MBB: 5*C Mo Bamba: "Michigan is Still Involved"
Five-star C Mohamed Bamba, the No. 2 player in the country, talked to reporters after his game last night and gave a final four of Duke, Kentucky, Texas ... and Michigan. Bamba took an official here in the fall.
"Michigan is still involved," he said.
I'm not getting my hopes up, but I'd say our chances are better than Jim Carrey in Dumb & Dumber.
Story here:
http://www.scout.com/college/basketball/recruiting/story/1745988-mohame…
January 15th, 2017 at 11:43 PM ^
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It will be when he can no longer make money peddling the information...
yes, I'm still bitter about the Harris facade...
January 15th, 2017 at 11:57 PM ^
...he'll have a good laugh about us with Luke Kennard.
Seriously, if we land Bamba I'll eat a lemon.
January 16th, 2017 at 12:35 AM ^
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I will remember this.
January 16th, 2017 at 12:08 AM ^
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does that mean "involved" in participating in B1G men's basketball? We are indeed still involved, technically. He is quite correct.
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and raise you a Meaty Urologist.
January 16th, 2017 at 10:01 AM ^
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I've never taken them for granite.
January 16th, 2017 at 8:48 AM ^
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What a get that would potentially be. Academics seem to be high on his priority list.
January 16th, 2017 at 10:36 AM ^
McGary sort of had a disappointing year when he got injured and didn't play, but had he come back (and played), Michigan might have gone to the final four or even won. He would have been a legend. He still sort of is. A guy like Mo Bamba could have that same sort of impact at a Michigan even though we are a football school. At Kentucky or Duke, they have so many of these top guys that I'm guessing they get lost in the mix. Especially if they are all one and done kids. Does playing on a Duke or Kentucky prepare a kid more for the NBA playing with all of those guys in practice? I'm not sure which is the better situation.
January 16th, 2017 at 10:42 AM ^
“That was my first official visit, so that kind of set the tone,” Bamba told ESPN. “Obviously Michigan is probably one of the greatest universities in the world and it’s set to such a high standard, as far as academically and athletically. They do things the right way.”
Sounds like a great kid looking for a corruption-free scholar-athlete kinda thing.
I'm also suspecting that Michigan's a draw for progressives -- witness all the hyphenated. (I know, I know -- politics. But this is relevant!)
It would be wonderful to have Mohamed Bamba at Michigan.
January 16th, 2017 at 11:21 AM ^
Is this the guy that had to contact Beilein in order to get recruited?
January 16th, 2017 at 12:56 PM ^
Could we combine Bill Frieder and John Beilein into one coach? Maybe we can call him John Frieder or Bill Beilein?
Frieder was an awesome recruiter, but was a terrbile X's and O's guy, where Beilein is a good X's and O's guy, but a terrible recruiter.
January 16th, 2017 at 1:33 PM ^
Well let's just hope that he does not watch any Michigan basketball games between now and his commitment date.
March 20th, 2017 at 11:41 AM ^
Does anyone think that the early exit of Duke coupled with all the headlines we've been making changes the outlook? It sure feels to me that everyone in the media wants Michigan to win so they can write an op-ed about the crash and bringing the team together. Bet Mitch Albom already has a catchy headline on a piece of paper somehwere. Maybe I'm just reading too much into our current success and hoping some how it will bleed into his recruitment. I can not even imagine what we could do here. Seems like Wagner and Wilson going off and upping their draft value can't hurt?