Michigan basketball lost quite a bit from its 2022-2023 basketball team. The Wolverines lost Kobe Bufkin and Jett Howard to the NBA draft, lost Hunter Dickinson to Kansas, and Gregg Glenn and Isaiah Barnes were lost to the transfer portal.
The maize and blue have brought in three players so far via the portal for the 2023-2024 season, and George Washington is the lone commit for the ’23 class.
Michigan is going to need to get some players during the 2024 cycle and on Friday, the Wolverines received good news. They made the final eight schools for 7-foot-2, five-star center John Bol.
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Bol named Michigan a finalist along with Wake Forest, Florida, Missouri, Texas, UConn, USC and Overtime Elite.
According to 247Sports composite, Bol is the 22nd-ranked prospect in the country and the fourth-ranked center. Bol is playing his high school ball at Wichita (Kansas) Sunrise Christian.
After Bol took an official visit to Michigan, he spoke with On3 about the connection he had with Juwan Howard and the school.
“When I went to Michigan, I would say the whole coaching staff stood out to me. They took the time to get to know me and my whole family. I talk to them all on like a weekly basis.
“The team, too. The culture of the team, how they practice, and everything they do as a team stood out. They are all there as a family if one person is down, everyone is there to pick him up. That’s something that is rare for a team. Michigan itself is a big school with a lot of kids and a lot to do. And it is a good school too. It was all good in Michigan.”
Michigan has one prospect committed for the 2024 class: four-star point guard Christian Anderson.
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