Michigan Basketball Recruiting: Signee And Commitment Updates
How Michigan's targets and signees have fared recently ...
Nike
Power forward
4 STARS
Michigan
Kalamazoo
RR:
Ht: 6'8.0"
Wt: 210.0
Class: 2017
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POSITION
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STATE
Commitment status:
verbal
Livers averaged 17.5 points, 14 rebounds and 2.4 blocks during the regular season and finished with 10 in a 53-51 overtime loss to Grand Rapids Christian March 2. He notched 19 points and eight rebounds in a 71-37 win over Niles to kick off the playoffs March 8.
"Coach Beilein said I need to shoot the ball a lot more than I do," he told the Detroit Free Press in a recent article. "Sometimes I find myself playing too much within in the offense and not creating enough shots for myself. I create a lot of shots for my teammates.
"Coach [Ramsey Nichols] has said I've got a lot more confidence this season, and I think it's the highest I've ever had because I've gotten stronger and been in the weight room three to five days a week and doing things to get quicker on my feet."
Point guard
3 STARS
Michigan
Spring Grove
RR:
Ht: 6'1.0"
Wt: 165.0
Class: 2017
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POSITION
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NATIONAL
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STATE
Commitment status:
verbal
Spring Grove lost to Milton Hershey, 87-76, March 1 despite 44 from Brooks, who averaged 29 points per game in the regular season and shot 40 percent from three-point range. He made three triples and 15 of 16 free throws in the loss.
The Rockets (20-8) travel to Scranton High School to play District 2 runner-up West Scranton (14-11) at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Spring Grove took fourth in District 3.
Shooting guard
4 STARS
Michigan
La Porte
RR:
Ht: 6'4.0"
Wt: 185.0
Class: 2017
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POSITION
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STATE
Commitment status:
verbal
Poole is still averaging 14 points per game for 24-1 La Lumiere. He notched 15 points in a blowout win of Gateway Legacy Christian Academy (Ill.) in early March. LaLumiere has three games remaining at most ... all are elimination games, Poole noted.
La Lumiere is the nation's No. 2 prep team nationally according to USA Today.
Point guard
3 STARS
Michigan
Detroit
RR:
Ht: 6'1.0"
Wt: 190.0
Class: 2018
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POSITION
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STATE
Commitment status:
verbal
Detroit Cass Tech beat DeJulius and East English Village for the second time in a few weeks, this time 72-67, to eliminate them from the state tournament in the District Class A semifinals. DeJulius scored 18 ... he averaged 27 in the regular season.
Cass Tech concentrated on slowing the junior when East English standout Greg Elliott sat for long stretches due to foul trouble.
"Dave missed a lot of free-throws during that stretch, probably because of fatigue," East English coach Juan Rickman told MLive.com. "Our struggles this year has been getting the supporting cast to kind of step up. This year, we just lacked experience. You can't cheat the process. You've got Dave and (Elliott) as good as they are and they rest of the guys are freshman or sophomores and they're trying to figure it out."
