Suddenly relevant again: 2019 basketball recruiting. Iggy seems to be gone, flat out, and the various noises emanating from Jordan Poole's camp don't sound much better. Unless one of them reverses course Michigan will have two roster slots, and four big shoes to fill, before fall. Jordan Poole isn't on ESPN's latest mock draft, FWIW. Iggy is 40th.

Here's a run-down of who's on the board.

2019 Recruits

Franz Wagner. Moe's brother and the biggest fish still on the board.

Franz Wagner with a layup so good the commentators are shocked

albaberlin making big plays of their own #7DAYSMagicMoment pic.twitter.com/NQ3tmYfJVy #EuroCup

— ACB Jornada Virtual (@ACBJV) April 10, 2019

Wagner is very much on the radar of NBA folks and would be roughly equivalent to Iggy as a recruit: goofily ranked because of his international status but a virtual five-star. Wagner would be an 18-year-old freshman, not a 20-year-old one, and thus might have a longer transition period. Iggy showed up jacked. Wagner is more on the Colin Castleton end of the spectrum. On the other hand he is getting a reasonable amount of time for a good Euroleague team, and playing with pros. He won't be shocked by the level of competition.

Franz Wagner ('01) with 8 points in 21 minutes in Alba's BBL win against Bamberg. Looked very comfortable in his very first career start: Making shots, trying to get to the rim and competing defensively. Having a fantastic season. pic.twitter.com/R80hEHpiib

— NBADraftProspects (@draftprosnba) November 20, 2018

Per Sam Webb, if he does come stateside it will be Michigan. He's giving it serious enough thought to warrant articles in German newspapers about the difficult choice before him. Google Translate's whack at the content:

Today Bernau, tomorrow Alba, life is beautiful. Only when asked about the day after tomorrow does Franz Wagner become a little restless. It is obvious, but it annoys. Does he follow the same path as his four-year-older brother Moritz Wagner, who left Alba at the age of 18, changed to college and now lives with the Los Angeles Lakers his dream of the NBA?

"I've seen that if I keep working like I do now, I can play very well here," says Franz Wagner evasively. "I'm still trying to establish myself in the top league." Individual training, he knows, could not have been better his. "Alba is one of the best situations in Europe that you can have as a 17- or 18-year-old. This is the perfect coach (Aito Reneses Garcia, d.Red.), I'm at home and I know all the people. "But he also thinks about something else:" If I sign a contract this summer, I probably do that next 20 years, play basketball. "

In college, that would be another basketball world. But not only that: "You get to know a new culture, other people, something completely different." Why should not one of the greatest German basketball talents think the same as other young people? The notion of being recognized by everyone and even worshiped by some, not only because of its 2.03 meter size on campus, may not be the worst idea either.

There is no trend, insists Wagner, but "it is not easy in any case". And consoles himself with the thought: "I believe that I can not make a bad decision."

Moe will be pushing for Michigan, and hopefully his path leads his brother to Ann Arbor. He's the only guy on the board who reasonably projects as a straight-up no-regression replacement for one of the (projected) departed.

[After THE JUMP: Americans]

Harlond Beverly. Beverly is a Michigan native who moved down to one of those basketball academies for his senior year; unsatisfied by his options in the earlier period he didn't commit anywhere. Michigan's initial pursuit of Beverly was always a back-burner thing, as they first focused on DJ Carton and then grabbed Cole Bajema before Bajema's recruitment really took off. This was the moment in which it looked like Michigan had a need Beverly could fill:

John Beilein watched Beverly for two days at the Summer Jam. In the post-D.J. Carton recruiting world, it’s thought Beverly could surge to the top of the Wolverines’ 2019 point guard big board.

Beilein hasn’t yet extended an offer, but you can expect Michigan to get eyes on Beverly again next week when his R.E.A.C.H. Legends AAU team closes July in Orlando.

“We talk quite a bit — I talk to Coach Beilein a few times a week,” Beverly said. “They just want to see a little more out of me. They said, if I play up to their standards, an offer will be there. Just keep getting better.

“(He likes my) versatility — big guard, shooting getting better. Just a big versatile guard.”

Bajema blew up in Las Vegas just before the end of the July, and Beverly never got the chance to be recruited. Now he's in the midst of doing the same thing. Rivals's Eric Bossi:

…the best available guard in the country not named Cole Anthony, despite there being a few other guards ahead of him in the current rankings who remain open. Beverly is explosive, he can shoot with range, he does things pretty efficiently and he knows how to shine and get his while playing with other big time talent.

Beverly's shooting was reputedly "streaky"—ie, bad—last year, which may be one reason that Michigan had a couple of other guys in front of him. His progress this year on a team that plays the same kind of loaded schedule that Brazdeikis's did a year ago has evidently erased those concerns. Inside The Hall has a scouting report if you're inclined:

Court awareness and a willingness to share the ball

The combo guard is playing with several Division I bound teammates at Montverde and is a willing passer and playmaker for his teammates.

On film, he showed an ability to get the ball into the post several times and also find open shooters on the perimeter for 3-pointers:

Beverly is being hotly pursued by anyone in need of a guard in an era of mass transfers and NBA departures, so that's… a lot of people. He's taken recent visits to Indiana and Miami and will take an official to Georgia this weekend. Probably.

Webb mentioned that Michigan is trying to get him up immediately, which is a sign that he's a priority. If he drops a planned visit for Michigan that could be real good. As of late January his list was Baylor, Georgia, Xavier, Miami, and Indiana. Kansas has offered since, but hasn't gotten any traction yet. Michigan moved on him at the end of March; a quick visit displacing a long-time school of interest would say something.

