Hunter Dickinson blasts Texas Tech after Terrence Shannon situation
Michigan basketball was in on Texas Tech transfer Terrence Shannon Jr., then the tone shifted earlier this week. Shannon left last week’s visit to Ann Arbor without a commitment. Wolverine center Hunter Dickinson wanted the world to know why.
Dickinson called out Texas Tech head coach Mark Adams for not signing off on Shannon’s desire to take summer classes to enroll at U-M. He would have needed to do that to be admitted to Michigan. Instead, no signature took place and Shannon is off to Illinois.
“[Coach Jim Adams] is a coward,” Dickinson said in a since-tweeted tweet on Friday afternoon. “How are you going to deny a kid the chance to play where he wanted to go. Were you really under that much pressure by your boosters to not sign off on him to take summer classes there to be able to graduate even after he announced he’s not coming back?
“You should be ashamed of yourself for using your power over a kid to prevent him from going where he wanted to just because you wanted him to stay at your school. Recruits and their families know that if you go to TT and don’t like it you might not be able to go where you want.”
Shannon was preseason All-Big 12 in 2021-22 and made the Wooden Award Watch list. He averaged 10.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and two assists per game, scoring a season-high 23 points in a win over West Virginia on Feb. 22. Shannon also shot a career-best 38.4% from three-point range this past season. He also missed the first three games of the season for precautionary reasons to work out an eligibility concern after declaring for the NBA Draft in 2021. Reports say that nagging injuries affected his play this past year.
Hunter Dickinson, Michigan move forward
Dickinson was Michigan’s biggest news of the week, announcing he would be returning to Michigan on April 24. He was a force for Michigan in 2021-22, averaging 18.6 points and 8.6 rebounds for the Wolverines this season.
The Wovlerines added a guard through the transfer portal on Friday in Jaelin Llewellyn. He had a decorated career at Princeton, joining the program’s 1,000-point club this past season. Llewellyn was First Team All-Ivy League in 2022, averaging 15.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game while shooting 44.7% from the field. His three-point shooting increased every season at Princeton, which peaked this year at 38.6% from distance. Llewellin started all 76 games he played in his career with the Tigers. Princeton finished first in the Ivy League in the regular season and had a 23-7 record overall.
