- 6-11 power forward Mason Plumlee verballed to Duke. This one was showing signs of being over once he raved about his visit to Duke. Plumlee also scored a team high 15 points in the North Carolina 3-A State championship win for the Greenies.
- Nice piece on Zack Novak and his father’s battle with cancer. Novak led Chesterton with 23 points and 9 boards in a win over Crown Point to wrap up their first ever outright conference title.
Kyle Cassity put up a solid double double with 15 points and 16 boards in a win over Harrisburg to advance to Friday’s sectional final. St. Louis headman Rick Majerus was in the house watching Kyle play.- Corey Person and K-Zoo Central have advanced to Friday’s district final as well, Person scored 9 points in the easy victory over Portage Northern.
- David Curletti, another potential walk on, scored 26 points in Orchard Lake St. Mary’s win over Birmingham Groves. Dion Sims was reportedly a non-factor and John Beilein was in the house. OLSM also rolled over PSL-champ Northwestern in the opening rounds of distrcits (Sims 30pts, Curletti 18)
- The talk down in Bloomington is that Tony Bennett might be the guy, although Washington State fans say no chance. Could Klay Thompson end up back on the board? Thompson recently scored a career high 40 points (5 3pfg) and had 8 assists. The reports were glowing about Klay at open-gym on his visit and he sounds like a guy that could come in and play from day 1.
- Donald Stewart is reportedly receiving Michigan interest. This is the first I have heard of Stewart who is averaging 16.3 points, 6 rebounds, 2.5 steals, and 2.4 assists.
Jordan Morgan and U-D Jesuit got blown out by Detroit Pershing and 2010 standout Keith Appling. Rumor has it that it will be tough for Michigan to get a sniff of Appling and this is pretty believable. A.W. Canada has not been around Crisler this year, let the PSL recruiting debate rage on. Ekpe and Manny were in the house as well.- Mater Dei junior forward Andy Brown had 25 points and 8 boards in a 70-61 win. Brown is definetely one to watch in the class of 2009.
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- Mark Snyder says UM is getting more comfortable after some addition by subtraction.
- Fluff on Ben Cronin, hard not to root for him.
- Anthony Wright on becoming the teams third scoring option.
- Stuart Douglass came out on fire last night for Carmel hitting four of five three pointers and scoring 16 of his 21 in the first quarter.
- Brent Petway won the D-League dunk contest (video at NBA.com). “Petway finished Taylor off when he scored a perfect 50 after he bounced the ball high into the air, jumped, wove the ball through his legs and threw it down”
- Wolverine’s heed Beilein’s demeanor.
- Fuller mention from CSTV’s top big men available (scroll down, listed by height).
- Cronin dominates some more: 21 points, 15 rebounds and a school-record 17 blocked shots in three quarters. Beilein was in the crowd and had to like what he saw.
- More from Mason Plumlee’s visit to Duke which went “really good”. Say bye-bye to Mason, but hey at least he visited twice and his family loved Beilein.
- According to Rivals we will host an 08 visitor tomorrow from Indiana. Be sure to look at our 08 hot board here.
- Ebuka’s team lost last night and has been eliminated from the Georgia state tournament. Ebuka scored 31 points in a 75-51 loss. A couple things that were passed along to me about Ebuka that I thought I should mention. First it seems like his stats are somewhat padded in the sense that he plays all 32 minutes whether the team is winning big or not. Second, it sounds like the instate schools, Georgia Tech and Georgia are really paying attention to this one. So it seems like this one might be a long shot for Michigan and we might need a little Carlos Brown style magic.
- Update on Plumlee from Scout: “Everything has changed” ($$)…. Looks like we might be able to kiss this one goodbye.
- Stuart Douglass and Carmel fell to Warren Central. Douglass was key in getting the game to overtime: “The Warriors led 63-59 near the end of regulation, but Michigan-bound Stuart Douglass hit a 3-pointer with 15:2 seconds left. Warren turned the ball over trying to get it inbounds, and Moore threw a perfect alley-oop to Morgan Newton to put Carmel up 64-63 with 10 seconds to play.” but Warren Central proved to be too much in OT.
- Michigan Daily on Ant Wright becoming a reliable sixth man.
2009 big man Mason Plumlee landed a big time offer recently ($$) from Duke. This is clearly not good for Michigan’s chances at Plumlee but there is still a sincere interest in Michigan. Plumlee and (especially) his family love Coach Beilein and have visited multiple times (once family, once everyone). I suspect big time offers like this will continue to pile up for Plumlee and Michigan’s chances will continue to decline.
And just to pain all of us, a video of Brad Redford for what could have been:
[youtube Oxc09r04pJI Brad Redford Bombs Away]
DeShawn Sims is getting a lot of love in the papers and deservedly so. He was taking a lot of heat for his lackluster performance the last few games. Ann Arbor News: Sims lets the game come to him. Detroit News: Sims propels Wolverines. Free Press: Sims shows what might lie ahead.- Mason Plumlee scored 18 points in an easy Christ School win.
- Justin Watts leads all scorers with 16 points in a close win.
- How about Purdue? Big time win at the Kohl Center last night, are they real contenders?
- Ben Cronin and company fell to Proctor for the second time this year. Cronin was held to 13 points in the three point loss.
- Mason Plumlee continues his stellar play with a 14 point effort for the 21-2 Greenies.
- Darius Morris has been lighting up the stat sheet with big numbers as well, the 09 Cali-PG would be a great get for Michigan.
- Ebuka Anyaorah, North Gwinnett: Since the Christmas break, the 6-4 guard has been playing well for the Bulldogs. He is averaging 25 points and nine rebounds as North has won three straight. He had a 43-point performance against Spartanburg, S.C., in a holiday tournament. He has received interest from several major colleges, including Georgia and Georgia Tech. [UMHoops: And Michigan :-)]
- Justin Watts also seems to still be putting up solid numbers. Watts and T.J. Thorpe combined for 45 points in a recent game.
Mason Plumlee is on a visit to Ann Arbor this weekend. Kid is big time and would be a huge pick up for the Maize and Blue.
Plumlee is a top 75 power forward from North Carolina who has some big name suitors with a list that includes: Georgetown, Indiana, Louisville, UNC, UCLA as well as others. Mason and his family are reportedly big fans of John Beilein. This recruitment may be a long shot with the other big names involved but there is serious interest here. Plumlee’s family also visited earlier this fall so this is certainly one to watch.
Happy New Year. Go blue, the big win down in Florida is hopefully a sign of things to come in the new year.
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