Michigan Basketball: Five-Star Romeo Weems is Third 2019 Offeree

Michigan’s Class B Player of the Year, Romeo Weems, is the third rising junior to earn an offer from U-M head coach John Beilein. Weems joins Mark "Rocket" Watts of Detroit Old Redford and Clarkston, Mich. forward Taylor Currie on the offer list.

Currie accepted his immediately June 15, becoming the first pledge in the 2019 class.

Weems helped lead New Haven to a 27-1 season and a state championship, averaging 18 points and 11.4 rebounds per game as a sophomore, including 19 points, 10 rebounds, four blocks, and three steals in the state title game. He’s a gifted scorer who has picked up interest from the Big Ten and beyond.

Weems is currently participating in the FIBA Americas U16 tournament for Team USA in Argentina. He stood out in a recent 127-52 win over Mexico, scoring 12 points, grabbing 11 rebounds and adding two assists and two steals.

Weems told Michigan State’s Rivals site in April that he heard from MSU and Ohio State the most, and Michigan ‘not as much’ as those two. He did get to two or three Michigan games this year, however, and said he grew up a fan of both programs.

“Michigan, I like that they go on their own pace. I like their style,” he said. “They play smart and play hard. I kind of liked both [programs growing up] … I didn’t dislike either one of them, watched both of their games.”

Weems is a good friend of Michigan 2018 pledge David DeJulius (5-11, No. 126) of Detroit East English Village, which could work in U-M’s favor. His recruitment is just getting started, however, and he’s still got plenty to work on.

“I want to improve my dribbling, keep the ball in tighter,” he said. “I’ll work on shooting the ball off the dribble, pull-up jumpers, things like that.

“My goal is always try to outwork the next opponent … out-rebound, work harder, get every rebound and get putbacks, never take a play off. I want to get in such good shape that if they get tired, I can out-work them.”

Weems holds offers from Oakland, Detroit, Creighton, OSU and MSU and hears from Michigan, Kansas, Xavier and several others. For now he’s still basking in the glow of the state title with eyes on at least one more.

“It was big. Our school had never won a championship,” he said. “The way we celebrated afterward with parades and a banquet, it all sunk in. We had fun with it.”