By Dylan Burkhardt | Recruits | Posted on June 14, 2013 at 11:05 am
By Joe Stapleton | Recruits | Posted on June 14, 2013 at 9:42 am
Devin Booker comes in at number 16 in ESPN’s latest class of 2014 rankings. But on Michigan’s list of 2014 prospects, it’s easy to see Booker is priority number one.
The Wolverines have been recruiting Booker, a Grand Rapids native, since he was in eighth grade, and even though he spends his school year down south in Moss Point, Mississippi, Michigan is still in firm position to land a much-coveted commitment from the star shooting guard.
“Michigan’s been recruiting me since the eighth grade so it’s not even like they’re telling me how I fit in the offense,” Booker said at the NBPA Top-100 Camp on Thursday. “We’ve been through all that. Now, it’s just keeping in contact and seeing if that’s the right school for me.”
Booker said he talks with Michigan coaches almost every day, either through text or over the phone. Usually it’s Michigan assistant coach Bacari Alexander or John Beilein checking in.
While Booker spends the school year in Mississippi, his summers are still spent in Grand Rapids with his mom. This make for pretty easy unofficial visits to either of the in-state schools vying for his services — Michigan and Michigan State.
“I haven’t planned anything, but I am in Michigan for the whole summer with my mom,” Booker said. “If she wants to go see the school or something like that or Michigan State, then we can do it.”
[click to continue…]
By Dylan Burkhardt | Recruits | Posted on June 13, 2013 at 5:40 pm
![061512[1]](http://www.umhoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/0615121_thumb1.jpg "061512[1]")
June 15th is the first day that college coaches are permitted by the NCAA to contact rising junior prospects directly. For Michigan head coach John Beilein, it’s also the first day that he will extend scholarship offers to class of 2015 prospects.
June 15th has been an eventful day in the past, notably two years ago when Mark Donnal and Austin Hatch pulled the trigger for the Wolverines on the same day. This year, like last year when the Wolverines extended just two offers, isn’t likely to feature as many fireworks (a commitment would be very surprising) but it will shed light on the Wolverine staff’s priorities.
After the jump we run down Michigan’s 2015 recruiting board and try to break Michigan targets into tiers from expected offers on down.
[click to continue…]
By Dylan Burkhardt | Recruits | Posted on June 12, 2013 at 9:39 am
We posted our final class of 2013 recruiting rankings last month and with 13 prospects already committed to Big Ten schools its time to unveil our first batch of 2014 rankings. Ohio State is out to a massive early lead but several other schools have already reeled in quality prospects. Thanks to Trent Montemayor for compiling the data.
| Rank |
247 Comp. |
School |
|
# Commits |
Rivals Avg. |
Scout Avg. |
ESPN Avg. |
247 Avg. |
Rankings Avg. |
Avg. Score |
Cum. Score |
| 1 |
2 |
Ohio State |
|
4 |
4.00 |
4.00 |
4.00 |
4.25 |
4.06 |
119.01 |
1475 |
| 2 |
5 |
Maryland |
|
2 |
4.00 |
4.00 |
4.50 |
4.00 |
4.13 |
85.66 |
745 |
| 3 |
19 |
Indiana |
|
1 |
4.00 |
4.00 |
4.00 |
4.00 |
4.00 |
59.25 |
370 |
| 4 |
29 |
Michigan |
|
2 |
2.50 |
3.00 |
2.50 |
2.50 |
2.63 |
49.07 |
535 |
| 5 |
28 |
Illinois |
|
1 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
4.00 |
3.00 |
3.25 |
46.19 |
320 |
| 6 |
26 |
Wisconsin |
|
1 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
4.00 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
45.07 |
325 |
| 7 |
33 |
Purdue |
|
1 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
3.00 |
2.50 |
31.65 |
250 |
| 8 |
41 |
Penn St. |
|
1 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
26.04 |
230 |
| 9 |
N/A |
Iowa |
|
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| 9 |
N/A |
Michigan St. |
|
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| 9 |
N/A |
Minnesota |
|
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| 9 |
N/A |
Nebraska |
|
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| 9 |
N/A |
Northwestern |
|
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
| 9 |
N/A |
Rutgers |
|
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
Full team-by-team breakdowns and a chronological list of commitments after the jump.
[click to continue…]
By Joe Stapleton | Recruits | Posted on June 11, 2013 at 10:05 am
![Ricky-Doyle-at-Michigan-Indiana-597x3981[1]](http://www.umhoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Ricky-Doyle-at-Michigan-Indiana-597x39811_thumb.jpg "Ricky-Doyle-at-Michigan-Indiana-597x3981[1]")
Ricky Doyle lives 1,300 miles away from Ann Arbor in Florida and doesn’t play AAU ball so Michigan fans haven’t seen much of the 2014 commitment.
So when Doyle made the trip to Ann Arbor to attend Michigan’s College Practice Camp, it was an opportunity to see how much his game had grown since his injury-riddled high school season last winter. Doyle didn’t disappoint — despite not being in game shape, he displayed an advanced skill set complete with good footwork, nearly ambidextrous shooting ability and soft touch around the rim.
However, he did hear from Michigan’s coaches about some aspects of his game that still need improvement.
“They complimented me about being really good with both hands, I’m like ambidextrous around the basket. Coach BA (Bacari Alexander), he told me there’s little things I need to worry about — bad habits I need to get out of,” Doyle said during a conversation on Sunday. “Like, when I catch a rebound, instead of doing a chest pass for the outlet doing an overhead pass; the first three steps running down the court are huge; going up with two hands instead of trying to catch the ball with one. Just some bad habits I really need to get out of.”
Doyle has been hard at work all summer on correcting precisely those sorts of “bad habits” — as well as forming some good ones. Doyle’s high school coach at Bishop Verot, Matt Herting, has been working closely with the Fort Myers native all summer. Herting said they’re working on all aspects of Doyle’s game, but focusing on one thing in particular.
“The thing that I’ve been working on the most is the pick-and-pop game,” Herting said. “We don’t do much of it because in high school, why would you pick-and-pop with a 6-9 kid? We’re going to pick-and-roll every time. We’ve been working on pick-and-pop a ton because that’s what he’s going to really need in order to be a good college player.”
[click to continue…]
![bilde[1]](http://www.umhoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bilde1.jpg "bilde[1]")
