Michigan Monday: A One Year Business

I have to stop thinking about College Basketball like I do College Football.  With football if you can keep a guy happy on the roster you have him for at least 3 years.  In those years, you can develop a high school star into an NFL prospect.  

College Basketball is different as kids can jump to the NBA whenever they have the opportunity and so can your coach.  Michigan just won a National Championship and the roster outside of McKinney will be completely different.  I'm not sold on Mike Boynton being a head coach, outside of recruiting Cade Cunningham he was a .500 coach at best with one trip to the NCAA.  That doesn't mean he isn't a good coach and a great recruiter.  He has managed to keep this roster together after Dusty's wind sent him to Dallas.  

Over the holiday weekend Mike re-secured the following: TN transfer J.P. Estrella, LSU Transfer Jalen Reed, True Freshman Lincoln Crosby, Joseph Hartman and 5-star and potential starter Brandon McCoy. That is some great work out of Mike!

Is Mike the long term answer at head coach for Michigan? I lean probably no. I would prefer the St. Louis guy but I'm willing to keep an open mind this season and see what this squad has. He has done an A+ job already! Like I said, this is a one year business and this is the team we got for a trip to Detroit next winter.

• Gary Sheffield's son has committed to Michigan Baseball. I hope Noah has dad's power.

• There are 12 former Michigan Basketball Players playing in the Summer League right now. Including, Will Tschetter who has been playing in Australia but was signed by the Trail Blazers for the summer league.

Michigan Thursday: I'm the Villain Now!

When you live in Ohio and commit to the Wolverines, your different.  First off, your a world class athlete and student looking for your next challenge.  Sure its easy to go to CBus take virtual classes and be there to play football not school.  That is not the student athlete we want in Ann Arbor.  

When your Monsanna Torbert Jr. you live in Cincinnati and your final 3 are the last 3 National Champions: Michigan, OSU, and IU.  The easy decision is Ohio State a couple hours up the road or even Indiana a couple hours to the West.  But Monsanna picked Michigan a school 3 hours North.   Then during his commitment ceremony he drops on everyone, "I'm the villain now!".   I think I might already love this kid! 

Torbert is a 2027 4 star 5'11 175 pounded CB out of Cincinnati Princeton.  He had a ton of offers from the likes of the aforementioned including Auburn, Texas, Alabama, UK, Oklahoma, ND, FSU, Wisconsin, and many more. 

Welcome Monsanna! 

• Dobson as expected picked South Carolina who went all in on the 5-star CB! 

Unless something big happens, this is the last post of the week!  Enjoy the holiday weekend and Go USA!

Wolverine Wednesday: Welcomes July

Welcome to July 1st with the guy that made the #1 jersey special!  AC Sparks Michigan!  Anthony Carter! 

• Michigan Basketball got a big re-commitment last night when 7'2 Moustapha Thiam decided to say with the Wolverines.  The big man averaged nearly 13 points and 7 boards per game for Cincinnati last season. 

• Two highly ranked CB targets announce today: 4-star Monsanna Torbert 👀 and 5-star Joshua Dobson??? Fingers crossed for a both but probably 1/2.

• Happy Bobby Bonilla Day, he collects another $1.2M from the Mets and will until 2035!

• The Pistons added a popular beverage today in John Collins

Michigan Tuesday: Wiping The Dust from my Eyes

It took me a minute to figure out the Dusty to Dallas Mavs situation and how it all came together.  I now believe I have pieced together the story like a famous bad TV detective. 

So I present the evidence to Big House Blog Jury for your judgement:  

Evidence #1:

Dusty wins the National Championship flies home with the team the next day and ends up having to go right into the office due to the transfer portal opening. 

Evidence #2:

Since winning a Ring, Dusty has been working and non-stop recruiting.  No vacation or time off. There are reports he was even recruiting the Monday morning he took the Dallas job. 

Evidence #3:

NIL Juke out:  The top player in the portal Juke Harris committed to Dusty 2 or 3 times verbally.  Only for Juke and his agent to take a higher offer from Tennessee.   If you remember Yax came to Michigan when he had much bigger offers from the likes of UK, many suggest as high as double the Michigan offer.  NIL and situations like the one above, made his job less about coaching and more about being a GM. 

Evidence #4:

Michigan had an offer on Dusty's desk for weeks to make him the highest paid college basketball coach.  He didn't sign and was sending signals to the NBA.  In fact, if Steve Kerr didn't come back he was probably headed for Golden State. (per Brian Windhorst ESPN) 

Evidence #5:

Dallas made him an offer that was hard to turn down:  Big salary, being able to coach Cooper Flagg, and draft one of his former players.  If he fails or doesn't like the NBA, he of course has a soft landing back in college ball.  That is one time special offer. 

Evidence #6:

This is pure speculation, he could give his friend at St. Louis Josh Schertz a promotion to be Michigan Head Basketball Coach. (If Warde is thinking clearly) 

The defensive Michigan Fans rest your honor.  

So this wasn't Warde's fault but it still happened under his watch.   He should've known when Dusty didn't sign his contract right away, something was up and should've paid off his beach house like Alabama did when Saban was flirting with Texas. 

• You know how I feel about Michigan taking commitments from guys heading a 2-year mission.  I believe they are useless and rarely workout.  Here is a similar example that worked out in Michigan's favor.  Weston Port was a 3 Star LB recruit out of California in the 2025 class and committed to UCLA.  Both Michigan and UCLA are different programs now and Weston is ready to enroll in January when his mission trip to Spain completes.  He picked Michigan on Monday over many new offers.   This reminds me of  the Andrew Gentry situation and how he ended up in A2.  Welcome Weston and this should close out the LB class for the 2027 class for the Wolverines. 

• The buzz on 2 Michigan Freshmen that are expected to see the field early and often are of course: Savion Hiter and DT Titan Davis.

• Another bad sign for the Big Ten and college football.  Wisconsin will wear a Culvers jersey patch this year.