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Well, this one was unexpected.
While all eyes were on players such as five-star Chet Holmgren out of Minnesota, Michigan basketball got an unexpected commitment on Monday from another five-star prospect out of Bradenton (FL) IMG Academy.
Rated No. 20 in the nation, 6-foot-10, 225-pound power forward Moussa Diabaté wasn’t expected to join the Wolverines 2021 class — though he had no 247Sports Crystal Ball predictions — but he reportedly pulled the trigger to join Juwan Howard & Co., adding to Michigan’s already top-ranked recruiting class this cycle.
Diabaté is the sixth pledge to the 2021 class, joining fellow five-star Caleb Houstan, four-stars Frankie Collins, Kobe Bufkin and Isaiah Barnes and three-star Will Tschetter as commitments.
Breaking: 2021 five-star Moussa Diabate has committed to Michigan, he tells me. @M0ussaDiabate pic.twitter.com/ENuLqusfeQ
— Tipton Edits (@TiptonEdits) November 9, 2020
Early Signing Day for basketball begins on Nov. 11 and will run for a week until Nov. 18. It’s unknown whether or not Diabaté will fully end his process by signing with the Wolverines at that time.