michigan. I am also skeptical that he has offers from the five schools he is listing but who knows.
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A new 09 name has popped up on the radar. 6-10 big man Jake Cohen from Pennsylvania lists Michigan along with Penn State, Northwestern, Penn and others.
Penn Live.com reported that Cohen was offered by PSU on 3/10 after Penn State’s upset of the Hoosiers. They also provided this scouting report:
Cohen is a slim big who nonetheless is adept at posting and scoring but also has the ability to step out and shoot to 16 feet. He is an intelligent passer, already adept at kicking out from double teams and feeding from the high post. But his slim build and lack of strength are issues that must be addressed.
Cohen was named honorable-mention All Southeastern PA this year (his junior year), which isn’t all that impressive in itself but there are some ballers on that team Tyreke Evans, Maalik Wayns, Dalton Pepper are just a couple. Rivals posted this premium article today on Cohen and his plans for his recruitment. For you rankings people there are a few Cohen mentions in these PA rankings (thanks to BL).
Cohen definetely seems like one to watch but I think Andy Brown has the be number 1a on the board right now. It is clear that our main focus for recruiting in 09 at this point is getting a point guard and a skilled big to go along with Morgan.
A couple more recruiting notes. Congrats to Stuart Douglass for being named to the all-MIC team. And also congrats to Novak for being named the 2nd best senior in Indiana according to the IBCA.
Well this is why we follow recruiting right. Ebuka decommitted from Colorado just a few days after he committed. I don’t know how much of a shot Michigan has in this one but I can certainly feel Colorado’s pain after Legion, Beverley, Horford and Crawford. I would expect Texas A&M and the instate schools to be the major players for Ebuka, but I thought they would be before and he verballed to Colorado. I also have not heard anything on the Watts front either after Beilein’s planned visit to North Carolina.
- Fast start powers Wolverines
Womens hoops team lives to see another day with win over VCU. - Michigan Wolverines: Pure Back Page News
Ouch, a good laugh from a “columnist”. Bleacher Report is a good idea, anyone can write a column or article. But some of the stuff on there (the Pryor article comes to mind) is very slanted and biased to say the least. - Spartans want to run with Memphis
I think MSU could knock off Memphis but now that it’s the trendy upset pick I am hesitant. - The NCAA Midwest regional is being held at Ford Field Friday/Sunday and I am attending. It will be quite an experience to watch a basketball game with the 70k expected fans. The games are Davidson/Wisconsin and Kansas/Villanova, Stephen Curry alone is worth the price of admission. If you don’t have tickets get them here.
- On a related note Eric Lacy wants to know where all the hoops passion is in Metro Detroit.
- I am working on getting together some great post-season wrap up type stuff and it should be up soon. I have been working on this stuff so updates have been a little scarce.
Novak was named the NW Indiana Times Player of the Year. Former winners of the award include Luke Harangody and E’twaun Moore. Memphis 5 star commit Angel Garcia did not make the team.
“You just want to prove (skeptics) wrong,” Novak said. “That made it easier. I was up against the wall, in recruiting terms. It got to the point where I really had nothing to lose. I prepared really hard to make something happen. I was just worried about winning games and if I was playing well, I knew things would take care of themselves. It worked out perfect in the end.”
Hopefully Novak keeps playing with a chip on his shoulder at Michigan because I really think he can be a great player here. Check out the article for some more good quotes.
