Commits
Darius Morris
I posted a great Darius Morris video interview courtesy of Ball Is Life. Windward had the week off and will be back in action 1/27.
Matt Vogrich
Lake Forest moved to 14-3 on the season after a huge win over Warren High School and Illinois-bound Brandon Paul. Bill St. John was on hand and wrote up a terrific game update that I posted over the weekend. Matt posted 35 points in the win.
- Defining moment is at hand
Vogrich leading the Scouts to a surprising season
Blake McLimans
A rough week for Worcester with losses to South Kent School and Brewster Academy. Blake had 7 points and 5 blocks against South Kent but only had 2 points against Brewster. Blake continues to struggle a bit but he has been reportedly getting more and more comfortable as the season goes on. Worcester is half way home so it will be interesting to follow Blake’s progress in the second half of the season.
If you are looking for some more video from Worcester’s season you can check out the Worcesterhoops collection for plenty of game footage. You will want to watch the most recently added clips because those are from this season.
Jordan Morgan
Jordan scored 14 points in U-D’s win over Detroit Catholic Central.
“It started with our defense. We had a lot of intensity with our stops and steals that led to quick shots and rebounds,” said Morgan, who had 14 points and eight rebounds. “We just had to play to our abilities.”
Eso Akunne (pref. walk on)
Eso keeps on balling. Gabriel Richard rolled over Detroit Loyola by a score of 57-64. Eso had 20 points in the win. Richard also handled Notre Dame Prep, 72-47. Eso had 21 points included 2 three pointers against Notre Dame. Another Michigan target, junior Josh Herbeck, had 16 points against Notre Dame and 25 (5 triples) against Loyola..
2009 Recruits
Angus Brandt
Brandt dominated the Indiana squad LaLumiere and posted 26 points. Brandt also had 19 points in a 67-50 win over North Grand. The Aussie big man reportedly still has a lot of interest in Michigan so it will be interesting to see how his recruitment plays out.
2010 Recruits
Isaiah Sykes
Say Hello to Isaiah Sykes. Sykes scored 25 points Tuesday against Denby but his first big test was Friday’s battle with Detroit Southeastern. Sykes wasn’t the start but he led Finney to a 47-38 win over Detroit Southeastern. Sykes finished with 8 but received plenty of praise from his teammate:
“He adds a dimension,” Haynes said of the 6-foot-5 Sykes. “He can handle the ball and make shots. He’s a go-to guy like Kobe at the end. He scores, rebounds, blocks shots.”
Coaches from Tennessee, Michigan, and Western Michigan were in attendance.
Trey Zeigler
Mount Pleasant moved to 6-5 with a 66-58 win over Bay City Western. Zeigler had 24 points and Mount Pleasant has won 5 of their last six.
Moses Morgan
Palo Verde suffered a disappointing 65-75 loss to Cheyenne, the #1 team in the Las Vegas area. Moses was held scoreless in the first half but finished the game with 17 points and 9 rebounds. Moses will get another chance at Cheyenne next Friday when the teams face off again.
Will Regan
Nichols didn’t have any games this week.
Alex Dragicevich
Dragicevich hit four three pointers en route to 18 points in a 75-50 win over Niles North.
Casey Prather
Prather falls into the category “Blowing Up”. It’s not going to be easy for Michigan to pull the talented and athletic wing from the south in my opinion. Prather had 23 points in a North Side win this week.
Allen Payne
Winton Woods went 0-2 last week with losses to Roger Bacon and Anderson, I don’t see any statistics for either game.
Tim Hardaway Jr.
Hardaway Jr. had 27 points including 4 three pointers and 7 assists in a 78-64 win over Belen. Hardaway had 15 (2 three pointers) in a 73-32 win over Homestead. Palmetto wrapped up a 3-0 week with a 74-63 win over South Dade. Hardaway had 37 points (5 three pointers) and 5 rebounds in the win.
