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Monday Quick Hits: Lucas-Perry Picks Up Extra Year
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Leave a Comment- The Michigan baseball team clinched its third straight Big Ten championship by sweeping Minnesota this past weekend.
- Despite being upset in the first-round of the Big Ten Tournament, the Michigan softball team received the #4 overall seed of the NCAA Tournament and will host a regional.
- Laval Lucas-Perry, a Michigan basketball player that transferred from Arizona during his freshman year, received good news from the NCAA on Friday. Instead of being a sophomore next season, Lucas-Perry will still be a freshman due to an NCAA ruling. Although he still can’t play until December, Lucas-Perry will get around three and a half years of eligibility at Michigan rather than only two and a half.
- Michigan confirmed it will be playing in the Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament. Also, Oakland’s basketball coach confirmed that his team will play Michigan at the Palace of Auburn Hills on December 20.
- Keith Nichol, a quarterback that went to Oklahoma last year after decommitting from Michigan State, is transferring. Michigan is seen as a possible destination for Nichol, especially since his high school ran an offense similar to U-M’s. It won’t be a bad thing at all if he doesn’t end up going to Michigan now that Kevin Newsome and Shavodrick Beaver are in the fold (and Tate Forcier may be in the future as well), but I’m all for added depth. I probably would take someone like Forcier over Nichol, but the more the merrier.
- ESPN went all-access to a Michigan football practice last month.
- Rich Rodriguez’s accountant thinks Michigan should pay Coach Rod’s $4 million buyout to West Virginia. I’m sure some boosters or Michigan themselves will help pick up the tab assuming Rodriguez loses his lawsuit contesting the buyout. My guess is that Michigan is backing Rodriguez’s attempt to contest the buyout in hopes that the amount of $4 million will be reduced. If not, then they will pick up the tab one way or another. After all, the bank owned by Bill Martin wrote a check on RR’s behalf for $1.5 million after he was first hired, showing that they are willing to pay. West Virginia obviously declined that offer, though, as they want all $4 million.
- Braylon Edwards was interviewed by someone that moves his hands way too much.
- Before getting injured, Mario Manningham showed off his skills at the New York Giants’ rookie minicamp.
