On April 20, Beijing time, Justin Pippen, the son of NBA Basketball Hall of Fame star Scottie Pippen and a four-star point guard in the class of 2024, announced that he would join the University of Michigan.
Justin Pippen
Pippen chose the University of Michigan, coached by new coach Dusty May, and the final list also included Berkeley, the University of Florida, Stanford University and Texas A&M.
Pippen just visited the University of Michigan last weekend, and his time on campus convinced him that Ann Arbor was the place to make his dreams come true. He said the campus was beautiful, the coaches and players were friendly and everything was fine. His goal is to be a professional footballer and to be able to play in the Big Ten league and you can show on this big stage, all of which will take him one step further.
Justin Pippen
The University of Michigan was late to Pippen's recruitment, and the team only began recruiting Dustin May after he took over Juwan Howard's head coach position in Ann Arbor in May.
Pippen, 6-3 (1.91m), will next appear in the top 100 of ESPN High Schools in the class of 2024, averaging only 4.5 points and 1.4 rebounds per game in his junior season.
Justin Pippen
Pippen is the first player to sign new coach Dustin May since taking over the University of Michigan, and Wolverines are also recruiting players in the transfer market, and today they also got a graduate guard from the University of North Texas, Rubin Jones.
The team is currently pursuing Florida Atlantic University guard Johnell Davis and Russian center Vladislav Goldin, Ohio State guard Roddy Gayle Jr, Auburn University point guard Tre Donaldson and Yale center Danny Wolf.