MGolem

April 28th, 2017 at 12:56 PM ^

That there are tons of beautiful women at Southern schools their mentality does not fit with what we would hope. One of my best friends went to Clemson and the girl situation there was very complicated. Most of the girls, or entire student body for that matter, belong to Christian organizations and the like. These girls date monogamously often throughout their college years. The available girls are few and far between and everyone apparently knows who they are if you get my drift. The belief that there are numerous beautiful women for every interested guy is a fallacy. I am sure the athletes have a better selection but again, it isn't the playboy mansion. Northern schools may have a lower percentage of beautiful women but those we have are more likely to be interested in getting the most out of their college years.

MichiganMAN47

April 28th, 2017 at 9:22 AM ^

He's not a star by any stretch of the imagination, but for the most part did his job well. Occasionally he would make some excellent plays that contributed to some wins. I'll never understand the fans who crap on our own. Best of luck to him.

Generic MGoBlogger

April 28th, 2017 at 10:04 AM ^

I really hope Mark can find success here... I am a Clemson student and can tell you firsthand that our hoops program is in a pretty bad state right now. Mark will be competing for very serious minutes on team that has little to no frontcourt talent and should see ~20 minutes a game even if he doesn't start. As much as I love Mark's determination and fight on the court, playing big minutes on an ACC team with marginally less talent might not be the greatest thing for him. Although I can't see this ending well, I still have a lot of hope that something clicks for him here and he finds success

ST3

April 28th, 2017 at 10:13 AM ^

I would have gladly taken the opportunity to play college basketball on scholarship at Michigan or another P5 school. So what if the guy doesn't average a 20/10 or get drafted. My hope for him is that he smiles on the court. He seemed to be so depressed at UofM the past season. I hope he can just find enjoyment in playing a game again.

Generic MGoBlogger

April 28th, 2017 at 10:34 AM ^

Ultimately that's what I meant... It's pretty obvious that he's not a candidate to play at a higher level, but I meant that I hope he is able to find a role in which he's comfortable and maybe is able to shine more than he had in AA. 

Ty Butterfield

April 28th, 2017 at 10:27 AM ^

I understand giving him a firm handshake but it Michigan might need after both Wilson and Wagner leave.

TrueBlue2003

April 28th, 2017 at 1:39 PM ^

and wow, hit the name jackpot here.

They lose a 6'10 senior that didn't start but played a majority of minutes named Sity Djitte. I really hope that is pronounced "city jitty" and that is how it will be in my head.  Actually the number 1 offensive rebounder in the country, rebounding an insane 17.6 percent of his team's misses while on the court.  And again, this is not a small sample size of playing time. Decent Ortg of 111.9, but clearly mostly a defense and rebounding specialist because he barely shot the ball.

They have a 7'0 junior returning named Legend Robertin. He played sparingly so by no means a legend.

The only contributing bigs they return are 6'8 starting "center" Dante Grantham (sorry, the good names end here) who was somehow allowed to shoot 117 threes despite making only 32.5 percent of them.  This is a guy that literally did everything poorly that kenpom measures but somehow played 69 percent of team minutes.  Probably played a lot of stretch four (poorly) with Sity and the next guy here:

6'9 sophomore Elijah Thomas was a good shot blocker, decent rebounder but had an astronomically high foul rate such that he could only stay on the floor 30 percent of team minutes.

Not sure what their incoming class looks like but this looks like Donnal will have a path to 20 minutes a game if he can close the level he played his third year here.  Certainly hope he can find whatever he had working for him that year.