The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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basketball commitment profile back problem and grew another two inches. He's healthy now. "He played well enough to earn interest not just from Michigan but other schools. He's a sleeper a lot of people will regret not going after." In the end, his decision came down to Michigan and Gonzaga. The Wolverines had the edge in facilities and just about everything else, though layed that into a 3.9 grade-point average and interest from schools from the West Coast to the Ivy League. His final four included Harvard and Cal. He chose basketball, though, as his ticket to a free education. His mom played when she was young, and Wilson always had a ball in his hands and was always tall for his age. He didn't develop an aggressive streak Gonzaga was a close second. U‑M proved to be a better fit with the combination of basketball and academics, Wilson said, with a big part being Michigan's ranking as the No. 1 academic public school in the country. That appealed to his mother, as well, who always took an "education comes first" stance, a trait Wilson picked up at a young age. He par- until last year, when he started to emerge as a Division I prospect. Wilson saw an offense that fits him well after watching film with the Michigan coaches. "They like to go four out, sometimes five out and bring bigs to the free throw line. I really like that because it lets me use my versatility if I'm on the wing," he said. "I can