TSJ probably had a fair amount of say in this matter as well.
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Like āI donāt want to start overā.
My understanding his first choice was michigan and was set to attend until admissions had their input. Illinois found a way to make it work and um didnt.
Good thing my um degree exists a sit now means im smarter than anyone who has an illinois one.
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While TSJ plays the two Illinois runs a lot of offense through him.
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I would say the confidence around the time and the way the players reacted after is a pretty clear sign that the only hold up was the university taking his credits/finding a way to get him in.
He probably didnāt care since Illinois was another good option, but TSJ probably would have chosen Michigan initially if everything was cleared
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Thats fair just based upon how they talked about Anderson i can see the pull to Illinois. They look real good for having 6-7 new rotation guys.
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Tsj hard carrying Illinois and going 8/9 from 3 is definitely insult to injury. Swap him and Joey baker for each team and both are looking mighty different I think
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Wasnāt he majoring in a program Michigan doesnāt have?
Yes, and thatās why it didnāt work. On the one hand, thatās a totally legit thing and why any normal student would have the same problem. On the other hand the idea that normal.academic rules apply to most major athletes (especially in the portal era) is a little silly.
TSJ solves so much for Michigan. Really allows JL, Kobe, and Jett to take time to settle in to their roles. Be can be that ādefensive stopperā that massively elevates our defense and gives us the flexibility to sit Jett when heās totally lost. Really unfortunate that it didnāt work out, but Iām glad heās playing well where he landed even if it is Illinois.
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Yes, he was majoring in a program Michigan doesnāt offer. I know people who know him and his family - he is by all accounts a kid who has always been invested in school, and so I could imagine that āgetting a General Studies degree and not the one Iāve spent three years working towardsā would at least be an issue for him.
That being said, I believe it came down not to Michigan admissions or his degree, but to TTU not allowing him to attend spring/summer there under scholarship to finish his degree and enroll at Michigan as a graduate.
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Maryland might be pretty good?
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May need to add Donald Carey to our ātransfer misery trackerā
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Wild box scoreā¦ Maryland shooting the lights out, turning it over constantly and getting every rebound.
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The Miami stars didnāt appear very interested in that game
Looks like Michigan will have a top ten home game after Thanksgivingā¦
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Coleman Hawkins stopped playing after a turnover with 27 seconds left in a close-ish game.
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Illinois didnāt know who to go to down the stretch. Working for Dainja post ups is an interesting choice
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Epps isolations 