U of M thread (in the Lions Forum) :)

[Cody_Russell]

Michigan Football got their 1st commit for the class of 2012

3 star OL Ben Braden

http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8&c=1&nid=5030066

[*JD*]

Burke played with Fattinger last year but has broken out from his shadow this year. ESPN has him rated #85 (rankings were last updated in December or early January, I think) but he seems better than that to me. Great shot, great handle, very fast. He'll be an instant contributor next year, backing up Morris.

Max Bielfeldt will be announcing today at 4:30pm.

By the way, if you haven't checked out this site, you should. It's the best one I can find for Michigan Basketball: http://www.umhoops.com/

[jaadam4]

Max Bielfeldt will be announcing today at 4:30pm.

please please please!

[*JD*]

It's not quite the anticipation I recall of waiting for Webber's announcement but I do hope we land him. I think he can help and it would be a coup to "steal" him from Illinois.

[Desert Lion]

Bielfelt chooses Michigan

http://twitter.com/ChiTribPreps

[*JD*]

GO BLUE!

[chemiclord]

Michigan is putting together a pretty good class.

I wonder who's paying them.

*ducks*

[nhwbrooklyn]

Stealing him right out of Columbus too.

That's gotta sting some Buckeyes out there.

Scout says OSU didn't show interest or offer him.

[The Oracle]

They showed interest, but didn't offer. They had already received a commit from the #6 PG in the country. And with a sophomore to be starter returning, taking Burke wouldn't have made much sense.

[*JD*]

Yeah, they already have Apple-cheeks running the point over there in stinktown.

[gjdodger]

Michigan is putting together a pretty good class.

I wonder who's paying them.

*ducks*

Oregon is paying them?

[*JD*]

Darius Morris is considering going to the NBA:

http://detnews.com/article/20110326/SPORTS0201/103260435/1131/SPORTS0105/U-M-sophomore-Darius-Morris-considering-jump-to-NBA

On the flip side, some good news:

From umhoops.com

Nik Stauskas is Michigan’s second 2012 commitment, joining forward Glenn Robinson III, and chose Michigan over Kansas, Iowa State and Wake Forest among others. We have a full roundup of scouting reports, videos, rankings and thoughts after the jump.


Offers & Rankings

Stauskas reportedly held scholarship offers from Butler, Iowa State, Kansas, Michigan, Oklahoma State, Stanford and Wake Forest before making a decision. He was rated a 3-star prospect by all three major scouting services.

Rivals: 3-star, #106
ESPN: 89/100, 3-star, #32 small forward
Scout: 3-star
Flagrant Fouls: #6 Canadian

[*JD*]

Stauskas highlights:


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[*JD*]

Morris denies story:

Here's his tweet:

dariusmorris4 Darius Morris
#goodmorning don't believe what you hear or in this generation what you read
1 hour ago Favorite Retweet Reply

http://twitter.com/#!/dariusmorris4

[SeattleLionsFan]

WTF is wrong with that "reporter." He just flatly reports that Darius is considering jumping to the NBA with absolutely no backup to it.