Flashback: recruit Zack Novak answers questions at UMHoops
An interview with Novak, back when he was a recruit at the end of the dismal 2007-08 season - Beilein's first year and I believe Dylan's first year running UMHoops.
Check some of the comments below. "Novak Supporter" was dead on, and "old fan" had a pretty good prediction as well.
http://www.umhoops.com/2008/03/14/zack-novak-questions-answered/
Does anyone know why he ended up being 0?
This is what Novak told Rothstein about a year ago for an annarbor.com article on Big Ten players who wear 0:
“You kind of have to have a quirky personality to wear zero,” Novak said. “I think it fits me. I’m kind of different, I guess.
“You’ve got to be a little bit crazy to wear zero.”
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Novak initially wanted either No. 32, his high school number, or No. 2, his AAU number. Before his freshman year, though, both were taken. Zack Gibson wore No. 32 and C.J. Lee had No. 2.
So Novak searched for something else to be different.
“I’m surprised how much I still get the question, ‘Why zero?’” Novak said. “You’d think by now it’s like, ‘OK, I’ve been here forever, it’s been answered.’ But still, about once a month people are like, ‘Why did you pick the number?’”
but my educated guess is it's the amount of D1 offers that Novak recieved other than Michigan.
Well Sullinger got to pick his number based on his ACT score.
Damn, Novak was quite the prolific scorer in HS. 27 a game is ballin'. IIRC Stu averaged about 13-14 a game as a senior.
Was on conference all-first team all four years in high school and I think I heard that he is the conference's all time leading scorer or something like that.
ha not happening he was and always will be a #0 just fits so much better.