The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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2013 basketball recruiting issue com three-star prospect), one of Ba- onship game caught his eye — he con's best friends. and Sanders see themselves as po"Bacon is developing his wing and tentially the next Tim Hardaway Jr. guard skills further," TheRecruit- and Trey Burke, Michigan's former Scoop.com's Alex Kline reported in guard tandem now preparing to play April. "He has improved thoroughly in the NBA. in the past year by being more agMarquette offered both Bacon and gressive when getting to the cup, not Sanders in May, and while package settling for jumpers and pushing the deals are often overblown this one ball. Still, he needs to utilize his size seems like a legitimate possibility. and guard skills and become more Outlook: Baylor, Florida State, Vircareful with the ball. If he can pass on ginia Tech, Xavier and others have a few shots in order to find his team- joined Marquette in offering, while mates for better ones, the sky is the Florida, Mississippi State and others limit for the wing prospect." are still evaluating him in addition Bacon continues to build the re- to Michigan. Bacon sees his runlationship with Alexander and the and-gun style fitting at U-M, givMichigan staff, and he expects to ing the Wolverines a legitimate shot. visit this summer, he reported in There's no guarantee Sanders will early May. get an offer, though, adding some U-M's run to the NCAA champi- uncertainty. ❏ Class Of 2015: More Top Targets • Stephen Zimmerman, C, Las Vegas Bishop Gorman: Kansas, Arizona, Connecticut, Notre Dame, Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA, UNLV, Memphis, UTEP, Auburn and Florida State — those are just some of the schools that have offered Rivals.com's No. 2 rising junior nationally, and Michigan will likely join the list when Zimmerman makes it to campus this summer, as planned. Zimmerman averaged 13.5 points, 11.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game last year, but is just scratching the surface of his potential. "I think that a lot of coaches like my development and how much I've gotten better," the 7-0, 215-pounder said. "They see that I have potential and that I'm capable of getting even better. I think the coaches like how I can run up and down the court and how I don't play like a center. I have the zimmerman ability to do multiple things on the court."