When Darius Morris committed to Michigan he was arguably the highest rated commitment that John Beilein had landed during his coaching career. Beilein spent a significant amount of time recruiting the California native after prioritizing him early in the process. In many ways, Morris’s commitment helped alleviate concerns regarding Beilein’s recruiting, as he was clearly [...]
MPG PPG eFG% 3FG% APG RPG O Rtg Usage 14 3.2 56.0 38.7 0.4 1.6 108.3 12.8% In his first college basketball game, against Division II Northern Michigan, Matt Vogrich hit five three point shots, he was also crossed over several times and looked completely overmatched defensively. The latter turned out to be a much bigger [...]
MPG PPG eFG% 3FG% RPG O Rtg Usage 17.8 6.3 51.8% 38.1 2.3 99.8 20.5% Before the season I mentioned that Evan Smotrycz might have one of the most difficult transitions of any of Michigan’s freshmen. That sounded odd because Evan was the top rated recruit in Michigan’s class, an RSCI consensus top 100 player, [...]
MPG PPG eFG% 3FG% APG RPG Ortg Usage 30.4 7.1 51.9 35.8 1.7 3.0 97.3 14.80% Stu Douglass seems to be a common scape goat among Michigan fans but, by the time his career is over, he’s on pace to be ranked among the top 10 Wolverines in minutes played and top 5 in three [...]
Kelvin Grady was one of the most inconsistent players on the Michigan team this year. Of course this is normal for freshman who are not the Kalin Lucas, Manny Harris and Robbie Hummels of the world. It was still gut wrenching to see Kelvin wow you with his good play against teams like Georgetown, Duke, [...]
