2016–17 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team

2016–17 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
A blue block M with maize-colored borders and the word Michigan across the middle.
Conference Big Ten Conference
2016–17 record ( )
Head coach John Beilein
Assistant coach Jeff Meyer
Home arena Crisler Center
2016–17 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Illinois 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Indiana 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Iowa 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Maryland 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Michigan 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Michigan State 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Minnesota 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Nebraska 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Northwestern 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Ohio State 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Penn State 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Purdue 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Rutgers 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Wisconsin 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
† 2017 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team will represent the University of Michigan during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team will play its home games in Ann Arbor, Michigan for the 50th consecutive year at the Crisler Center. This season marks the program's 101st season and its 100th consecutive year as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

The entering class included 2016 Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year and Ohio Mr. Basketball Xavier Simpson. The departing class included graduating seniors Caris LeVert and Spike Albrecht who were both injured midway through the prior season. Sophomores Aubrey Dawkins and Ricky Doyle transferred out of the program. The team also lost assistant coaches Bacari Alexander and LaVall Jordan who had both been with the team for six seasons.

Departures

Caris LeVert and Spike Albrecht graduated during their senior seasons for the 2015–16 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team. Albrecht will use the graduate transfer option to play a fifth year at another school.[1] Ricky Doyle announced he would transfer to another program for his final two seasons of eligibility. Due to NCAA transfer rules, he will have to sit out the 2016–17 season before becoming eligible.[2][3] On April 1, Beilein decided not to restrict Doyle or Albrecht from transferring to schools within the Big Ten if they desired to do so.[4] On April 6, 2016, Aubrey Dawkins transferred to play for the UCF Knights,[5][6] where his father, Johnny Dawkins, had been named head coach two weeks prior.[7] The following day, assistant coach LaVall Jordan, who had spent the prior 6 seasons with Michigan, was hired as the head coach of Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball.[8] On April 20, the story broke that assistant coach Bacari Alexander, who had spent the prior 6 seasons with Michigan, would leave to be hired as the head coach of Detroit Titans men's basketball.[9][10] On May 3, 2016, Albrecht announced he would play his final year of collegiate basketball for the 2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers team.[11]

2016-17 recruits

On August 7, 2014, Jon Teske, who lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan suburb Grandville until he was 10 and his family moved to Medina, Ohio, committed to Michigan via Twitter.[12][13][14] On April 16, 2015, Austin Davis of Onsted, Michigan committed to Michigan.[15][16] On May 11, Tyus Battle committed to Michigan.[17] At the time of Battle's signing, the entire set of scholarships for the class of 2016 seemed to be allocated.[18] On June 19, Battle decommitted from Michigan.[19] On July 28, Ibi Watson committed to Michigan from Caris LeVert's alma mater Pickerington High School Central.[20] On September 9, Xavier Simpson committed to the team. At the time he was ranked as the number 66 player and number 12 point guard by ESPN, number 55 and number 12 by Scout.com and number 87 player and number 44 guard by Rivals.com, making him the number 69 player and 13 point guard by 247Sports.com.[21][22] Davis, Teske, Watson and Simpson all signed their National Letters of Intent on November 11, 2015.[23]

Name Home town High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Austin Davis
C		 Onsted, MI Onsted High School (MI) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 241.3 lb (109.5 kg) Apr 16, 2015 
Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Jon Teske
C		 Medina, OH Medina Senior High School (OH) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Aug 7, 2014 
Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Ibi Watson
SG		 Pickerington, OH Pickerington High School Central (OH) 6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jul 28, 2015 
Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Xavier Simpson
PG		 Lima, OH Lima Senior High School (OH) 5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Sep 9, 2015 
Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Among the accomplishments of the recruits are Simpson earning the 2015 Ohio Associated Press Division I Player of the Year and Davis earning the 2015 Michigan Associated Press Class B Player of the Year awards as juniors as well as Simpson's 2014 Ohio Division III state championship.[23][24][25]

Simpson was named 2016 Ohio Mr. Basketball by the Associated Press.[26] Simpson's Lima Senior High School was undefeated until losing in the OHSAA Division I championship game to Westerville South High School, finishing the season 29–1.[27] Simpson also earned the Ohio Boys Basketball Gatorade Player of the Year honor.[28] Michigan recruits Simpson, Ibi Watson and Jon Teske were all named to the 2015-16 Associated Press Ohio high school Division I boys basketball all-state 1st team.[29] ESPN's Jeff Borzello named Simpson as one of the top 25 entering freshman in the 2016–17 class on April 6, 2016.[30] Austin Davis finished second in the Mr. Basketball of Michigan voting to Michigan State commit Cassius Winston of University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy.[31] Davis repeated as Michigan Associated Press Class B Player of the Year.[32]

Future recruits

2017–18

On October 23, 2015, four-star recruit Jordan Poole became the first commitment for the Class of 2017 after home gym visit from Beilein and assistant coach Jordan and multiple Michigan campus visits. Poole had several competing offers including Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Memphis, Marquette, and Auburn.[33][34][35] As a junior, Poole was a 2016 WBCA All-State Boys Basketball first team selection.[36]

