Colin has jumped 42 spots all the way up to #85 in the Rivals150. Wow!
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Is there such a thing as a Beilein bump in the rankings, i.e. recruiting sites take note of the fact that Beilein is a great evaluator so, if he likes a kid that much, maybe we have him underrated?
For me, Castletonâs film says top 100 easily.
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there is so called regression effect that the initially lowly ranked tend to move up in the update and highly ranked tend to move down. Dylan maybe able to investigate how Beilein recruits compare with others of the similar initial ranking.
Rivals and 247 (their own rankings not the composite) now both have Castleton around the 80th ranked prospect.
No other ranking matters (unless you want to get into stuff like Matt Dâs Endless Motor rankings). ESPNâs rankings have been a joke for years now. They dramatically cut down their staff a long time ago because it wasnât bringing any clicks. Their rankings literally only still exist so that they can say âThis guy is a ESPN top 100 playerâ during the high school basketball games they broadcast.
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I generally find the rankings to be pretty meaningless â especially between about 30 and 150 â so that wonât be something that I spend my time analyzing or investigating. 
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Great article Ethan! Excited to see Colin in action in a Maize 'n Blue uniform!
When Colin came to Michigan, he just hadnât yet grown into who could, and potentially, would be. I donât mean that a a knock on him at all, but he needed to grow mentally and emotionally as well as physically, and then he came north from Florida to a different culture and a different environment. He was young and he wasnât particularly mature yet. If I remember correctly, Moe came back, and Teske was developing into the next Michigan big man. I think that helped make going home seem like a pretty attractive option for Colin.
I wasnât upset when he went back home to Florida and I think, and thought at the time, too, that it was a good move for him. He has grown in all three areas I mentioned, and he has played well there. Obviously, the other night he had a great game. I continue to wish him well.
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Didnât he leave when Hunter signed? I thought Colin would be the likely starter in Hunterâs freshman year (it fell to Davis instead) although Dickinson would have replaced him at some point, as he did Davis.
Yes, that is correct. Castleton backed up Teske as a sophomore and was in line to compete with incoming freshman Hunter Dickinson for the starting job his junior year. He made a great call as he has become one of the best bigs in the SEC while Hunter has become an All-American
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heâs the basketball zach charbonnet
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Feels like this topic could move to the âFormer Michigan players in the NCAAâ thread, but happy to pile on and give Colin a shout-out. Clearly Beilein identified a good talent (Remember he was only #128 in the composite) and he learned a lot in one year under Howard about post play. Kudos to him (and Florida) for taking it further into what heâs become. Iâd love to see us match-up against them in the tournament!
As I said in the other thread, between Colin and Jalen Wilson (to a much lesser extent DDJ) it would have been interesting to see what happened in an alternate universe where they stay at Michigan.
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I meant when he came in as a freshman. Moe stayed and that wasnât a given, and, in Colinâs mind, he thought he could beat out Teske.
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Donât sleep on ddj. Would anyone be mad if he was running point right now?
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He had 2 points in a blow out loss tonight.
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He stinks. Mad? No, but surely not the answer.
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Iâd take Frankie in a heartbeat. Since heâs gone Iâd let Dug take the lions share of point guard minutes. Let the kid figure it out. Heâs a winner and heâs the future. #FreeDuggie
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