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10:28 AM ET 08.02 | Michigan got the biggest recruit of the John Beilein era on Friday when Los Angeles Windward point guard Darius Miles gave an oral commitment to play for the Wolverines. Morris is a four-star recruit and the class of 2009's No. 70 overall prospect according to Rivals.com. He is listed as the No. 10 point guard in his class.

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August 2, 2008  10:48 AM ET

uuuhhh yeah I'm guessing you meant Darius Morris.

August 2, 2008  10:57 AM ET

LOL..Darius Miles.....is that Les Miles love child?

But yeah, Darius Morris is a nice grab by Beilein. Hopefully he'll be a nice anchor to help get more competent players up to Ann Arbor and give Michigan a chance to compete again in Basketball. The next step is to get new facilities..

August 2, 2008  12:39 PM ET

He's a good coach. He needs a certain type of player but if he can get his ideal guys he can work magic

August 2, 2008  01:30 PM ET

umm darius miles ya dont know wat were thinkin there buddy

August 2, 2008  01:33 PM ET

uhh darius miles dont know wat u were thinkin

August 2, 2008  02:36 PM ET

Nice to see some positive UM BBall news!

August 2, 2008  03:53 PM ET

Michigan basketball defined:

Signing the 70th-ranked player in the '09 class is HUGE news.

In East Lansing, we call that a walk-on.

August 2, 2008  04:13 PM ET

Allan,

You are almost right. MSU has a great bball program. Hopefully the football -program will catch up and stop choking like a d list actress in a snuff film.

August 2, 2008  04:19 PM ET

Warden:

Now that's comedy! Most of my friends are UM fans, and I take a lot of crap until basketball season starts.

Only 75 days until Midnight Madness!

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August 3, 2008  12:59 PM ET

Beilein is a good coach, but his offense is exactly like Rodriguez's. They will beat the teams they play once because of the gimmick. The downside is the teams they play consistently will figure out the gimmick offense. It happened to both in the BIG EAST.

August 3, 2008  01:38 PM ET

Michigan basketball. Just what I needed with my lunch.

August 3, 2008  01:40 PM ET

Hey Gibbs, do you know how to tell the difference between a State Fan and a Michigan Fan?

Michigan fans look forward to a real sport like football, while all State fans have is basketball.

August 4, 2008  12:11 AM ET

OMG, i can't believe it. Michigan landed the 70TH best player!! I think im going to cry.

August 4, 2008  10:56 AM ET

Hey Univ. of Michigan.
Any other West Virginia University coaches you want from us?
We'll keep training them, you keep trying to hire them away with your big bucks.

August 5, 2008  04:22 PM ET

How proud you must be.

August 7, 2008  11:28 PM ET

who cares

August 8, 2008  12:22 PM ET

Michigan State would call the 70th best basketball player in the nation a walk-on? What have they done lately? He would instantly start for them. They need some more of those "walk-on's" cuz they haven't done much lately.

August 8, 2008  01:02 PM ET

I feel sorry for the kid. Michigan is horrible and will never win anything. The Wolverines are sad all the way around. I can't wait to see OSU kick the living tar out of their football team too. AGAIN

 
August 10, 2008  11:46 PM ET

Jayhawkfan11 wonders what the Spartans have done lately?

Well, if "lately" means under Izzo: 1 National Championship, 4 Final Fours, Sweet 16 last year. How's that for lately?

The only way Darius Morris would "instantly start" start for State would be the sudden disappearance of Kalin Lucas, Chris Allen, Durrell Summers ... and the ballboy.

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