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Michigan coach Howard is hard at work and phoning it in

(Photo: Max Ortiz, The Detroit News)

Ann Arbor — When Michigan coach Juwan Howard was one of the nation’s most prized high school basketball prospects in 1990, recruiting was a different — and simpler — game.

Up until Howard committed with the Wolverines, he was surrounded by a small camp throughout his recruitment that included two of his high school coaches from Chicago Vocational and his grandmother, Jannie Mae Howard.

“I don't think I was that hard. It was an easy process with me,” Howard said Monday at Crisler Center. “And if you have a home visit, then you have to win my grandmother over.