Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Wolverine Wedneday: Is Michigan Recruiting The Next Andre the Giant?

Michigan Basketball Coach John Beilein was out to watch 7'4 Sim Bhullar play basketball on Monday night.  Michigan doesn't have a mid-week game this week, so coach can hit the road and do a little recruiting for the 2011 and 2012 class.

Sim is a giant of a young man at 7'4 and 315 pounds (at 17) and already has offers from Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and West Virgina of the Big East for the 2012 class.    Michigan is looking at him but hasn't offered yet.   His parents live in Toronto and Sim and his 7'2 brother (age 15) play at Huntington Prep in West Virgina.

I watched some highlights on him and he is pretty athletic for a huge man and has some touch on his jumper.   He does labor down the court and won't exactly lead any fast breaks.   I was pretty impressed and with some good coaching and skill development he could turn into a very nice D1 player.  Here is an article SI.com did on him this summer.

I know U of M isn't a carnival but how much would you pay for a summer event (for charity of course) where HokeAMania would wrestle Sim "Andre the Giant" at the Big House?  It could beat the "Big Chill" record or they could go old school at put in back at the Silver Dome. 
                                                    
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  • 2012 Texas LB Jeremiah Tshimanga (6'3", 226 lbs) might take an un-official to Michigan this weekend.  His offer list right now includes; Texas Tech, OK State, Texas A&M, Baylor, and Arkansas.  

  • New Walk On's on the Spring Roster:  QB Steve Wilson (Jr*), RB Jihad Rasheed (Fr*), OL Joey Burzynski (Fr*), TE Mike Kwiatkowski (Jr*), S Charlie Zeller (So*) * = Redshirt

  • There were reports that early enrollee Greg Brown might have been getting home sick and headed home in January.  He is listed on the roster and his number is 35.  I hope he decided to stick it out.

  •  Michigan has offered 6'9 310 pound OL from Washington Zach Banner: "Michigan is back in with Hoke, going back to the big road graders," Miller said. "Getting the offer from Michigan last week was really exciting for Zach."

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