The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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BASKETBALL RECRUITING Lima Catholic Central finish 25-4 and win the Ohio Division III state title as a sophomore, averaging 19.0 points, 6.0 assists and 3.0 steals. He scored 16 of his 18 points over the final 16 minutes of the title game to guide Lima Catho- lic to the state crown with a 64-62 win over Villa Angela-St. Joseph. Michigan's class ranks No. 26 na- tionally according to Rivals.com's Eric Bossi. "It may not be a class with a ton of name appeal, but Michigan has put together a solid group that currently ranks among the top 30 recruiting classes in the country," Bossi said. "The headliner of the class is clearly point guard Xavier Simpson. "Simpson is a guy that the Wol- verines seemingly came out of no- where to pull out of the state of Ohio, and they should end up glad they did. Simpson is a winner, plain and simple. He may lack for elite measur- 2016-17 1 Derrick Walton Jr., 6-1, Sr., PG 2 Zak Irvin, 6-6, Sr., SF 3 Mark Donnal, 6-9, Sr., PF 4 Kameron Chatman, 6-8, Jr., SF 5 Ricky Doyle, 6-9, Jr., PF/C 6 Muhammad Ali Abdur-Rahkman, 6-4, Jr., SG 7 Aubrey Dawkins, 6-6, Jr., SF 8 Duncan Robinson, 6-8, R-Jr., SG 9 D.J. Wilson, 6-9, R-So., PF 10 Moritz Wagner, 6-9, So., PF 11 Jon Teske, 6-11, Fr., C 12 Austin Davis, 6-10, Fr., C 13 Ibi Watson, 6-5, Fr., SG 14 Xavier Simpson, 5-11, Fr., PG 2017-18 1 Kameron Chatman, 6-8, Sr., SF 2 Ricky Doyle, 6-9, Sr., PF/C 3 Muhammad Ali Abdur-Rahkman, 6-4, Sr., SG 4 Aubrey Dawkins, 6-6, Sr., SF 5 Duncan Robinson, 6-8, 5th-Sr., SG 6 D.J. Wilson, 6-9, R-Jr., PF 7 Moritz Wagner, 6-9, Jr., PF 8 Jon Teske, 6-11, So., C 9 Ibi Watson, 6-5, So., SG 10 Xavier Simpson, 5-11, So., PG 11 Austin Davis, 6-10, So., C 12 Jordan Poole, 6-3, Fr., SG 13 Frosh from 2016/other The 2017-18 group depends on how the over-signing in 2016-17 is resolved, but U-M will clearly focus heavily on the 2018 group. The Wolverines will lose at least five players by the end of the 2017-18 season, either to graduation or attrition before then. COACHES WILL FOCUS ON UNDERCLASSMEN Michigan coaches have a number of players they want to focus on over the next several years, and there are a number of ways they could go with future classes depending on attrition, etc. They've got one pledge in class of 2017 four-star shooting guard Jordan Poole (6-3, Rivals.com's No. 104 junior nation- ally) of Milwaukee Rufus King, leaving the scholarship charts for the next two years like this: