EMU will be 100% unable to recruit this kid but it is worth putting him here. The story has been posted elsewhere before.
Emoni Bates, a freshman at Ypsilanti Lincoln, might be the best player in his class (2022). Not in the state of MI, but nationally.
What will be crazy is that he'll probably attend some EMU games simply because high school players like watching college basketball and EMU is close.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports...570549002/
And play games at our Convo, too:
"Lincoln will be playing in showcase tournaments with Bates on board, opening the season in the Ypsilanti Tip-Off Classic Nov. 26 against Ann Arbor Huron at Eastern Michigan’s Convocation Center, then playing in the Horatio Williams Foundation Tip-Off Classic Dec. 1, facing Ferndale.
“It’s going to be fun so I’m looking forward to it,” Emoni said of his upcoming freshman season. “I can’t wait.”
BTW, as Emoni progresses to his junior and senior years, maybe some big high school tourneys will come to the Convo.
It could be a golden era for local prep hoops.