Cameron Ayers
Germantown made it through the week 3-0. Ayers had 13 points, 7 boards, and 3 assists in a 2 point win over Malvern Prep. He also scored 14 in a 66-45 win over Haverford. Germantown finished the week with a Sunday win over Girard College.
Detroit Country Day
For those wondering about 2009 big man DaShonte Riley, Inside Prep Sports reports that he plans to visit Marquette and February and is also getting looks from Missouri, Oregon, Oregon State, Boston College, South Florida, and Virginia. Scout also has a free look at Ray McCallum.
2011 Recruits
Brandan Kearney & Percy Gibson
Kearney had 12 points in an easy 63-38 win over Osborn. From what I can tell neither Kearney or Gibson were particularly spectacular in the disappointing loss to Finney (see Isaiah Sykes above).
Carlton Brundidge
Brundidge had 37 points for Southfield in a 66-61 loss. Carlton is definitely a big time sophomore prospect in the state and will be in the discussion for best player in his class. Brundidge has been at a few Michigan games this year so it appears there is at least some interest.
Mitch McGary
The sophomore big man took over for Chesterton last week. McGary scored 15 of his game high 24 points after halftime including 9 in the fourth quarter. Chesterton knocked off Portage by a score of 66-59. McGary also had eight rebounds, three steals, two blocks and two assists while going 7 of 10 at the stripe. (Radio archive)
Mistakes?
Did I miss something? Is there someone else I should include in the list? Shoot me an e-mail.
I’ve been casually following Casey Prather since his profile went up on rivals.com, and I gotta tell ya, if we could land him it would be a HUGE HUGE HUGE pickup. But since he seems to like it down south, I think we should continue to go after Zeigler a little more heavily, since he is in-state and he appears to have more interest in Michigan than Prather.
Not worried about Blake. I for one, feel that he will be an impact player next year.
Beilein can get away with guys that are “sixth men” on their high school teams (of course, they must be talented and have a good skill-set), but Blake will not be shooting the ball 20 times a game next year like most high school stars do for their teams.
Look at Stu Douglass, he never scored much in high school, and didn’t start until his senior year. When Beilein gets his kids, he integrates them into a system in which they get good shot attempts. I feel that Stu needs 6-7 shot attempts per game in order to get his points. The games in which he struggles are when he doesn’t shoot often. Stu is a pure shooter, and shooters need attempts.
When Blake get here, I see him as getting 3-4 clean looks from three a game, and several good opportunities to face up down low or coming in off of backdoor cuts.
People place way too much emphasis on high school stats. Does anyone think Vogrich will shoot the ball 16 times a game next year? We need to be much more balanced than we have been in the past two years, although I sense we are moving in the right direction.
The best games we have, are not the “Manny Harris show”, but when Manny has great rebounding numbers, and doesn’t turn the ball over or shoot poor shots. Same goes for Deshawn… there are games when he gets worn down by guarding bigger defenders, and he fails to turn it on offensively.
To be honest, I feel more comfortable watching Novak, Douglass, CJ, and Grady shoot than Peedi and Manny. Doesn’t mean I don’t want Manny to have big games, but sometimes people don’t realize what it takes to win. Let’s face it, we will lose Manny and Deshawn someday, does that mean we’re screwed? Doubtful. Hell, even without Ekpe we’ve done really well this year. Let’s always remember that it’s year two, and we’ve got one of the best talent evaluators on our side.
Go blue
As if the +/- and Pre/Post-Game Analyses don’t separate UMHoops enough from Rivals/Scout, these Recruiting Roundups really are the cherry on top. Thanks Dylan!
For 2010 I hope we get two of these three: Trey, Regan, Hardaway
As for 2011 I’m really liking our chances with Brundidge…
Matt Poches? We still recruiting him?
Forgot Poches. I would assume we are still recruiting him, the net is so wide for 2011 kids it’s a little hard to start narrowing it down so sometimes I’ll skip over a kid or two with the youngins.