Michigan basketball signee Glenn Robinson III on verge of five-star status
The majority of the Michigan basketball program's recruiting buzz surrounding the 2012 class has focused on power forward Mitch McGary.
And, rightfully so, as McGary is rated as a five-star prospect by two scouting services.
But he may soon have company.
On Sunday, Rivals.com listed 2012 Michigan signee Glenn Robinson III as the No. 1 player on a list of recruits most likely "to move up the Rivals150."
"The 6-foot-7 wing was knocking on the door of five-star status coming out of the summer," Rivals wrote. "This winter, he appears to be well on his way to busting that door down. He has size, a complete game and high level athleticism that all translates at a high level.
"His impact at Michigan should be immediate and sizable."
Robinson III, the son of former Purdue and NBA star Glenn Robinson, is rated as a four-star prospect by Rivals.com and the 34th-best prospect in America.
McGary dipped in both ESPN and Scout.com's prospect rankings, falling to four-star status in ESPN's case, and sits as the No. 3 overall prospect in America, per Rivals.
Rivals rates Michigan's third 2012 signee, Canadian-born shooting guard Nik Stauskas, as a four-star prospect and the 79th-best player in the country.
Nick Baumgardner covers Michigan basketball for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at 734-623-2514, by email at nickbaumgardner@annarbor.com and followed on Twitter @nickbaumgardner.
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Comments
Larry
Mon, Feb 20, 2012 : 6:47 p.m.
What's the definition of a four-star vs. five-star player? Article's kinda confusing... ESPN dropped McGary as a five-star player, but Rivals lists him as the #3 HS player in the country? What does Rivals see that ESPN no longer sees? Or is McGary still viewed as one of the top players by ESPN, but he simply lost a star? Sorry if I'm turning this into rocket science!!
mookienation
Tue, Feb 21, 2012 : 3:26 a.m.
McGary will be a really, really good player. Look what Beilein has done with Jordan Morgan. He's a fantastic coach and Mitch will benefit from that greatly. Hell, if he's not a superstar out of the gate, maybe that means we'll get 2 or 3 years out of him.
Johnny2x2x
Mon, Feb 20, 2012 : 8:45 p.m.
McGary is averaging 11 points and 10 rebounds his senior year and has performed poorly in some marquee games. The services also realized he is a 5th year high school player who turned 19 last June and some how was still allowed to play in a 17 and under AAU league. So when he blew up last summer he was a 19 year old man playing against 15-17 year old boys. Rivals will drop out of the top 20 at some point too and he could fall further on the other services. He's still a big body to bring in next year, it's just kind of a red flag to be well over 20 years old as a college freshman. Robinson is a very good player though and by all accounts has a lot of potential and has had a good senior year. He'll have more of an impact and be a better player than McGary IMO.