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INSIDE THE FORT, Part I: Michigan basketball, recruiting intel

Chris Balasby:Chris Balas11/05/21

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Juwan Howard’s third Michigan Wolverines basketball team tips off tonight with an exhibition game at Wayne State, opening the Tartars new arena. Here’s what we’ve picked up about this squad heading into the Nov. 5 contest, along with some recruiting information …

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Tonight’s starting five will be transfer DeVante’ Jones at the point, fifth-year senior Eli Brooks at shooting guard, freshman Caleb Houstan at the wing, senior Brandon Johns at power forward and sophomore Hunter Dickinson at center.

These five did serious damage when the Wolverines beat DePaul in a scrimmage last week, playing extremely well together (as we noted in our previous ITF HOOPS report), and they loved the energy.

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