It was just 3 months ago that Manny Harris announced his intentions to enter the NBA Draft on the heels of an extremely disappointing season. Now, with the draft mere days away (Thursday, June 24th) we will finally see if his decision will pay off. DeShawn Sims and Manny Harris were the face of Michigan [...]
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Campus Visitors: Gary Harris and Jacobby Bledsoe D3 Heat prospects Gary Harris (video) and Jacobby Bledsoe made visits to Michigan and Michigan State today. Harris is an explosive guard that is arguably the top 2012 prospect in the state of Indiana while Bledsoe is a jet quick 5-foot-9 point guard drawing interest from around the [...]
It was by all accounts a successful weekend for DeShawn Sims at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament. The Portsmouth isn’t the most glamorous event but it is a chance for fringe players like Sims to prove their worth in front of NBA scouts. Production wise, Sims did the job: he averaged 18 points (4th) and 7.7 [...]
Aran Smith, president of NBADraft.net, agreed to answer a couple quick questions about Manny Harris and DeShawn Sims’s draft stock. NBADraft.net is one of the top draft websites on the internet and definitely worth a read if you need to get your NBA Draft fix. There are obviously a thousand opinions on how different players [...]
Previously: Point Guard, Novak Everybody knows that Michigan was painfully undersized last year. They got abused inside by teams like Ohio State, Michigan State, and Minnesota. Their offensive and defensive rebounding numbers were near the bottom of the barrel in the Big Ten (8th and 9th respectively). Their average height of 76.1″ ranked 220nd in [...]
Summer Hoops College basketball players are essentially on their own over the summer because of the numerous NCAA laws regarding off-season contact between a player and coach. This creates an interesting scenario where coaches are praised for development of players but they get very little hands on time with them during the off season. Beilein [...]