Name Home town High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Jordan Poole
SG		 Milwaukee, WI Rufus King High School (WI) 6 ft 3.5 in (1.92 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Oct 23, 2015 
Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

References

  1. ↑ Goodman, Jeff (2016-03-29). "Spike Albrecht to seek graduate transfer after Michigan release". ESPN. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  2. ↑ "Doyle To Transfer From Michigan". WWJ-TV. 2016-03-29. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  3. ↑ "Doyle to Transfer from Michigan". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. 2016-03-29. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  4. ↑ "Statement from Michigan Head Coach John Beilein". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  5. ↑ "Michigan grants release to Aubrey Dawkins to play for father at UCF". ESPN. 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  6. ↑ "Dawkins Receives Release, Intends to Play for Father at UCF". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  7. ↑ Goodman, Jeff (2016-03-22). "Central Florida hires Johnny Dawkins as coach". ESPN. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  8. ↑ Goodman, Jeff (2016-04-07). "Sources: LaVall Jordan to get first college head-coaching job". ESPN. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  9. ↑ Goodman, Jeff (2016-04-20). "@GoodmanESPN status update". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  10. ↑ Quinn, Brendan F. (2016-04-21). "Bacari Alexander to be named head coach at Detroit, ending 6-year stint on John Beilein's staff". MLive.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  11. ↑ Goodman, Jeff (2016-05-03). "Ex-Wolverines PG Spike Albrecht to play for Purdue". ESPN. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  12. ↑ Snyder, Mark (2014-08-08). "Ohio center Jon Teske commits to Michigan basketball class of 2016". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
  13. ↑ Quinn, Brendan F. (2014-08-07). "Michigan basketball lands commitment from 2016 3-star center Jon Teske". MLive.com. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
  14. ↑ Quinn, Brendan F. (2014-08-10). "Jon Teske stands to be among John Beilein's tallest recruits, bring new element to Michigan". MLive.com. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
  15. ↑ McCabe, Mick (2015-04-17). "Onsted's Davis thrilled to commit to U-M". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
  16. ↑ Quinn, Brendan F. (2015-04-16). "Michigan lands commitment from 2016 big man Austin Davis". MLive.com. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
  17. ↑ Borzello, Jeff (2015-05-11). "Tyus Battle commits to Michigan". ESPN. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  18. ↑ Manzullo, Brian and By Perry A. He later chose to leave his scholarship at Michigan and join Syracuse. Farrell (2015-05-11). "U-M gets commitment from 5-star guard Tyus Battle". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  19. ↑ Borzello, Jeff (2015-06-19). "Tyus Battle decommits from Michigan". ESPN. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  20. ↑ Payne, Terrence (2015-07-28). "Michigan lands commitment from 2016 guard Ibi Watson". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
  21. ↑ Rankin, Reggie (2015-09-09). "Scout's Take: ESPN 100 PG Xavier Simpson to Michigan". ESPN. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
  22. ↑ Quinn, Brendan F. (2015-09-09). "Top-100 PG Xavier Simpson commits to Michigan, becomes fourth 2016 pledge". MLive.com. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
  23. 1 2 "Michigan Inks Four Recruits During Early Signing Period". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. 2015-11-11. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  24. ↑ "2014-15 Associated Press All-Ohio" (PDF). Ohio High School Athletic Association. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  25. ↑ LaFountain, Laura (2015-03-27). "AP Class B boys basketball All-State team announced". MLive.com. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  26. ↑ Quinn, Brendan F. (2016-03-16). "Future Wolverine Xavier Simpson named 2016 Ohio Mr. Basketball". MLive.com. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  27. ↑ "Boys basketball: Westerville South beats Lima Senior for Division I title". The Courier. 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  28. ↑ "Ohio Boys Basketball POY: Xavier Simpson". USA Today. 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  29. ↑ "AP releases Division I boys basketball all-state teams". WKYC. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  30. ↑ Borzello, Jeff (2016-04-06). "Ranking college basketball's top 25 freshmen for 2016-17". ESPN. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  31. ↑ McCabe, Mick (2016-03-21). "Cassius Winston named Michigan's Mr. Basketball". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  32. ↑ Wenzel, Matt (2016-03-26). "Associated Press Class B All-State boys basketball team". Battle Creek Enquirer. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  33. ↑ Quinn, Brendan F. (2015-10-20). "Report: 4-star 2017 SG Jordan Poole, a Michigan target, to announce Friday". MLive.com. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  34. ↑ Snyder, Mark (2015-10-23). "Four-star shooting guard Jordan Poole commits to U-M". Detroit Free-Press. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  35. ↑ Stewart, Mark (2015-10-23). "Milwaukee King basketball standout Jordan Poole commits to Michigan". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  36. ↑ Johnson, Tim (2016-03-20). "Anderson, Hauser share WBCA player of the year honor". Wausau Daily Herald. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
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