Isaiah Todd trending to Michigan on 24/7
Multiple Crystal Balls have come in today for Michigan for 5* PF Isaiah Todd (#12 Nationally, #2 PF) for Michigan this morning including from Jerry Meyer (Director of Basketball Scouting for 24/7 Sports; has 90% accuracy this year on Crystal Balls). This would be a HUGE pickup for the new staff and a great start in recruiting.
He decides next Thursday. It's currently a seemingly 2-horse race between the good guys and Kansas. I guess Snoop didn't give Kansas the boost they expected. Here's to hoping he goes Blue (not that blue).
October 7th, 2019 at 4:11 PM ^
Do we need 3 threads on this kid today?
October 7th, 2019 at 4:14 PM ^
Yes!
October 7th, 2019 at 4:15 PM ^
Have you seen the football team play?
October 7th, 2019 at 4:25 PM ^
Let's go for 4!
October 7th, 2019 at 5:16 PM ^
How about 5? One for each star.
October 7th, 2019 at 5:40 PM ^
October 7th, 2019 at 7:42 PM ^
Username leaves no other choice
October 7th, 2019 at 10:34 PM ^
Because you couldn't go for 3?
October 7th, 2019 at 4:31 PM ^
This would be huge. Zeb, Dickenson and Todd would be a great class alone especially considering we will only lose Simpson and teske next year
October 7th, 2019 at 4:56 PM ^
I totally agree with your post except for the word "only."
October 7th, 2019 at 6:50 PM ^
If Livers does what we hope he does he gone.
October 7th, 2019 at 4:37 PM ^
We need a thread for each crystal ball with a complete breakdown of the source.
October 7th, 2019 at 5:39 PM ^
I'm pretty sure this is now a posbang thread.
October 7th, 2019 at 6:35 PM ^
I won't be satisfied until the number of threads matches his 247 composite ranking. So only 9 more to go.
October 7th, 2019 at 8:15 PM ^
No, 247 threads.
October 7th, 2019 at 9:32 PM ^
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCx_tn_Xj2c
highlight reel, yes do want. Kid has handles. 6'10 with handles damn.
October 7th, 2019 at 4:11 PM ^
Third time's the charm
October 7th, 2019 at 4:34 PM ^
Message Board police are super fun at parties, I bet.
October 7th, 2019 at 4:50 PM ^
Yes we are---we meet weekly at The Illinios Greek Restaurant. Come join the fun!
October 7th, 2019 at 4:16 PM ^
I put this in another thread, but as long as we're doing another one...
Rivals national analyst Corey Evans put in a prediction for Kansas yesterday. He changed it to Michigan today. Presumably he heard something persuasive to do that quick 180.
October 7th, 2019 at 4:30 PM ^
Kansas might've Snoop Dogged themselves.
October 7th, 2019 at 4:18 PM ^
Just curious, would this be considered a big deal for Coach Howard?
asking for a friend.
October 7th, 2019 at 4:26 PM ^
Yes but keep it quiet. Also did you hear Juwan has never been a head coach?
October 7th, 2019 at 4:42 PM ^
can't believe we haven't fired him yet.
maybe tomorrow, even if the kid commits to michigan.
October 7th, 2019 at 8:47 PM ^
I mean what has he won for us lately?
October 8th, 2019 at 8:35 AM ^
Still hasn't beaten Michigan State. No B1G titles or BTT titles. I think it's time to move on.
October 7th, 2019 at 4:26 PM ^
This would be the biggest recruiting win since the Fab 5 I'm pretty sure
October 7th, 2019 at 4:53 PM ^
GRIII is our highest rated recruit in the modern era. He had a .9934 rating. Todd has a .9965. This would be only our 3rd 5 star so yeah getting this kid over Kansas would be the biggest recruiting win since the Fab 5
October 7th, 2019 at 5:42 PM ^
i believe GRIII was a 3-star when he committed. he blew up to a five-star much later.
