Michigan Basketball: Nation's No. 4 Senior Visiting U-M This Weekend

Mohamed Bamba, a five-star senior power forward out of Westtown, Pa., School, will visit Michigan this weekend, TheWolverine.com has confirmed. Rivals.com's No. 4 player in the 2017 class is one of the elite seniors in the country.

The 6-11, 205-pound standout said recently he was impressed by Michigan head coach John Beilein.

"There’s no timetable to cut any list," he told USA Today in his recent blog. "One of my favorite parts about this process is getting to know the coaches. I love talking to Coach Shaka at Texas. I think it’s because he’s a little younger and he always finds a way to connect with me. I love talking to Coach Cal too; he always finds a way to teach me something in our conversations. I know he’s dedicated to me getting better.

"A coach I’ve started talking to more is Coach Amaker. He’s really good at displaying what Harvard can do for me, not just as a basketball player, but also as a businessman. I’ve got a great relationship with Coach Ollie at Connecticut too. Same for Coach Turgeon at Maryland; he really looked out for me when we were in Chile. And Coach Beilein is just really wise. He’s a guy you can just learn a lot from."

This is a recent development. In June, Bamba told Rivals.com UConn, Arizona, Duke, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisville, North Carolina and Syracuse were the schools remaining on his list.

"People always ask me what the perfect fit for me would be and I’ve learned that “I don’t know” for an answer is a good answer," he said. "The truth is things change every day and you learn things every day about the schools.

"I do want a school with a great fan base and a school with a great network. I just want to be at a school that I can have a sense of pride in. I want to be able to look back and say that I was proud that I went there for four years."