This is a game of telephone, but… Delaware combo guard Nah'shon Hyland is a fast-rising name in the class of 2019 and may have let the cat out of the bag in re: Jordan Poole. In an article for the Maryland 247 site:

Hyland took a pair of officials earlier in his recruitment, to Temple and St. Joe's. He plans to take one to VCU, and has heard from from Maryland, DePaul, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Wake Forest, TCU and Seton Hall. Another Big Ten school reached out to his coach over the weekend.

"Michigan. They said they have an open spot because their shooting guard is staying in the draft," he said.

Possible the Michigan contact didn't say exactly that. Since it goes on the heap of other signs that Poole's gone it means something anyway.

Meanwhile: Bones. Hyland is a riser for the reason many are: he missed some critical months with an injury. How he got that injury is incredibly sad. He damaged ligaments when he jumped out of his house, which was on fire at the time. The fire claimed the lives of his baby brother and grandmother. A year later he's physically recovered and managing to play through what must be a heavy heart. Endless Motor:

Hyland had a superb outing at Under Armour Session I in Chicago, where he averaged 15.5 points and 4 assists while shooting over 41% from distance and nearly 49% from the field overall. Nahshon isn’t content though, he expects more from himself.

“I feel as though I haven’t played my best yet even though I did what I had to. But I haven’t reached the level that I usually play at.”

The Wilmington area product has some of the best handles in the 2019 class, with playmaking ability that can best be described as electric. As a scorer, Hyland has range out to 25 feet with good mechanics and good body control when finishing at the rim.

Hyland is a point guard but has the size and (possibly) the shooting ability to play the two—his 6'3" listed height even seems a little low. At 163 pounds he may not be an immediate answer, unfortunately. But he might be worth it down the road. 247 immediately inserted him in their top 100 at #69.

Michigan seems to be genuinely interested; Josh Henschke reports that Yaklich and Beilein are headed out to Delaware to see him in person in the near future, and that Hyland would probably take an official visit if that goes well. That's significant because Hyland has already spent two officials on St Joe's and Temple and has a VCU visit set up as well. Only two schools outside the A-10 are going to get officials.

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The grad transfer. Michigan is most focused on William & Mary's Justin Pierce, who has trimmed his list to Notre Dame, Michigan, and, uh, UNC. UNC being UNC, though, they're unable to offer any certainty about what their roster is going to look like:

“He called today and wanted to schedule the visit this week and see what happens with high school guys and that they have a lot of spots open and even if they get some of those guys they could still use a guy like me,” Pierce said.

“Coach Williams has been straight forward,” he added. “He said if you want to come here, we’ll take you, but he said he’d be transparent with me about my role and stuff like that. So we’ll go from there.”

Pierce cites Michigan's track record of putting guys into pro careers—finally someone is paying attention—as a pro. They've also got a very clear path to minutes. Notre Dame can offer that as well, but the Irish finished dead last in the ACC this year. Hopefully the lure of certain minutes for a good program is enough.

The Wagner. Scouting report from NBA-draft-focused The Stepien:

I. Calling Card: Shooting off the Catch

Wagner might be the best shooter off the catch in the 2001-born international class. A 36% 3-point shooter for his career on over 170 attempts according to RealGM and an 86% free-throw shooter, Wagner is a threat to spread the floor in different situations which has earned him a regular starting spot on ALBA’s senior team as a 17-year old.

Wagner is super quick to get his shot off. Just how quick is “super quick”? Well, I clocked every shot off the catch he took through the course of three different games for ALBA both at the junior and senior levels, and it takes him an average of 0.64 seconds to get his shot off after touching the ball. That’s insanely quick. For comparison, 538 had a piece late in 2017 about Klay Thompson’s “lightning quick jumper” which Stats SportsVU clocked at 0.79 seconds after he touched the ball.

Wagner isn't quite an all-around offensive threat just yet; the report dings him for both his "lack of both a creative handle and an elite first step on the perimeter." This is similar to Brazdeikis, who was able to attack closeouts but had some issues finishing at the rim (61%, bleah) as the season progressed. Wagner would be much younger than Brazdeikis was as a freshman and more likely to improve in that department.

The outrage level is out of whack. This NYT story on the Michigan State student gang-raped by three basketball players and discouraged from reporting it is going to generate 10000 times less outrage than Tom Izzo yelling at one of his players:

According to Ms. Kowalski, when a university counselor learned that the men who she said assailed her were members of the basketball team — a storied and treasured program that has played in 10 Final Fours, including this year’s — the counselor discouraged her from reporting it, the lawsuit said.

“If you pursue this, you are going to be swimming with some really big fish,” a staff member told Ms. Kowalski, the lawsuit said.

Ms. Kowalski plans to hold a news conference in East Lansing on Thursday, the fourth anniversary of the incident. A month later, she will graduate from Michigan State.

“I don’t want any other girl who has gone through this or who God forbid may have to go through something like this to feel for one second that they should be too afraid to come out and do something,” Ms. Kowalski said in a phone interview last week.

This is the second multi-person rape that Tom Izzo has ignored without suffering any consequences, after successfully burying Keith Appling and Adriean Payne's assault despite Payne literally confessing in a taped interview with police.

Drevnooooooooo. Your author may have inadvertently exclaimed "oh come on" when he saw this tweet:

Lincoln Riley says Tanner Mordecai had the 2 first-team guards and Jalen Hurts had the 2 first-team tackles.

That means the OL as of now is:

LT: Erik Swenson
LG: Marquis Hayes
C: Creed Humphrey
RG: Tyrese Robinson
RT: Adrian Ealy

— Spenser Davis (@Davis_Spenser) April 13, 2019

There were a lot of issues with Swenson's recruitment on Swenson's end—dude's refusal to camp for the new staff foremost among them. But Drevno 1) didn't want the kid, 2) didn't tell the kid, and 3) didn't replace the kid. Every day he slides further into the pit of former Michigan coaches fans keep bringing up even years after they left. He gets the toadstool next to Tony Gibson and Mike Gittleson.

Your author checked the date on this. It was not April 1st.

Spartans reveal new alternate uniforms for 2019 pic.twitter.com/Xr9Y7GsVXy

— Michigan State Football (@MSU_Football) April 13, 2019

Eagle-eyed internet persons hilariously detected a Seahawks logo on one of the gloves: these radioactive things have been passed around. Only after Nike got turned down by the East Hampshire School For The Color Blind And Generally Tasteless did someone call Michigan State.

Final CSB. Not a lot of movement for Michigan commits in the final edition of the NHL's Central Scouting rankings:

Defensive commit @camyork2 12th, forwards @JohnWbeecher 49th, @eric_ciccolini 108th, and Austen Swankler 109th among North American skaters #GoBlue #FutureBlue https://t.co/n0QvaP2FwB

— Michigan Hockey Net (@MichiganHockey) April 15, 2019

York is likely to go in the first round and Beecher is projected as a third-rounder since Euros and goalies will push him down a bit. Swankler and Ciccolini are actually 2020 recruits, FWIW.

Etc.: must be a Tuesday. More Michigan draft prospect breakdowns. You crushed the EDSBS charity drive, again. ESPN's algorithm has football with a 41% chance to make the playoff, third best. Lester Quinones moves his visit a few days later.