Hello: Jon Teske

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Welcome to class of 2016

Voltron is Handsome

August 7th, 2014 at 8:29 PM ^

It still can be considering this is a 2016 kid. No one should get too excited about commitments from kids that are 2.5 years away from signing a letter of intent.

Raoul

August 7th, 2014 at 11:56 PM ^

There wasn't another one. The other Amaker commit/signee Beilein inherited was Kelvin Grady. I may be wrong, but I don't remember him ever decommitting. He may have made an announcement reaffirming his commitment to Michigan at some point after Beilein was hired.

Raoul

August 8th, 2014 at 8:46 AM ^

It's best to just try to forget the entire Alex Legion saga. Which I had done given that I forgot to mention him in my post about Manny Harris below.

One late thought I had on Beilein and decommitments: One by-product of his recruiting method is that it makes a decommitment much less likely (but not impossible). Not making early offers, insisting that a player come to Ann Arbor for a full unofficial visit before extending an offer, involving players on the team in the vetting process—all ends up with players making strong commitments to Michigan.

Raoul

August 7th, 2014 at 8:57 PM ^

Teske can sign in November 2015, so it's 14 months from now.

Regarding Michigan decommits, I'm pretty sure the only one since Beilein was hired was Manny Harris, which doesn't really count given that he originally committed to Amaker. As I recall, he recommitted less than a week later.

DingoBlue

August 7th, 2014 at 8:03 PM ^

But an 11W article says he was 6-11 without shoes.  A legit 7 footer who's current best attribute is "game changer on defense" is a nice addition as far as I'm concerned.  Also one less scholarship to scramble to fill with a Plan B or C prospect down the line.  Michigan staff got their plan A big man in 2016 with this commit.

oriental andrew

August 7th, 2014 at 8:25 PM ^

He's a bit skinny, but plenty of time to add weight to his frame.  Also, according to UM Hoops, he missed most of the spring AAU circuit with a broken finger, so not many recent evals.  Outlook is that he should rise pretty significantly once he's fully healthy and scouts have a chance to see him regularly.  

Knight

August 7th, 2014 at 8:36 PM ^

With the recent clarification to the block/charge rule that makes it more difficult to draw offensive fouls it is important to have a tall rim protector. Michigan has relied a lot on undersized Novak/Morgan types to draw charges so I would say that adding a 7ft shotblocker is a pretty big deal with the way college basketball rules are headed.

UMfan21

August 7th, 2014 at 8:54 PM ^

He is only a 3 star right now because he was injured all spring. He is expected to blow up soon and already had offers or interest from Ohio , IU, Purdue, and Wisconsin. He is ranked as the #1 Center in Ohio and #15 in his class.



Pretty solid add I expect him to end up a high 4 star commit.