BASKETBALL RECRUITING
BY CHRIS BALAS
T
hose who follow recruiting closely
know there's no such thing as a
sure thing. No matter how good a
team might look with a certain pros-
pect, it can change in a hurry.
Michigan basketball's 2016 class
is a prime example. The Wolverines
seemed to lead for a number of top
prospects and landed one, five-star
shooting guard Tyus Battle of Glad-
stone, N.J, only to see him decommit
three weeks later. U-M had moved
on from Madison (Ala.) Academy
five-star wing Josh Langford after
Battle's pledge — he ended up sign-
ing with Michigan State as a result.
John Beilein and his staff picked up
the pieces and moved on.
Of the many recruits they had tar-
geted early on, only one — Medina
(Ohio) High four-star center Jon
Teske (7-0, Rivals.com's No. 108 se-
nior nationally) — received an offer
early in the process.
Beilein, though, is extremely
BASKETBALL RECRUITING
The Next Wave
Seven-footer Jon Teske of Medina (Ohio) High is listed as a four-star recruit and the No. 108
overall player in the country by Rivals.com.
PHOTO COURTESY RIVALS.COM
