OSU (YTOSU) G/F Roddy Gayle commits to Michigan

2 is possible, and trends on likely if the player is willing to give up some academic progress.

You need 48 credits completed after 2 years to be eligible to play. Michigan will accept up to 60, and most people will have finished ~64 by that time. If there are any issues with getting to 48, you have the summer to make up any differences.

There will only be an issue if a player has taken a large number of remedial or otherwise non-transferable classes (such as esoteric seminars). The big problems for upperclassmen (transferring 3/400 level courses and hitting the 60 credit transfer limit) usually aren't issues for sophomores.

I don't think anything has super changed. The staff is just doing due diligence a d targeting the right guys.

Sophs have always been in the Frosh/Grads bucket of getting in. Under 60 credits is doable, as is having a degree already. 

Remember, it's about earning a UM degree mainly, not that their grades aren't good enough. 

Guys with 60 credits or less won't have issues. 

Guys with more than 60 credits will only transfer 60 and that makes them run into "academic progress" issues.

1-2 years in college or grad transfers get in. 3rd+ year players can't transfer enough credits 

It looks like it wasn't nearly the barrier we were led to believe. After watching 3 weeks of the Dusty May tenure we should be retroactively much angrier about the Juwan Howard tenure. It appears that while admissions is a hurdle, it's not the brick wall we thought it was and NIL while not like Kansas/Kentucky, is also not funded by Iraqi Dinars like we were basically told. 

The job requires effort and May has been an A+ there and by the reports a stark contrast from the lacking effort of Juwan and that should make people angry. If you try and fail, sometimes that just happens, but to barely try is so maddening. 

Thanks for the helpful responses here. It sounds like Michigan can primarily target players who have:

• One year of experience
• Two years of experience
• Graduates 

It's only the three-year players where we are at a disadvantage (or four years and haven't graduated).

He shot 83% in FT so there's upside. Plus, he played with a wrist injury on his shooting hand which complicates things in shooting and ball handling. He lost confidence in shooting, but I'm confident that he can shoot in the high 30s to low 40s with more volume. 

He shot 60% at the rim and can defend. This is a good pick up for Michigan. 

Yes, as a grad transfer walk-on. Makes sense since he had no FB stats last season and is from Ohio. If he's looking for a masters he gets in-state tuition.

Diane