I hope I’m reading this correctly (or perhaps a bit of bias involved) that UM leads for Cassius Winston.
Asked his finalists, Winston listed, in order, Michigan, Michigan State, Marquette, Iowa State and Pittsburgh. He has been offered scholarships to each.
“You want to get over it and you want to be done with it,” he added, “but at the same time you don’t want to rush it,” he said.
I hope I'm reading this correctly (or perhaps a bit of bias involved) that UM leads for Cassius Winston. Asked his finalists, Winston listed, in order, Michigan, Michigan State, Marquette, Iowa State and Pittsburgh. He has been offered scholarships to each.“You want to get over it and you want to be done with it,” he added, “but at the same time you don’t want to rush it,” he said.
Detroit U-D Jesuit guard Cassius Winston has Michigan, Michigan State in his top five - mlive.com
I would love for that to be the case, but I think it is probably just poor writing. The guy probably meant that was the order in which he listed the teams–not the order in which he preferred them. Winston had played this close to the vest this long. I doubt he’d change now.
I hope I'm reading this correctly (or perhaps a bit of bias involved) that UM leads for Cassius Winston. Asked his finalists, Winston listed, in order, Michigan, Michigan State, Marquette, Iowa State and Pittsburgh. He has been offered scholarships to each.“You want to get over it and you want to be done with it,” he added, “but at the same time you don’t want to rush it,” he said.
Detroit U-D Jesuit guard Cassius Winston has Michigan, Michigan State in his top five - mlive.com
I think that is just the order in which he listed them, not necessarily the order he likes them.
It feels like MSU leads. Regardless, whenever I watch him, I have two lingering concerns: (1) will that jump shot really work at the next level; and (2) does he have elite quickness (seems like he does not), and if not, can he get into the lane in college.
Honestly, I feel like Walton’s high school film was better, and I’m still waiting for him to shine for us. I think he will, and possibly Winston will be great, it just doesn’t feel like a slam dunk when I watch him.
I think the bigger concern for Winston having seen him play in person several times is this, can he keep a high major PG in front of him on defense. That is a major concern for me based on what I’ve seen.
Talked to someone close to the Family who thought Winston would pick Michigan. That was before MSU’s FF run, though.
Winstons dad is a u of m alum although that doesn’t seem to be too prominent of a factor. You’d also think that Msu starting a freshman pg this year would be to our benefit…Sam said that we are backing off devearl Ramsey. Goodin seems to be favoring Louisville. Seems like all our eggs are in the Winston bucket
Cassius Winston with the dunk
247 Crystal Ball is 100% MSU, for what ever that is worth.
Winstons dad is a u of m alum although that doesn't seem to be too prominent of a factor. You'd also think that Msu starting a freshman pg this year would be to our benefit.....Sam said that we are backing off devearl Ramsey. Goodin seems to be favoring Louisville. Seems like all our eggs are in the Winston bucket
I believe Reggie Winston is an EMU alum, not a Michigan alum.
Just read via Twitter that UM is showing interest 2016 guard Bryce Aiken from Jersey. I hope there is nothing here. He’s an older junior, under sized, with a poor attitude. My team knocked his school out of the county tournament and he was yelling and cursing at his HC. He was also involved in a scuffle in California this past December that cost his team a chance to compete in the state tournament this year.
PSA Cardinals G Bryce Aiken (@BryceAiken) picks up new interest from Michigan #BigTen #Wolverines @PSACardinals
— D1 Circuit (@D1Circuit) April 21, 2015
The connection with Aiken is that he played with Battle last year on the AAU circuit, so the staff was able to check him out by default.
A bit of film below on Aiken. I would rank him last on our PG board in relation to Winston, Goodin, Ramsey. Seems like a decent player, but not really a PG, but more of a SG stuck in a small body. Good shot, decent handle, not all that athletic and small, definitely score first type of game.
And Thornton goes to Duke.
Story from ESPN: http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recruiting/basketball/mens/story/_/id/12734195/duke-blue-devils-land-derryck-thornton-play-pg-next-season
And Thornton goes to Duke.
And on top of it all, he reclassifies to 15, meaning Murray can presumably go there in 16…
Yeeeeesh. Kennard/Thornton hurts. Then again, I had lots of Sparty buddies telling me Tyus Jones/Okafor hurt this year. Duke will be Duke.
Murray still considering reclassifying too though.
Gotta love the ‘redshirt’ and then ‘reclassify’ with some of these kids.
Gotta love the 'redshirt' and then 'reclassify' with some of these kids.
Not sure I follow. Could you clarify?
Gotta love the 'redshirt' and then 'reclassify' with some of these kids.Not sure I follow. Could you clarify?
Thornton is 18 already, meaning he probably should have been in the class of 2015 (and at some point he was), but now he’s moving back to graduate early. A decision that he seemingly made in just a couple of months.
It’s just an interesting trend. The key factor is the NBA age limit… If he wasn’t 18 yet I believe he’d have to go to college for two years, not just one, instead he can start his ‘NBA clock’ early.