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Friday News & Notes

It’s Just Sports posted some more material from a UM Alumni golf outing in Atlas Township. This time it’s video from a Q&A session featuring John Beilein and Rich Rodriguez. The video is entertaining, if for nothing more than hearing Beilein make fun of someone’s obsession with recruiting websites.

Elite Camp

Chris Balas posted a great list of Elite Camp notables from Day 1. Trey Zeigler didn’t make it in because he is under the weather but the list is still impressive.

The class of 2010 list is highlighted by Tim Hardaway Jr., a 6-foot-5 guard from Miami who visited back in December and is working to earn his official offer. Other notable 2010 prospects include Devin Oliver, Corey Petros, Walter Pitchford, and Allen Payne.

The 2011 list is impressive as well. In-state guards Patrick Lucas-Perry and Brandan Kearney (both offered) were in attendance. Indiana prospects Spencer Turner and Austin Etherington have played well this spring and also made it in. Matt Poches and Dan Chilcote are two names that we haven’t talked about a lot but they are worth keeping an eye on. Make sure to check out the full list.

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Summer Camp Open Thread

Nike Camps

Several Michigan recruits and players will be in action at various Nike camps over the next few weeks. These Nike camps feature college and high school players and are broken down into different mini camps before the final LeBron James camp.

The Deron Williams and Vince Carter camps kick off this week. Country Day point guard, and Michigan class of 2010 recruiting target, Ray McCallum will be playing in the Deron Williams event. DeShawn Sims will be playing in the Vince Carter event as well as 2010 commitment Evan Smotrycz and target Casey Prather. These camps will run June 23-26th, full rosters can be found here.

Michigan Elite Camp

The bad news regarding Michigan prospects playing in the Nike camps is that Michigan’s elite camp tips off this week as well. Because of the overlap, guys like Smotrycz and Prather won’t be in Ann Arbor for the Elite Camp.

There are still expected to be a number of prospects in attendance. I don’t have a full list of players that are expected to attend but here are a few names that have been linked to the camp.

  • Brandan Kearney  (2011) – (USA Links: Freep, Det News)
  • Trey Zeigler (2010)
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. (2010)
  • Spencer Turner (2011) – camp & visit
  • Allen Payne (2010)
  • Dwaun Anderson (2011, Suttons Bay)
  • Sean Sheldon (TC St. Francis)

This is such a big event because this event is also a chance for relatively unknown prospects to burst onto the radar. Stu Douglass was an anonymous guard from Indiana before he shot the lights out at Michigan’s Elite Camp, by the end of the summer he had committed.

I’ll leave this open for camp discussion, and hopefully get some updates over the next couple days.

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Tuesday Links & Notes

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Welcome Jon Sanderson

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Michigan announced today that Jon Sanderson will be replacing Mike Curtis as strength and conditioning coach for the basketball programs as well as Olympic sports. Sanderson comes to Michigan from Clemson and also played college basketball at Ohio State University and Ohio University.

Quotes:

"I cannot tell you how excited I am to accept this position and be a part of the Michigan athletic family," said Sanderson. "As a former Big Ten Athlete I understand the demands of our student-athletes and will coach them at the highest level with passion and integrity. I look forward to contributing in every aspect of the Michigan athletic strength and conditioning program."

"We were able to establish, for our players, a great foundation of our strength and conditioning over the last two years," said U-M men’s basketball head coach John Beilein. "We love Jon’s innovated thinking regarding basketball-specific strength training. We are confident he will step right in and have an immediate positive impact on our players’ development."

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Wednesday Links & Notes

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