Michigan Basketball Insider: UM's No. 1 portal class may not be done yet

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🗓️ 27 April 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In this episode of The Michigan Basketball Insider, Sam Webb and Tim McCormick continue their discussion of the Wolverines offseason recruiting activities, focusing on the addition of Aday Mara, the latest on Yaxel Lendeborg, and the possible addition of more portal help. Tim shares his scouting report on Mara and discusses his fit on the floor with Morez Johnson, while Sam clears the air on negative reports about Mara coming out of UCLA. The conversation then shifts to Lendeborg where Tim shares the sentiment on the UAB transfer's draft stock from NBA scouts. Next up is a conversation on LJ Cason's development and projected role next year before it turns to the backup point guard spot and the possibility of an addition from the portal. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And we are back, folks, for another edition of the Michigan Basketball Insider.
0:07.3	Season's over, but the season that prepares you for the season is far from it.
0:14.1	Yes, the Wolverines have been doing portal work.
0:15.8	And shout out to Dusty May, by the way, who participated in the Michigan Softball Academy.
0:21.3	And not only had he been out recruiting the portal, he had been out swinging the bat.
0:25.7	And Dusty went and hit three home runs in the softball academy yesterday.
0:31.2	And I told him I would shout him out because Jim Harbaugh hit zero.
0:36.2	Zero.
0:36.9	I said, Dusty, all you got to do is beat Jim.
0:39.9	And he did that during his first first two at bats.
0:43.7	He got one out of the park.
0:45.4	So now he said, now I might as well win the thing.
0:48.5	He wanted to come in his second place to win her hit five.
0:50.7	Dusty hit three, three home runs out of the park.
0:53.3	So Dusty May representing on the softball side of things for making strides against breast
0:59.6	cancer, but also representing very well when it comes to the Michigan basketball program,
1:05.1	as did my esteemed guest and friend.
1:08.4	He roamed the center court for Clarkston High School as an All-American
1:14.2	before going on to the University of Michigan and becoming an All-American there. First round
1:19.7	draft pick back in 1984, 10 years in the National Basketball Association where he went on to from there become one of the best basketball commentators in the land still doing it on Pistons broadcasts.
1:37.0	The Pistons are in the playoffs.
1:39.0	And of course, college basketball broadcast as well, my man, Tim McCormack, Carl him, my big fella, Timmy Mac,
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