3 thoughts on Michigan Basketball’s 2023 recruiting class

Michigan’s 2023 needs

It’s hard to predict roster makeup from one year to the next, which doesn’t make diagnosing needs any easier, however, we can still work out a rough guess for what Michigan might need.

Looking ahead to the 2023-24 season, operating under the assumption that Dickinson, Diabate, and Houstan are gone, the Wolverines will have a core group of Tarris Reed, Jett Howard, Frankie Collins, Kobe Bufkin, Terrance Williams, Will Tschetter, Dug McDaniel, Jace Howard, and Gregg Glenn.

That’s assuming a lot. Certainly, someone listed in the group above is probably going to transfer at some point, but out of that group, you could build a starting five of Collins, Bufkin, Howard, Williams, and Tarris Reed.

That’s not a bad group at all considering you could have Tschetter, McDaniel, Jace, and Glenn coming off the bench. However, you can see some holes. One is rim protection.

Reed is 6-foot-10 and his defense has improved, but he’s more like Hunter Dickinson than he is Jon Teske. So a defensive big man who can provide some rim protection would be huge, either at the four or five.

Point/combo guard is another position of need. Michigan basketball already has a point guard commitment in 2024 in Christian Anderson, and while he’s under 6-foot, he can shoot the heck out of the ball and looks like a solid get.

Michigan is still going to need a guard who can play off the ball. It also needs someone else in the backcourt with some shot-making skills.

A long-term option at the four should also be a priority. Like it did with Diabate, Michigan could really use a four-ready-to-play right away in the 2023 class.

Talent is more important than positional needs, but my top three needs would be a combo guard, a rim-protecting big, and a four with some shooting ability.

Now, let’s get to some of Michigan basketball’s top targets as the evaluation period got underway last weekend.