4 Star BBall recruit: Hunter Dickinson (Crystal Balls)
The whole staff went in to meet with 2020 7'2" C Hunter Dickinson tonight, with 2 CB's coming in shortly thereafter.
From the getgo, I thought he was going to be our most realistic "big time" recruit (34th on 247) for 2020. And from what I am hearing/seeing, things are going very well with this recruitment!
Notre Dame, Purdue, and Louisville are players here, and also possibly Duke after Kessler committed to UNC (hands off, K...please).
Obviously this isn't a guarantee or anything, but I believe these are the first CB's put in for a Juwan recruit, so I thought it would be good to share.
September 27th, 2019 at 12:56 AM ^
I mean it's not the most amazing news ever. But it's positive, and it's a hell of a lot better than some random existential or nihilistic thought about Michigan football theory.
September 27th, 2019 at 6:13 AM ^
Edit: Redundant
September 27th, 2019 at 6:57 AM ^
Even more interesting, one of the UofM CB's is from guy on a Duke site.
September 27th, 2019 at 1:00 AM ^
Wait should this post be OT? It seems to relate to Michigan sports and not just be a passing thought the OP squeezed out between Busch Lights.
Thanks for the update, OP - good to hear some positive recruiting news for MBB
September 27th, 2019 at 9:27 AM ^
”squeezed out between Busch Lights.”
Classic!
September 27th, 2019 at 1:13 AM ^
But... You're a football guy...?
September 27th, 2019 at 1:15 AM ^
I am not a particularly clever person, and I created the account during football season.
I actually am more of a basketball guy tbh
September 27th, 2019 at 1:33 AM ^
Your user name...what's up, what's down...how am I to know?
September 27th, 2019 at 1:38 AM ^
The epitome of the bait and switch.
September 27th, 2019 at 1:41 AM ^
Lmao I mean I do love football too (although not so much right now).
New username ideas would be greatly appreciated
September 27th, 2019 at 1:50 AM ^
I got one...you’re gonna think it’s crazy but...how bout basketballguy
September 27th, 2019 at 6:44 AM ^
Wait, have we even established he's a "guy". Maybe confused there also, ...so basketballgal, or even basketball(nogenderspecified) ?
September 27th, 2019 at 8:24 AM ^
One day I will be telling my grandchildren about your post. LMAO
???
September 27th, 2019 at 9:17 AM ^
Maybe your username shouldn’t be so sport-specific? How about BallsGuy? NTTAWWT
Feel free to use - no thank you necessary. My work is done here...
September 27th, 2019 at 2:17 AM ^
Duck!
September 27th, 2019 at 7:48 AM ^
Poster 'footballguy' says "I actually am more of a basketball guy tbh"...
Da fucking hell? Why you gotta do us like this?
September 27th, 2019 at 10:12 AM ^
THIS IS WHAT MICHIGAN FOOTBALL IS DOING TO PEOPLE
September 27th, 2019 at 7:11 AM ^
Nice to get cb’d but Purdue is going to push hard. Less concerned about Dook as iirc they were after a different guy.
September 27th, 2019 at 7:22 AM ^
Rumor is it’s down to us and FSU. Notre Dame and Purdue - long time favorites - are out
September 27th, 2019 at 9:59 AM ^
That different guy is Mark Williams. Believe he's similarly ranked on 247 (cant access at work). Michigan is after him as well; think he's visiting this weekend or next.
September 27th, 2019 at 8:49 AM ^
I don’t think these are the first guys to get CB to Michigan. That Ervin guy has predicted Burnett and JAR to Michigan before.
September 27th, 2019 at 9:11 AM ^
Maybe when JB was the coach, but I don't think anyone has since Howard was hired.
September 27th, 2019 at 9:16 AM ^
Looking back, it doesn’t look like he predicted Burnett but I swear somebody did at some point in the last month or so. I do distinctly remember Ervin picking Michigan for JAR after Howard was hired and later switching it to UVA.
September 27th, 2019 at 9:59 AM ^
There was talk that Sam Webb was putting a CB in for Burnett, but that hasn't materialized.
September 27th, 2019 at 11:13 AM ^
Yeah I remember somebody mentioning that, but the longer this goes on, the more it feels like bama is going to win this battle.
September 27th, 2019 at 11:58 AM ^
Sam did say he would, but I believe there have been some issues with that.
We may not *quite* be in the greatest position there compared to Bama.
Also, I'm talking about a CB put in for a recruit who has taken visits with Howard. JAR never visited, so I'm not aware of anybody that would have put a CB in for him. It was obvious he was picking UVA
September 27th, 2019 at 8:51 AM ^
I seriously preferred him to Kessler and am glad.
September 27th, 2019 at 9:25 AM ^
Is there a reason why you like Hunter better? I'm not informed enough to have an opinion either way, but the staff was super high on Kessler. You can't teach 7'2", so give me some of those guys. Something like 17% of all 7 footers are in the NBA.
September 27th, 2019 at 10:30 AM ^
Kessler is highly skilled. He is a stud. He is more like Moe. This guy is more like Teske.
September 27th, 2019 at 10:43 AM ^
Not really, this guy has offensive inside game. Now, maybe we see some of that this season from Teske, but we haven’t seen it yet.
September 27th, 2019 at 9:18 AM ^
7'2", there's less chance Shea would overthrow him..... can he catch a football?
September 27th, 2019 at 9:58 AM ^
Not looking too far ahead but a solid PG in Zeb, and a true rim defending C in Dickinson is a great way to start Howard’s first class at Michigan. Grab and athletic forward that can stretch the floor a little bit and secure Burnett plus his son and I think success will follow.
September 27th, 2019 at 10:20 AM ^
Regardless of CBs, this guy is destined for Purdue where he will start for 5 years.
September 27th, 2019 at 10:30 AM ^
If he has BB's......CB him to Michigan.
September 27th, 2019 at 10:56 AM ^
I'll take CB's all day long - just generates some buzz which these recruits seem to care a lot about. I preferred Kessler because of his skill but don't view Dickinson as a consolation prize by any means. To me he's a better rebounder/defender and will add a lot of toughness to the low post. Now we just need to secure that commitment! Go get em JH!
September 27th, 2019 at 11:47 AM ^
Hell yeah--MAOR COWBELL!
September 27th, 2019 at 7:31 PM ^
And Duke swoops in with the offer this evening???
September 27th, 2019 at 8:01 PM ^
Well, this was fun while it lasted!
I still have faith, but not a ton. Kessler randomly going to UNC threw a major wrench in all of this.
September 27th, 2019 at 8:23 PM ^
Only hope is that Mark Williams will commit and take his spot
September 27th, 2019 at 9:33 PM ^
Duke's plan was Kessler AND Williams though, so this isn't great news for us.
I'm really hoping Juwan's personal experience as a big man player and coach will pull Dickinson in, but Coach K and Duke are always hard to beat.
September 27th, 2019 at 9:46 PM ^
Didnt know they were going after 2 centers. Hopefully that works against them. One would think the sure positions Howard would recruit very well would be forward and center. Also, how many spots do they have open because they already have 4 committed and look to be the favorite for Williams. Coleman just committed today which is also a power forward , they also have a cg, a PGA and sf committed.
September 27th, 2019 at 9:51 PM ^
Looks like in the Coleman article he talks about all the commits and says hopefully Mark Williams as well. He may be the end of their 2020 class. I'd take a class of Zeb, Dickinson, Burnett and Jace and be ecstatic with that. Throw in Jaemyn Breakfield A well.