Brent Hibbitts to visit (Basketball)
Unsigned forward Brent Hibbitts is visiting Michigan Thursday.
http://www.umhoops.com/2015/05/06/unsigned-senior-forward-brent-hibbitts-to-visit-michigan/
He is 6-8 and has offers from American, Youngstown State, Central Michigan, Lehigh, and Toledo.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out since it wouldn't really be the best to use up a scholarship for the next 4 years. However, if you can get him on a scholarship this year and maybe have him walk-on, it could be a nice move.
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Put him on scholarship for one year and then have him pay his own way for the next three years? Ummmmm...doubtful.
I was thinking more of a "every open scholly he takes". He comes in and redshirts this year and if he is solid, then we keep him on scholarship.
So that idea is a non-starter.
Yeah that doesn't happen. He would just leave and go get a scholarship somewhere else.
Do you remember Reed Baker the Rainmaker? He was invited in with a one year scholarship. He had a memorable one season.
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MAX MAX MAX
Late signees Spike Albrecht and Caris LeVert have worked out ok so far. In Beilein I trust.
I realize John Beilein's socks know more about basketball than I do, but the team can't be 1/3 guys who didn't have power conference offers. And they don't have any positional needs for 2015.
Take this guy, and you then need two current players to leave the team before 2016 if you're going to be able to add a PG and a SG. And why stop recruiting Seth Towns if you might take this kid?
I was thinking that there might be a slight possibility that Wagner doesn't come this year. There are rumors with this and it might explain something.
Of course there is the possibility that Wagner has issues with his TOEFL test or some other qualifying factor, but I haven't heard any rumors that that's actually happened. Just that that's a possibility, which, of course.
I am concerned that Wagner hasn't signed yet and I am willing to trust whatever Beilein does at this point. We really have no idea what is going on behind the scenes. I think the results have been more than satisfactory so far.
He'd have to be a walk-on. If anyone got that open scholarship, it'd be Sean Lonergan.
As far as his game, I really like it. He's got a lot of skill for a 6'8" guy. It's just that he really lacks in the athleticism category. If he had explosiveness, he'd remind me of Mickey Mitchell.
My blood pressure has gone back down, and I thank you.
It'll be interesting to see if anything comes of this. Michigan has an open scholarship in 2015 (but not 2016 where they need a PG). They can use it to reward someone on their roster (e.g., Lanigan) or they can use it to entice a marginal recruit.
They could give this kid one scholarship year, while he red-shirts, as enticement and then revert him to a conventional walk-on role for the 3-4 years after that. He'd essentially be a practice player with upside for more later down the line. Maybe a 25% tuition reduction is worth it
Yes, this opens him up to leave after one year if he wants to, but we're obviously not talking about an NBA-caliber talent here. Transferring would have a cost for him too. And, if by some chance he IS that good, they can elect to give him a scholarship later...
Unorthodox, but feasible.
As I pointed out above, the Big Ten mandates scholarships are good for 4 years. The Reed Baker days are long gone.
thanks!
But I wonder how that works in practice with walk-ons. Not every walk-on will get 4 years, but some will still get one, two or three. Would it just mean they can't get it freshman year. That would seem odd.
Walk-on scholarships don't fall under that.
Exactly, Dylan is saying that the offer is as a preferred walk-on. The only way it makes sense.
*closes eyes and plugs ears*
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Decent success on court-2 big championships, 2 good tournaments.
Very little for fans who look at recruiting as a sport in its self.
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Step off of the ledge
Freep (hence no link) is reporting that they are looking at him as a preferred walk-on.
Hidden gems:
Morgan
Burke
Hardaway
GR3
Stauskas
LeVert
Albrecht
Rahkman
Dawkins
Robinson?
Wagner?
Many start bitching about players before they've even seen the court. Beilein is an exceptional recruiter, if you guys stop star gazing. You'd think people would learn their lesson eventually, especially after Dawkins and Rahkman this year.
Colorado.
And Stauskas wasn't a "highly touted, high 4 star". He was a borderline top 100 player with offers from Iowa State and Stanford. Not a bad recruit by any means, but not a guy who was supposed to be a top 10 pick.
GRIII certainly got a bump when we offered and moved up further after his junior year, but he was top 60 when he committed.
His only other offers were from Valpo and Indiana St.. Stauskas was another who moved up in the rankings.
Word. But I'm ready for another 5* because draftable talent is what carries teams to the Final Four. Your list provides a handful of players who are now paying taxes on NBA wages. Our current roster is filled with many of those hidden gems but I'm struggling to see how guys not named LaVert will be threatening the 1st round. Maybe they bloom in 15-16, but I'd feel a lot better if Jaylen Brown, et al, would have committed.
It's more delusional to assume that Beilein can continue to win with underrated rosters.
Are you assigning the above rankings to our current roster? Cool. As I said, the only player discussed as a 1st rounder is Lavert and that statement involves making an assumption w/r/t his health and upward trajectory. Meanwhile, Jaylen Brown - a top-5 prospect, let alone a 5* - would likely have been selected in the first round of the NBA draft if the NCAA didn't force basketball players to play school for a year.
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I would love to see Hibbitts hit it big since he is from my hometown. I think he would be comparable to a Blake McClimans (sp?) type of player if he did end up at UM.