The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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BASKETBALL RECRUITING Among those with the most serious interest: HYRON EDWARDS 5-10 • 160 • PG East Chicago (Ind.) Central quick point guard, averaged 14 points and eight assists per game as a freshman. He has shined in the AAU season in earning offers from Purdue and Indiana, and significant interest from Michigan, Illinois, Notre Dame and others. "He's a great kid. He's a homebody, Edwards, a dynamic and extremely a bunch of good guys," Edwards Sr. said. "I've gotten to know Coach [Ba- cari] Alexander pretty well through this process." "The coaching staff at Michigan is RYAN FAZEKAS 6-7 • 180 • SF Michigan City (Ind.) Marquette Michigan, Michigan State and Indi- ported 54 percent last year en route to 12 points per game — and one of the reasons U-M coaches are so inter- ested. Fazekas has seen assistant Jeff Meyer at his school, and said he was told he would see more of him along with Beilein and/or assistants Bacari Al- exander and LaVall Jordan in July. "I really like Michigan State, Valpo, Xavier, Indiana and Michigan," he said. his father and AAU coach, Hyron Sr., said of his son at the recent adidas In- vitational in Indianapolis. "He's either playing basketball or in his room play- ing PlayStation. He's handling it well, better than I expected he would for all the attention he's getting right now. Edwards should be among the na- " tion's top 50 recruits when Rivals.com releases its initial rankings. Michigan assistant Jeff Meyer, Pur- due head coach Matt Painter and Illinois head coach John Groce all attended one of Edwards' games at the Indianapolis adidas Invitational in June — he listed Indiana, Purdue and Michigan as his top three, not necessarily in that order, and added Illinois was coming on strong. " ana — three of the programs likely to be favored to win the Big Ten crown next season — are among those with whom Fazekas has the most serious mutual interest. The 6-7 rising junior took his second unofficial visit to IU in early June, followed by trips to U-M and MSU the following week. His trip to Ann Arbor was his second unofficial, as well, but the first in which he spent significant time on campus and with the Michigan coaches. "I was there for the Michigan ver- sus Notre Dame football game, the first night game there — they had me up there and a couple other recruits, Fazekas shared in June. "This time they showed me the whole campus and I talked to all the coaches. They told us what they were doing that was new, a lot of the construction going on. We watched game film, and Coach [John] Beilein said I'd fit pretty well since I'm a shooter, able to drive a bit. Shooting's his forte, though — a re- " U-M BANNERS Qty. DEScRIPtION the wolverine • P.O. box 2331 • Durham, Nc 27702 PRIcE Banner - Michigan "M Go Blue" (Item #1415) S&H PER ITEM COUNT 1 Banner = $4.00 2 Banners = $6.50 $24.99 Banner - Michigan "Happy Holidays" (Item #1416) $24.99 Subtotal add $2.50 for ea. addt'l banner Sales Tax (NC 7%, IN 7%, MI 6%) Shipping & Handling (see chart) tOtaL o My check or money order made payable to THE WOLVERINE is enclosed. o Please charge to my credit card: o Visa o MasterCard o AmEx o Discover (Credit Card Charges Will Appear On Your Statement As Coman Publishing Co.) Card No._____________________________________________________ Exp. Date _____________ Name_________________________________________________________3-Digit CVN# _________ Address __________________________________________________________________________ City_________________________________________________State______ Zip ________________ Daytime Phone # (_______) __________________________ Email Address: ____________________ $24.99 plus $4 S&H Officially licensed banner in your choice of m go blue or Happy Holidays style. Designed to hang vertically from an outdoor pole or inside as wall decor. Durable polyester flag measures 27" x 37" with a 2.5" pole sleeve. Made in USA. Machine washable. (Poles and hardware not included.) PHONE ORDERS: 1-800-421-7751 • ORDER ONLINE! www.cOmaNPubLISHINg.cOm AUGUST 2012 THE WOLVERINE 81 tOtaL " CHANDLER WHITE 6-2 • 175 • SG Fort Wayne (Ind.) Carroll camp in June and has played well on the AAU circuit with Indiana Elite's U15 squad. He's a talented scorer with a solid frame and is already listing in- terest from Purdue, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Boston College, Wake Forest and Illinois. "I'm most interested in Michigan and White was impressive at Michigan's Purdue," he said in July. "I like the fa- cilities right now at Michigan, and the coaching staff is really exciting. a month and has already formed a solid rapport. "They like to have fun, White talks to the U-M coaches once " it's time to get serious, they get serious, but they like to have fun." Coaching staff, teammates and cam- pus atmosphere will be key factors when it's time for him to decide. ❑ 27" x 37" " he said. "When Vertical banner (Item #1415 & 1416)