Some conflicting information on wing forward Roger Franklin. This article lists Michigan in his top 6 while this one doesn’t. By all accounts Franklin has consistently scored the ball very well, including 33 in one game. Here is what ESPN had to say on Roger’s play this week: Franklin is a blue-collar 3-man who can [...]
Prestige. ESPN ranks Michigan the 22nd most prestigious program since 1985, not bad I’d say. The three points lost from the NCAA ban looks to have cost us because Florida only finished 1 point ahead. Darius Morris. Darius Morris scored 20 points (the tournament website only had him for 17) on 7 of 14 shooting [...]
This is a huge AAU week with the Reebok Summer Championships, Adidas Super 64, and the Main Event. 146 of Rivals top 250 players will be in Vegas this week. Darius Morris will be playing in the Reebok Summer Championships with Belmont Shore and possibly along side the Wear twins. Jordan Morgan will be playing [...]
The USA Athletes in Action team was defeated by Jordan 93-91 (OT) in the Jones Cup final on Friday. Jordan gave Athletes in Action both of their losses in the tournament and won their second straight Cup. I think it might be safe to say Jordan has a Jones Cup dynasty brewing. Chris Wang from [...]
Robin Benzing will not be enrolling at Michigan this fall. Bad news to say the least and might be part of the reason Beilein was watching Andy Brown at Peach Jam. This was the risk with taking a guy like Benzing with so many question marks with regards to eligibility, qualification, suspensions and whatever else. [...]
The US Athletes in Action Jones Cup team rolls on with a couple more victories. Stats here and video here. A couple of lackluster games for Laval Lucas-Perry with 6 and 7 points each. A Darius Morris quote about looking out for the hangers-on in an LA Times article about the grinding summer circuit. John [...]
