ESPN very kind to U-M in latest bball recruiting rankings
Michigan jumped four spots to 15th thanks to DeJulius jumping into the updated top-100. Beilein Bump alive and well
http://insider.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/classranki…
April 19th, 2018 at 12:32 AM ^
given the recruiting, but when you take pretty much all one-and-done's there's a bit of a tradeoff you have to make and it changes expectation a little bit because, yeah, they're really talented players but you don't really get a chance to coach them up. So the expectations are little tricky to determine for a team like that.
I'm sure UK fans don't complain too much because it's still a lot better than they had under the previous two coaches and better than all other teams in the last ten years except Nova, Duke and UNC.
brb, showering
One and dones aren’t necessarily finished products just high ceiling guys that can grow in the NBA. Look at jaylen Brown. He is awesome on the Celtics but was not close to Top 10 PoY his draft year.
for certain..Michigan will struggle early as the new team blends together...people will freak and panic cuss and swear but come Feb and March NOBODY will want to see us
I don't think that happens this year. You basically have to replace 2 guys with guys that were not too far off starter minutes (Poole/Teske).
I think Michigan comes out swinging for the first time in a while right out of the gate.
April 18th, 2018 at 10:02 AM ^
Except, we're replacing 3 guys who played starter minutes.
April 18th, 2018 at 10:58 AM ^
April 18th, 2018 at 12:56 PM ^
Dakich didn't play in 2016-2017, and Donnal wasn't a tough guy to replace. We're replacing 3 major players including 2 of our 3 biggest offensive focal points and our 3 best shooters. This team will struggle early, people will freak out, and then they'll be better and everyone will talk about how they won't freak out the next time, even though they will.
April 19th, 2018 at 12:44 AM ^
off the get go than this past season.
But the year before we had a lot of returning experience and actually did come out swinging. Dominated the preseason NIT, were getting talked up as having Final Four potential, and then it was a midseason swoon that had people panicking (me included because it was so unusual to see us get worse).
I'm curious how much of the bump these services offer is due to Belien's clear ability to find diamonds in the rough. Obviously these rankings are created by people and people can be easily influenced by current events. It seems reasonable to me that similar to a when Harbaugh offers a little known recruit, all the recruiting services give them another look and the recruit often gets a hefty bump. At this point, if Belien seems something in an under the radar recruit, then they probably deserve a second look too.
April 18th, 2018 at 12:33 PM ^
Eleven years, dude. Eleven years he's been our coach. We can learn to spell his name.
They will miss having a stretch 5. I don't see them getting to the finals next year. Maybe the year after next. Maybe.
April 18th, 2018 at 12:04 PM ^
(Insert Major Frank Burns gif here)
April 18th, 2018 at 12:01 PM ^
Especially considering almost all recruting services consider Brazdeikis a 5* talent but still rank him as a 4* or don't rank him since he's an international player. If he was ranked as he should be, I think we'd be ranked higher than #15
April 18th, 2018 at 12:30 PM ^