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2025 Greenfield (Ind.) Central four-star shooting guard Braylon Mullins took his official visit to Michigan and posed for photos with first-year head coach Dusty May.
Michigan basketball and St. John’s will host the top available player in the NCAA transfer portal (No. 6 overall): Florida State’s Jamir Watkins, according to a report from Jon Rothstein.
Watkins, who earned an All-ACC honorable mention nod last season, is the top available player in the NCAA transfer portal, according to the On3 Industry rankings. He’s also the sixth-best player to transfer this offseason. He has two years of eligibility remaining.
The 6-foot-7, 210-pounder spent three seasons at VCU (2020-23), before transferring to Florida State for the 2023-24 campaign. Last season with the Seminoles, Watkins averaged 15.6 points, 6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game, while shooting 50.2 percent on twos (127-of-253), 34.4 percent on threes (33-of-96) and 79.5 percent at the free throw line (163-of-205). He had the highest usage rate on the team (28.2 percent).
Watkins also led the team with 64 steals, and he ranked second on the squad with 92 assists, one shy of the team’s leader (point guard Jalen Warley, 92).
Watkins produced 0.996 points per possession on ball screens (including passes). He was effective at getting to the rim, converting on 57.5 percent of his 181 opportunities in close, and had a 54.8 effective field goal percentage on catch-and-shoot jumpers, which stood in the 69th percentile nationally.
Michigan basketball signee Durral Brooks was named the 2024 Michigan Male High School Athlete of the Year by the Detroit Athletic Club.
Per a report from On3’s Pete Nakos, leaders of NIL collectives will meet with Congress members this week for the first time since the House vs. NCAA settlement was reached.
The Collective Association (TCA), a trade association that represents 40 NIL entities, has a slew of meetings scheduled for Wednesday on Capitol Hill. TCA leaders are slated to meet with Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. John Hickenlooper and Rep. Russell Fry, sources tell On3. Meetings are also scheduled with staff representing the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
“They’re not giving us the time because just the overall arrogance of the NCAA is they can do whatever they want, and nobody else really matters,” TCA executive director Russell White told On3. “In their eyes, it doesn’t matter how many collectives we have. They are singularly focused on trying to get this exemption and protections so that they can continue to run their racket the way they do. They don’t care to discuss things with us.”
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