The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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2013 basketball recruiting issue Coleman showed signs of elevat- Dame, Cincinnati, Ohio State, Illinois, ing his game at the May Spiece Run- Clemson and Providence, with Michin-Slam in Fort Wayne, Ind. Rivals. gan and Michigan State likely to offer com's Mike Pegram reported that soon. He'll visit both of the Michigan Coleman has gotten bigger, he plays schools in June. U-M appears to have stronger, and he seems to be more as good a shot as anyone. comfortable scoring as either an off Dwayne Bacon the-bounce or a catch-and-shoot guy. He can handle the ball, but he proj- 6-6 • 205 • SF ects as a shooting guard at the next Lakeland (Fla.) McKeel Academy level. Rivals.com No. 18 sophomore nationally Michigan is one of the teams very Bacon might be a Florida kid, but high on his list. the more he learns about the Michi"I like Michigan, especially with gan program the more he likes it. their run. I picked up a lot of things U-M assistant Bacari Alexander has as far as how the coaches interact taken the lead on his recruitment and with players and how they play," is also watching McKeel Academy Coleman said of the U-M's NCAA guard Corey Sanders (6-1, Rivals. Tournament performance. "Their coaching staff — Coach John Beilein and Coach LaVall Jordan — has come to my games and supported me. With what they just went through, it showed me how much they put in as a team." Coleman played up an age group on the AAU level last year, but has returned to Indiana Elite to get back to playing in his age group again. The experience has helped slow the game down for him. "The reason I did play up was physicality," he said. "I was playing against a different game speed, and players were much more physical. Playing in my grade now, it has made it a lot easier. I am thinking ahead now instead of reacting." Dwayne Bacon, a 6-6 small forward who is He's continuing to make great ranked by Rivals.com as the No. 18 player in strides in his game as a result. the class of 2015, said that he plans to visit Outlook: Coleman said he holds the Michigan campus this summer. offers from Indiana, Purdue, Notre photo courtesy rivals.com