New Names Love for Daniel Horton
Adding a pair of front court players to fill its two remaining scholarships remains the focus of Michigan's recruiting in the senior class. Toward that end, in addition to its continuing pursuit of recruits it has been involved with for some time, U-M is also identifying new targets.
One new possibility is 6-10 center/power forward Moulaye Niang of El Cajon (Cal.) Christian. "No one plays harder and has more athletic gifts than Moulaye Niang," PrepWestHoops.com wrote of Niang.
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Originally from Cameroon, Niang told Prep West Hoops that Michigan has just recently begun expressing an interest, so he is not yet "sure how serious they are."
Niang did name U-M among the schools he is considering, though, along with San Diego State, Kansas, Georgia Tech, Liberty, and Yale. He is ranked No. 62 by Prep Spotlight, No. 83 by the All-Star Report, No. 91 by Hoop Scoop, No. 129 School Sports, and No. 157 by Prep Stars Recruiter's Handbook.
Michigan has also begun to express an interest in 6-8 power forward Chuck Davis of Selma (Ala.) Southside. Other schools he is considering include Georgia Tech, Alabama, Vanderbilt, Louisiana State, Auburn, and Alabama-Birmingham.
Davis is ranked No. 60 nationally by the All-Star Report, No. 70 by Hoop Scoop, No. 75 by Prep Spotlight, No. 83 by School Sports, No. 84 by Prep Stars, and No. 96 by Blue Chip Hoops.
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Needing a point guard, Michigan would have been hard-pressed to find a better one than 6-3 Daniel Horton (right) of Cedar Hill (Tex.) High School, who picked the Wolverines in late June.
FOXSports.com's Frank Burlison recently named his "Dandy Dozen" high school players, regardless of class. Among those selected was Horton, one of just two senior point guards recognized.
"Daniel basically outplayed every guard he faced during the Big Time and Best of Summer tournaments," Burlison wrote. Those and other performances helped Horton to be ranked No. 9 by Hoop Scoop, No. 10 by the All-Star Report, No. 18 by SchoolSports.com, No. 23 by PrepSpotlight.com, No. 24 by Prep Stars Recruiter's Handbook, and No. 24 by BlueChipHoops.com.
Those rankings are nothing to sneeze at, but according to Burlison, they're too low. "Disregard the ratings you might see elsewhere," he wrote; "no guard in the class of 2002 played better than this guy did in July."
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