2016 - Forward Recruiting (Seth Towns, etc.)

Recruiting
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A couple insiders at Scout believe UM either leads or co-leads for Leaf.

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mjsb2 is there a link to where they say that?

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I believe he may be referring to this thread.

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=162&f=1088&t=13044299

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UCLA and Indiana are maybe the favorites and definitely fighting for his service. Florida is getting some buzz, too.

Glad MSU and UL didnā€™t make the cut.

IU is an absolute tire fire right now. Despite his family connections, I doubt he end up there.

Iā€™ve heard positive things about Leaf and UM, I will remain blissfully optimistic.

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UCLA and Indiana are maybe the favorites and definitely fighting for his service. Florida is getting some buzz, too.

Glad MSU and UL didnā€™t make the cut.

IU is an absolute tire fire right now. Despite his family connections, I doubt he end up there.

Iā€™ve heard positive things about Leaf and UM, I will remain blissfully optimistic.

Didnā€™t stop James Blackmon Jr.

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UCLA and Indiana are maybe the favorites and definitely fighting for his service. Florida is getting some buzz, too.

Glad MSU and UL didnā€™t make the cut.

IU is an absolute tire fire right now. Despite his family connections, I doubt he end up there.

Iā€™ve heard positive things about Leaf and UM, I will remain blissfully optimistic.

Didnā€™t stop James Blackmon Jr.

Was honestly pretty surprised Blackmon remained an IU commit after:

  1. decommitting
  2. his primary recruiter making a lateral move to Louisville
  3. the mass exodus from the program of prior top recruits
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I believe he may be referring to this thread.

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=162&f=1088&t=13044299

There was also another article by someone else where they said they believed UM led for Leaf.

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UCLA and Indiana are maybe the favorites and definitely fighting for his service. Florida is getting some buzz, too.

Glad MSU and UL didnā€™t make the cut.

IU is an absolute tire fire right now. Despite his family connections, I doubt he end up there.

Iā€™ve heard positive things about Leaf and UM, I will remain blissfully optimistic.

Didnā€™t stop James Blackmon Jr.

Was honestly pretty surprised Blackmon remained an IU commit after:

  1. decommitting
  2. his primary recruiter making a lateral move to Louisville
  3. the mass exodus from the program of prior top recruits

Indiana is a top Adidas school and will get highly rated recruits.

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Towns checks in at #127, Cook at #68 in updated 247 rankings.

Meanwhile, Moyer up all the way to #14ā€¦that is nothing short of shocking. How Moyer is ranked ahead of Towns is beyond me, how he is ranked 100 slots above is above my intellectual capacity.

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Towns being outside the top 100 doesnā€™t make sense, but may be good for Michiganā€™s chances with him. The longer he is not ā€œblowing upā€ like Moyer did, the better he may be inclined to jump on the Michigan offer. I still think Leaf and Towns SHOULD be able to play on the floor at the same time, but I donā€™t think that is a likely outcome with the current scholarship situation.

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I view Towns as 2/3 but Dylan said weā€™re looking at him for the 4 spot. Would be thrilled to have Towns

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Some think the staff views Towns as a 2/3/4 like Irvin.

Battle? Unlikely. Coleman? Gone.Langford? Early and the big dogs will come calling. Dozier? We will see. Really want UM to ramp up interest in Jamal Murray. Goodin can also play there. UM needs at least 1 top 100 wing.

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As far as Iā€™m concerned on positionsā€¦ There are basically four at Michigan: PG, Off Guard (potential to play PG in a pinch), the wing (3/4) and the center (5).

I think Towns fits as a 3/4, but he has a long way to go to be a two.

Just my 2 cents.

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I guess I would compare Towns to Irvin who is nothing but a 3 to me, he has much more ability to create than Zak, hence my view of him as a 2/3. I do agree with Dylan though that Towns isnā€™t in the mold of Caris in terms of being ball dominant 2 that runs PnR but I do see potential there.

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If Towns is UMā€™s wing for 2016 and no PJ. Very bad. Like Irvin, he can play some 2 because of his shooting but a creator/defender is a must.

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If Towns is UM's wing for 2016 and no PJ. Very bad. Like Irvin, he can play some 2 because of his shooting but a creator/defender is a must.

Unfortunately this is probably the most likely scenario at this point.

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Langford/Battle both higher on the board than Towns IMO. What I mean is that if Towns were to join the class, Iā€™d be shocked if that affected how hard Michigan is recruiting Langford or Battle.

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No doubt they are higher in terms of priority, but are they as realistic is the true question?

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I gave up on Battle a long time ago. Langford is realistic but his recruitment by all suitors hasnā€™t even begun.

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Future 150 expects Towns to be a full time wing in college vs a 4