Updated 2018 Basketball Rivals 150: Big jumps for Castleton and DeJulius
Yesterday Rivals put out their updated Top 150 list for basketball. It was a good day for Michigan recruits as 3 saw upward movement and 2 with big jumps.
- #57 Brandon Johns, up 8 spots from #65
- #85 Colin Castleton, up 42 spots from #127
- #93 David DeJulius, up 36 spots from #129
The last two Michigan recruits aren't on the list. Adrien Nunez didn't make the cut while Ignas Brazdeikis is a 5 star recruit who went to HS in Canada and thus is not on the Top 150 list. If he were on the list, as a 5 star he'd be somewhere in the top 30 as the lowest 5 star currently is #29.
247 I think still has an update to do but when the new composite comes out expect this to be Michigan's highest rated recruiting class under Beilein, and probably since the Fab 5.
Other top 150 B1G recruits:
- #22 Jalen Smith (Maryland), 5 star, highest rated B1G recruit without knowing Iggy's ranking
- #28 Ayo Dosunmu (Illinois), 5 star
- #38 Aaron Wiggins (Maryland)
- #41 Joe Wieskamp (Iowa)
- #49 Jerome Hunter (Indiana), former Michigan target
- #56 Daniel Oturu (Minnesota)
- #58 Marcus Bingham (MSU), highest rated MSU recruit 1 spot behind Michigan's second highest rated recruit
- #62 Foster Loyer (MSU)
- #63 Miller Kopp (NW)
- #64 Pete Nance (NW), former Michigan target
- #67 Luther Muhammad (OSU)
- #72 Eric Ayala (Maryland)
- #75 Jaedon LeDee (OSU)
- #82 Tevian Jones (Illinois)
- #97 Gabe Brown (MSU)
- #99 Robert Phinisee (Indiana)
- #104 Montez Mathis (Rutgers)
- #109 Thomas Kithier (MSU)
- #111 Aaron Henry (MSU)
- #114 Damezi Anderson (Indiana)
- #117 Eric Hunter (Purdue)
- #124 Trevion Williams (Purdue)
- #127 Jake Forrester (Indiana)
- #128 Serrel Smith (Maryland)
- #132 Ron Hunter Jr (Rutgers)
- #133 Jordan Lathon (NW)
- #140 Myles Dread (PSU), 3 star
- #142 Duane Washington Jr (OSU)
- #149 Alan Griffin (Illinois)
Wisconsin and Nebraska are the only two B1G schools missing from the list
Great class for Illinois considering their lack of success in recent years
until we beat our rivals.
Oh, wait, we did?
He'll be overmatched physically at the next level.
That would be a very exploitable starting backcourt. Z blew by Winston at will and finished at the rim even with a rim protector there in JJ.
I think Sparty will be pretty bad next year.
Not to mention cruising through the state tournament. In the championship he singlehandedly outscored my high school... Dude can ball, hopefully he gets slowed down at the next level
IDK Loyer has looked pretty solid to me. He's not national player of the year caliber, but he will be a solid 4 year player for them.
think he's better trhan was Skiles.
I think they need to get a grip.
RIP Wisconsin basketball. 1998-2016
I wish I was as optimistic about our football future as I am about our basketball future.....
Please get back to recruiting Germany.
Castleton will be the best player in the class. 6'11 guys that are elite shot blockers and can shoot 3's don't grow on trees.
April 18th, 2018 at 10:00 AM ^
I hate to say this as fact, but, no he won't. It is extremely difficult for me to even see him as being the 3rd best if everything turns out well for him.
I strongly believed DDJ would be the best in this class for some time. Until i watched the most recent vids of Iggy. Im still not crazy about the kids D, but holy shit his handles suprised me. He draws contact so well like Brunson did, and has great balance. And he is solidly built bull at 6'7".
Im not as giddy on Johns as most are on here - i could see Castelton being the 3rd best possibly. But its still a stretch. But Iggy offensively is really, really good. Real good.