Top Michigan target, four-star Jalen Warley of Norristown (Pa.) Westtown, will announce Sunday on social media. The Wolverines had an 'in' thanks to assistant Phil Martelli, who coached Warley's dad and uncle at St. Joseph, and Warley told us a few weeks back he thought head coach Juwan Howard was great, adding he was building the relationship.
U-M recently offered four-star Carter Whitt, who will play this season at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire, and is kicking the tires on Nevada four-star Frankie Collins. U-M could offer him if his transcripts are in order (he's been at several schools over the last four years).
The bad news — Warley is headed to FSU "unless something crazy happens," according to sources close to it. Whitt appeared to be leaning to Florida as of early August, though Rivals.com's Corey Evans tells us he's "not leaning anywhere right now, in my opinion."
But the well is drying, and this is a class in which Michigan needs a point guard.
"Two weeks ago, we forecasted the potential dominoes that could fall as a result of predicted commitments from Angelo Brizzi, Rahsool Diggins and Stevie Mitchell. Now that Mitchell is off the board to Marquette, and once Jalen Warley commits on Sunday afternoon, 22 of the top 35 point guards in the 2021 class will have already found their college homes for next fall," Evans wrote. "This is crazy to think about since it is just the middle of August and already programs have been forced to find alternatives for their alternatives.
"It is also why Carter Whitt has become such a heavily discussed prospect in recent weeks. Whitt is someone that is relatively still wide open with his recruitment compared to most others. While Whitt has seen his no shortage of high-majors enter his recruitment, I also wouldn’t be surprised if Hunter Sallis saw his own recruitment hit another level. Sure, Kansas and North Carolina are involved, but there may be one or two other programs that could be ready to make the move on the elite guard.
"If schools strike out on their top options or the various alternatives we bring up, then maybe we see the interest for someone like Skyy Clark, a potential reclassification target, ramp up even further, though he will now cut his list to a final seven tomorrow. Maybe, it is a matter of waiting things out and testing the transfer market, one that should be ripe for the taking in the spring with the potential one-transfer rule going into effect.
"Either way, this is the earliest that I can recall the point guard market being so decimated, which could lead to major reaches and tough decisions by needy coaching staffs across America."
One other option for Michigan: Harrison Ingram. The five-star out of Dallas St. Mark's is being told he'd be used in an "on the ball" role," Evans noted, and that could be intriguing. Purdue, Stanford and U-M are all in there.
Clark is on Michigan's list. We'll know today if the Wolverines made the cut, but he seems like a long shot. It could be that U-M taps the grad transfer market again next year they way Howard and Co. did in landing Mike Smith from Columbia ... hopefully, frosh combo guard Zeb Jackson has more point guard in him that envisioned, as well.
U-M recently offered four-star Carter Whitt, who will play this season at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire, and is kicking the tires on Nevada four-star Frankie Collins. U-M could offer him if his transcripts are in order (he's been at several schools over the last four years).
The bad news — Warley is headed to FSU "unless something crazy happens," according to sources close to it. Whitt appeared to be leaning to Florida as of early August, though Rivals.com's Corey Evans tells us he's "not leaning anywhere right now, in my opinion."
But the well is drying, and this is a class in which Michigan needs a point guard.
"Two weeks ago, we forecasted the potential dominoes that could fall as a result of predicted commitments from Angelo Brizzi, Rahsool Diggins and Stevie Mitchell. Now that Mitchell is off the board to Marquette, and once Jalen Warley commits on Sunday afternoon, 22 of the top 35 point guards in the 2021 class will have already found their college homes for next fall," Evans wrote. "This is crazy to think about since it is just the middle of August and already programs have been forced to find alternatives for their alternatives.
"It is also why Carter Whitt has become such a heavily discussed prospect in recent weeks. Whitt is someone that is relatively still wide open with his recruitment compared to most others. While Whitt has seen his no shortage of high-majors enter his recruitment, I also wouldn’t be surprised if Hunter Sallis saw his own recruitment hit another level. Sure, Kansas and North Carolina are involved, but there may be one or two other programs that could be ready to make the move on the elite guard.
"If schools strike out on their top options or the various alternatives we bring up, then maybe we see the interest for someone like Skyy Clark, a potential reclassification target, ramp up even further, though he will now cut his list to a final seven tomorrow. Maybe, it is a matter of waiting things out and testing the transfer market, one that should be ripe for the taking in the spring with the potential one-transfer rule going into effect.
"Either way, this is the earliest that I can recall the point guard market being so decimated, which could lead to major reaches and tough decisions by needy coaching staffs across America."
One other option for Michigan: Harrison Ingram. The five-star out of Dallas St. Mark's is being told he'd be used in an "on the ball" role," Evans noted, and that could be intriguing. Purdue, Stanford and U-M are all in there.
Clark is on Michigan's list. We'll know today if the Wolverines made the cut, but he seems like a long shot. It could be that U-M taps the grad transfer market again next year they way Howard and Co. did in landing Mike Smith from Columbia ... hopefully, frosh combo guard Zeb Jackson has more point guard in him that envisioned, as well.
