2020 Basketball Recruiting
I scoured the UMHoops forum for updates on who Michigan contacted today, this is what I found (sorted by 247 National ranking), I'm not going to post who else contacted these players, you can find it on UMHoops or twitter if you are interested:
Julian Strawther Las Vegas, NV SF 6-7 190lbs, 5* Nat#9 SF#4
Corey Walker, Jacksonville, FL SF 6-6 185lbs 5*, Nat#26 SF#8
Hunter Dickinson, Hyattsville, MD C 6-11 220lbs, 5*, Nat#14 C#3
Xavier Foster, Oskaloosa, IA, PF 6-9 200lbs, 4* Nat#30 PF#6
Cam Thomas, Chesapeake, VA, PG 6-1 150lbs, 4* Nat#40 PG#6
DJ Steward, Oak Park, IL PG 6-1 150lbs 4*, Nat#41 PG#7
Micah Peavy, Houston, TX SG 6-5, 172libs 4*, Nat#63, SG#14
Elijah Wood, Potomac, MD PG 6-5 165lbs 4*, Nat#70 PG#13
Tyler Beard, Chicago, IL, PG 6-0 150lbs, 4* Nat#74 PG#12
Caleb Love, Saint Louis, MO, PG 6-3 170lbs. 3* Nat#142 PG#34
Not ranked at this point in time on 247:
Brandon Harris, Savannah, GA SF 6-6 180lbs
Ebenezer Dowuona, Palm Bay, FL C 6-9 200lbs
Chanse Robinson, Grambling, LA, PG 6-0 165lbs
Surprised at only two centers as that’s a big position of need in that class IMO. But these are only the names we know of, probably many more.
Xavier Foster is probably a C to John Beilein. Not worried much about it in positionless basketball.
Just throwing it out there and nothing will probably come of this, but Jalen Wilson is good friends with 2020 CG RJ Hampton. Ranked #4 in the class. Be cool if he somehow recruited him hard to Michigan
If June 15th is first day to contact prospects in the 2020 class, how do so many have "offers" already. Also how have coaches already visited with these players?
According to 247, we've only offered Jabri Abdur-Rahim, but this doesn't seem super crazy since Beilein usually doesn't offer unless the player comes to campus
I think these are calls to express interest and check the level of interest by the recruit. Maybe they say we only give real offers to those that visit and provide a transcript.
The NCAA rules are that coaches can’t contact players. It allows for recruits to contact coaches before June 15th. Coaches go watch the players without talking to them. I’m sure some work around the rule like talk to themselves out loud that they would give an offer to number x that they just watched or allow it to leak to someone with ties to a recruit.