Takeoff @overtime pic.twitter.com/98GfQcC4a3

— Lester Quinones (@Effort_les) April 11, 2019

Lester Quinones. Quinones was actually the first indication that Michigan was prepping for attrition when he announced he'd be taking an official months ago. That is still on the books for the 29th of this month. Never say never, but this one would be pulling a rabbit out of your hat. Quinones on Memphis:

"The visit was honestly incredible," Quinones said. "The atmosphere at the games was great, and I was overwhelmed by the fanbase. The last two visits I went on weren't like that. It felt like I took a million pictures with fans over the weekend, and the fans were chanting my name and stuff, it was crazy."

Memphis then took the crystal ball lead away from LSU, the only team that had predictions in their favor before that. Rival's Corey Evans recently asserted that "Memphis might be the program to beat, with Maryland not too far off." Michigan got mention as a potential dark horse, but… yeah. LSU, Memphis, Maryland, and Michigan is a list in which Michigan is the odd team out. Maybe Beilein's track record of development would be enough to overcome that. Doubtful.

One item that Michigan now has in their favor is a clear path to a bunch of playing time. That's the #1 thing Quinones cited about his decision, and Michigan likely has a giant Jordan-Poole shaped hole in the starting lineup that Eli Brooks and Adrien Nunez probably aren't going to fit in. Their best bet: Quinones plays for IMG and was coached by former Michigan assistant John Mahoney.

“I watch Michigan, and we played the same offense here at my high school with Coach Mahoney,” he said. “It’s pretty much the same thing.” …

Said Quinones, “(it will come down to) my relationship with the head coach and I want to be at a school where I can play major minutes a freshman… (a school) where my coach trusts me.”

So he might be more of a plug and play piece than other options since he's been in Beilein's system, more or less, for the last couple years.

Grad transfers

Justin Pierce. Pierce exits William & Mary a two-time all CAA player and has an appealing shot distribution where 80% of his shots are from three or at the rim. His offensive efficiency fell off considerably this year because of a strange shooting slump: he dropped from 79% at the line to 57% and his three point shooting went from 41% to 33%.

Pierce picked up a bit of usage in his junior year but nothing outlandish; the big change for him was the departure of William & Mary's point guard, who was a 30 assist rate guy. Pierce's assist rate nearly doubled this year as he took on more of the playmaking burden. Fewer clean looks may explain the three-point dip. Free throws are a larger question.

A version of Pierce that can get back to the knockdown shooting of two years ago and keep the shot creation is appealing, and a lot of major schools are after him. He's planning a Notre Dame visit this weekend. Beilein is trying to cut the Irish off at the pass:

According to sources close to @thehubchicago, Michigan head coach @JohnBeilein is flying out to Williamsburg, VA this Thursday to visit the nation’s most sought after grad transfer @JustinPierce23, prior to his visit to Notre Dame.

— Tom Gosswein (@tgosswein25) April 9, 2019

He'd be a fit at the 3 or 4.

Daniel Utomi. A wing shooter type who hit 37% on 232 threes; he did venture inside the line for about a third of his shots but has a single-digit assist rate and scanty FT rate. He was more active inside the line as a sophomore, when he hit 41% from three, but projects as a Just A Shooter type if he transfers up. The local beat writer:

On describing Utomi as a floor-spacing wing:

Thomas: “That is accurate. Now, the dilemma with Daniel is he’s also a streaky shooter. He’s had some slumps in his career, but yeah, he has the ability to hit the 3. Came into the season shooting 40 percent from the 3-point line. I don’t know what happened this year. I don’t know if it was the point guard play or what, but he used to get a lot of wide open looks, and something changed this season.”

What about on the other end:

Thomas: “Defensively, he’s tenacious. He happily plays defense. Rarely gets beat.”

He hasn't set up any visits yet as far as I can tell. He is drawing serious interest from a lot of high majors.

Dazon Ingram. One of many guys exiting Alabama. Ingram would be a Charles Matthews reprise:

Quick Scout: “Big, long, strong athletic guard that needs to become a more consistent perimeter shooter. Can become a dynamic defender.”

He played 20 MPG for a bubble team and had reasonable usage… and a 102 ORTG. That's because of a 26 TO rate; he shot 48/38 from the floor but only had 42 attempts from three. Giant FT rate, 71% shooter. Very much a driver, but maybe not a great fit on a team that's going to move Livers into the starting lineup and needs some guys to eat usage.

Jaevin Cumberland. Cumberland's exiting Oakland after a strange career that saw him stuck deep on the bench until this year, when he was on the floor for 38 MPG.

Derrick Alston’s 12.8 points per game increase (0.6 ppg two years ago to 13.4 ppg this past season) is the greatest in program history and was the second-highest in the NCAA this season. Oakland’s Jaevin Cumberland increased his production by 16.1 ppg.

— B.J. Rains (@BJRains) April 8, 2019

In that time he shot 40% on 263 threes and hit 87% from the line. At the Horizon level he was able to rack up some assists and have a reasonable FT rate.

In the Big Ten he might be Just A Shooter. Probably is going to be Just A Shooter: 20% at the rim and a 56% conversion rate in the Horizon League translates to "argh" in the Big Ten. But shooting is shooting and a guy who hit at a 40% clip on a ton of threes with the FT% to back it up would be welcome.

Cumberland is Cincinnati star Jarron Cumberland's brother, FWIW.