The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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2015 BASKETBALL RECRUITING ISSUE from the floor and 74.6 percent from the free throw line. He also averaged 17.3 rebounds and 4.8 blocked shots per game. "We were wondering when one of them was going to offer," Maska said. "Northwestern, Notre Dame, Stanford, Wisconsin — they had been on him hard throughout the season and in really close contact as the sea- son continued, even. "I was talking to Michigan assis- tant coach LaVall Jordan, and Coach hit on it a little, the fact that you see all these programs with not one, but two, maybe three big guys that can do things well. He talked about Pur- due bringing in two seven-footers and said they might want to stock- pile them, too." There's been talk that Davis could even prep and join the Wolverines in 2017. With that and a redshirt year, he and Teske could be two years apart. "He really should be a sopho- more," Maska said. "His birthday is in August. That was another big part of his recruiting process that made Coach Beilein hungry for him. See- ing the things he did, putting up 21 points and 15 rebounds as a junior … I knew how much he had to improve upon and that he would, but I had no idea his numbers would go up like they did. "That's a testament to him and his time in gym. We challenged him to get quicker, in better shape, and he did. We challenged him to work on becoming more explosive, and he has." He's also a tremendous kid, Maska said, a 4.0 student with a 30 ACT. He