October 7th, 2019 at 5:58 PM ^
Actually, Mitch McGary was Michigan's biggest recruiting win in a long time. He chose Michigan over Duke and was the top 5 prospect nationally before his rankings took a tumble
October 7th, 2019 at 4:22 PM ^
If Howard gets the guys he's been linked to, would this be the best recruiting class Michigan has had since the Fab 5?
October 7th, 2019 at 4:25 PM ^
No question.
October 7th, 2019 at 4:43 PM ^
The 1994 class would be ranked higher.
Jerod Ward, Mo Taylor, Maceo Baston, Willie Mitchell and Travis Conlan. It predates Rivals and 247 but Ward was widely considered the #1 recruit in the country. Taylor, Baston and Mitchell were all in the top 20. That's four 5 stars and Conlan was a decent recruit too.
https://umhoops.com/2011/11/04/looking-back-at-michigans-top-recruits-of-the-past-20-years/
October 7th, 2019 at 4:47 PM ^
No question.
October 7th, 2019 at 5:17 PM ^
This is the correct answer. They were (supposed to be) the Fab Five Part II.
Also, the Novak/Douglass class was better.
October 7th, 2019 at 9:07 PM ^
no, the 2nd fab five was amazing also.
October 7th, 2019 at 4:29 PM ^
“Here. Hold my ‘stones.”
-Juwan Howard
October 7th, 2019 at 4:39 PM ^
Jerry Meyers comparison is Noah Vonleh. In my experience comparisons are usually conservative.I see Chris Bosh. Kid has handles, can shoot the 3, effortlessly athletic around the rim
Juwan Howard is the perfect coach to take this kid to the next level
October 7th, 2019 at 7:29 PM ^
Kevin Durant. But not NCAA Durant, NBA All Star Finals MVP level Durant... but taller, more explosive and ruthless-er!
October 7th, 2019 at 7:30 PM ^
I don't see Noah Vonleh at all tbh. Ant Wright on Twitter had a pretty good comp: The body of Jaren Jackson (although I don't think he's quite as athletic as JJJ) with the play style of Pistons Blake Griffin
October 7th, 2019 at 4:40 PM ^
Deja vu
October 7th, 2019 at 5:03 PM ^
We should keep posting more of these threads until morale improves.
October 7th, 2019 at 5:07 PM ^
I’m really excited to see how Michigan looks under this new staff. Howard is gonna be an unreal recruiter
October 7th, 2019 at 6:01 PM ^
I think he's going to surprise a lot of people with his coaching chops too. I'm really excited about basketball right now (and it's totally not because of football... like, totally).
October 7th, 2019 at 9:46 PM ^
What's football?
October 7th, 2019 at 5:52 PM ^
SIAP but Keith Jackson is no longer with us.
October 7th, 2019 at 6:00 PM ^
Giddyup.
October 7th, 2019 at 6:09 PM ^
IF Todd does come here, and that's obviously not a sure thing, it would be a great confirmation of the Howard recruiting strategy of going after many high level prospects. You offer a lot of them, show them what Michigan can offer, and hopefully a few come here. Beilein just wouldn't play the numbers game here, and that's what it takes. JB did a lot to bring Michigan basketball back to the national spotlight. But his approach to recruiting didn't take enough advantage of it. Plus, recruits had a harder time relating to his old school approach to things. Juwan Howard brings a fresh new approach that HS kids can relate to. If this works out, then he needs to prove it on the court.
October 7th, 2019 at 6:22 PM ^
Beilein recruited just fine and he had a great system for evaluating talent.
Evaluating talent to fit your system/team culture is way more important than offering anybody and everybody.
There are a LOT of teams out there that have high recruits and aren't all that great. Recruiting matters, but by no means do we know this approach translates to equal or better success than Beilein. I have faith Juwan will figure it out, though, but I just don't really like knocking Beilein's approach.
October 7th, 2019 at 6:41 PM ^
I'm not sure it's a knock to state the obvious. Beilein never chased after a lot of highly ranked recruits, it looks like Howard will. One of the great what-ifs that has been discussed around here for years was what would Beilein teams look like with top-notch recruits