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The Detroit Mercy coaching search continues to wind all over the map...Would fit the "small, Catholic" school profile that Pitino is said to be looking for. However, UDM is an Adidas school so that would seem to create some conflicts.

I’m still mourning the end of basketball season, but so happy to have made it to Friday!! Happy Friday, fellow MgoBloggers!!

As noted by a couple of users in the 247 rankings thread, the composite was updated this afternoon now that Rivals, ESPN, and 247 have all released their final 2018 rankings.  There are a couple of small changes from earlier today (and one large drop for Nunez):

Ignas Brazdeikis: 36th / 4-star

Brandon Johns: 65th / 4-star

David DeJulius: 98th / 4-star

Colin Castleton: 117th / 4-star

Adrien Nunez: 291st(!) / 3-star

Not sure what happened with the Nunez composite ranking - earlier today he was at 216.  Regarless, we end up with 1 Top 50 recruit and 3 total in the Top 100.  Four 4-star recruits and one 3-star recruit.

For those interested, Taylor Currie ended up at as a 3-star at 191. Also, Indiana still has a chance to bring the Big 10 it's lone Top 10 recruit if they can sign Romeo Langford (6th in the composite).  He would join Jalen Smith (14th in the composite / signed with Maryland) as the lone 5-star recruits in the B1G for 2018.

http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/041918aae.html

Home: vs Nebraska, vs Ohio State, vs Purdue

Road: at Illinois, at Iowa, at Rutgers

Home/Road: Indiana, Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State, Wisconsin

LINK for Matt Mooney

On Monday, he indicated he’d narrowed the choices for his next school down to Texas Tech, Creighton, Arizona State, Northwestern and Utah State.

With Ibi Watson transferring, and Wagner going pro, Michigan has 1 available scholarship and he seemed like the perfect option.

LINK predicting Dachon Burke (he would have to sit out a year).  Dachon Burke STATS

Has anyone else heard any other names as potential transfers (grad or not)?

I recall a post 4 or 5 years ago ranking Michigan basketball coaches.  Everyone agreed that Beilein was up there, but some thought that Fisher, Orr or Strack (all great coaches) had done as much or more.  As someone who has had tickets since the late 90s I think that this article does an excellent job of summarizing how far we've come.  The 2009 tournament bid was a revelation (Crisler was half full for the televised announcement), and back then the idea that we'd be finalists twice in 5 years was something that no one would've thought possible.

In any case, this article puts what Beilein has accomplished in the last decade in outstanding perspective and I think is worth a read:

 https://www.michigandaily.com/section/basketball/john-beilein-michigan-coach-legacy-culture