Wolverine Wednesday: Is Michigan Recruiting the Next Andre the Giant?

Michigan basketball Coach John Beilein was out to watch 7'4" 315-pound Sim Bhullar play basketball on Monday night.  Michigan doesn't have a mid-week game this week, so Beilein hit the road t0 do a little recruiting for the 2011-2012 class. 

Bhullar is 17 years old and already has offers from Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and West Virgina of the Big East for the 2012 class. Michigan is looking at him but hasn't offered yet. His parents live in Toronto while Bhullar and his 7'2" brother (age 15) play at Huntington Prep in West Virgina.

I watched some of his highlights and he is pretty athletic for a huge man with some touch on his jumper. He labors down the court and won't exactly lead any fast breaks.  , but I was pretty impressed. Wiith some good coaching and skill development he could turn into a very nice Division I player.  

Here is an article SI.com did on him this summer.

How much would you pay for a summer event (for charity of course) where HokeAMania would wrestle Sim "Andre the Giant" at the Big House?  It could beat the "Big Chill" record or they could go old school at put in back at the Silverdome.  
                                                     
2012 Texas LB Jeremiah Tshimanga (6'3", 226 lbs) might make an unofficial visit to Michigan this weekend.  His offer list right now includes; Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, Baylor and Arkansas.  

New walk-ons on the spring roster include: QB Steve Wilson (Jr*), RB Jihad Rasheed (Fr*), OL Joey Burzynski (Fr*), TE Mike Kwiatkowski (Jr*) and S Charlie Zeller (So*). * = redshirt

There were reports that early enrollee Greg Brown might have been getting homesick and headed home in January.  He is listed on the roster and his number is 35. I hope he decided to stick it out.

Michigan has offered 6'9" 310 pound OL Zach Banner from Washington.