The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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BASKETBALL RECRUITING Teske's two best scoring games were a 27‑point outing against Mas‑ sillon Jackson in the Copley Divi‑ sion I District final and a 28‑pointer against eventual state final four par‑ ticipant Garfield Heights. He looked every bit the part of a high‑major prospect, and he's still got a year to improve and get stronger. "He impacts the game so much on the defensive end with his size and shot‑blocking ability," Brunswick coach Joe Mackey told The Post. "You can't score down low or get to the basket in the half court. Easy bas‑ kets better be in transition. He also improved dramatically as the season went on at the offensive end, which makes him even that much more valuable." Though courted by AAU programs such as high profile All‑Ohio, Teske will once again spend his spring and summer AAU season with Team Work. U-M COACHES HIT THE ROAD IN SEARCH OF POINT GUARDS Michigan is still searching for a point guard in the 2016 class, and the coaches have done their due dili‑ gence on the recruiting trail in search of the next great one. Assistant Jeff Meyer was in California to see point guard Devearl Ramsey in the state championship in late March, while Beilein and assistant LaVall Jordan saw him at the Hampton, Va., Nike EYBL (Elite Youth Basketball League) event in mid‑April. Ramsey (5‑10, 180 pounds, Ri‑ vals.com's No. 58 junior nationally) was supposed to visit Ann Arbor last summer and would likely have picked up an offer, but injury pre‑ vented the travel. Still, Meyer has been talking to him quite a bit lately, Ramsey said. Chatsworth (Calif.) Sierra Can‑ yon's only four losses this year came to elite teams, including Mouth of Wilson (Va.) Oak Hill Academy (by four) and Los Angeles Fairfax. "Our goal at the beginning of the season was to win a championship," Ramsey said after scoring 13 points in the title game, an 80‑55 win over San Francisco University. "We were able to fulfill that goal. We won it, and it was a great feeling. "I was just focusing on defense. My shot was there if I wanted it to be. It's about winning, and we had other guys scoring. I didn't need to score." That doesn't mean he can't. Ramsey had a few games of 30 or more points this year and at least two with 15 or more assists. He's be‑ come a three‑point shooter, a part of his game he's improved greatly in the last few years, and knocks them down with regularity. "It's a big part of my game right now," he said. "I want to get to the point where I'm knocking down guaranteed threes." Michigan coaches believe he'll get there, and they like his game enough to know he'd be a good fit. "I like the actual school. I like the basketball team, the way they play," he said. "Their style fits me. They give freedom to the point guard, do a lot of pick and rolls. They think I could be like Trey Burke in that offense."