gregg glenn

Michigan Basketball saw another player leave the program via the portal today and this time it is one of the most anonymous, Gregg Glenn III:

Michigan forward Gregg Glenn III is entering the transfer portal, a source tells me.

Glenn III played in only four games this season, but was a 4⭐️ recruit coming out of Calvary Christian (FL).

Was a Top-100 player in the ‘22 class, per @Rivals. pic.twitter.com/lglwD99Jce

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The Wolverines secured the third pledge in the 2022 class today with 4-star forward Gregg Glenn making his commitment to Michigan. 

GURU RANKINGS

Three of the four services agree that Glenn is a backend 4-star prospect, while Rivals sees him as more of a top-75 prospect. Gregg's stock has declined a bit since the underclassmen years, where he took part in the USA Basketball program and was a top-40 prospect in January 2020. The pandemic robbed evaluators of live viewings in 2020 and large chunks of 2021. A solid, but unspectacular, junior year of HS was followed by an injury-plagued 2021 summer that only saw him play a few weekends while sitting out the critical month of July. 

All services sans ESPN list Glenn at 6'7, while the worldwide leader has him at 6'6. There is some variation in terms of weight. Rivals and 247 have Gregg in the 210-25 range, ESPN has him at 220 and EM Scouting goes with 225. At the 2019 Nike Elite 100, he officially weighed in at just under 219 pounds. Based on the eye test and expected natural weight gains over two years, I think its safe to assume Gregg is closer to 230 than 220 at this point. 

SCOUTING

Gregg is a playmaking wing/forward that is at his best as a secondary playmaker for others while scoring on straight line drives off the bounce and putbacks.

Physically, he has solid size for a wing/forward at around 6'7 and 230 pounds. He's not a great athlete, but is in the average/above-average tier. Glenn has above-average leaping ability in run + jump scenarios and will probably have a strength advantage for most matchups at the college level. His agility isn't great, but it is adequate. 

Offensively, Gregg's best attribute is undoubtedly the ability to create shots for teammates in both half-court and transition settings. You don't find many 6'7 prospects at the college level that can initiate offense in ballscreen action, but Glenn projects to give Michigan that type of player. His passing ability is just as potent posting up or from the FT line area against zone defense, where he's shown the ability to make quick decisions that lead to open shots. In the open court Gregg is adept with hit-ahead passes while also being able to lead the break and find teammates once he forces the defense to cut off his driving lane. 

As a scorer, Glenn thrives as a player that can blow-by slower wings or bigs in a straight line from the elbows, the wing or in transition. He's also a good offensive rebounder that will give multiple efforts on the glass and come up with putbacks. 

The limiting factor for Gregg is shooting. He's capable of hitting shots beyond the arch, but he hasn't been an efficient shooter during my live viewings. The scouting report is nearly universal in that he's a sub-par perimeter shooter where opposing coaches will live with him taking a jumper if it means keeping him out of the paint. 

Defensively, Glenn has flashed some ability at the point of attack. I've seen him stay in front of high-major PG prospects for multiple dribbles on a few occasions. That said, he's not the most agile player and doesn't project as a ball-hawking defender. His off-ball effort can lack at times, with lazy closeouts periodically and a lack of awareness occasionally. But that happens with a lot of HS prospects and I have no doubt Juwan Howard will coach that out of him before he sees the floor in Ann Arbor. 

Third party evaluations are scant with the pandemic in tandem Gregg's injury bug. 247 liked the versatility when they saw him in April 2021.

"Glenn is getting pretty strong and has some skill, when he plays inside/out and doesn’t settle for jumpers, he’s very valuable. He didn’t have his best day finishing at the rim, but Glenn has the type of game many programs really like from a four man."

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Michigan has filled the 2022 class with the PG of the future in Dug McDaniel along with another top-tier big in Tarris Reed. With Jett Howard likely to hop aboard relatively soon, the Wolverines are honing in on a select few prospects to round out the class.

With football season in full swing, visit season is upon us and this is where we weed out serious mutual interest from lip-service. All the latest below.

Gregg Glenn Set To Announce

4-star Gregg Glenn will make his college destination public on October 4th. Glenn is fresh off an official visit to Ann Arbor and all four Future Cast predictions are in favor of the Wolverines. Virginia Tech, Iona, Georgia and USF are the other finalists. 

I'm not going to insult your intelligence and pretend this is a fierce battle. With deep ties to the Howard family and a committable offer now available, all things point to a Michigan pledge next Monday. The question is whether his good friend Jett joins the festivities. 

All Eyes On Yohan

5-star Yohan Traore made his way to campus for an OV over the weekend. No public comments have surfaced in the aftermath, but I've done some digging here to see where things stand.

Official visits rarely go bad, particularly those visits where Juwan Howard is present. It is safe to assume the Wolverine staff, along with friend Moussa Diabate, made Traore feel comfortable while giving him the red-carpet treatment. 

Sources have informed me that an influential person within Yohan's inner-circle may be relocating in the near future. If the Detroit/Ann-Arbor area happens to be a serious possibility, one can't help but to think Michigan's chances increase substantially. This may also explain why Traore will visit Kansas this weekend despite the Jayhawks' absence from the final ten. 

There are a lot of moving parts with this recruitment and the final ten can probably be disregarded at this point. The visits obviously tell a big part of the story along with the information conveyed above. I'm not sure anyone has a firm grip on where things are headed. 

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