Syndication: Detroit Free Press
What Michigan basketball and head coach Juwan Howard can learn from Kofi Cockburn entering the transfer portal.
When Illinois center Kofi Cockburn entered his name into the NBA draft, it was expected that he would remain in the draft. He was a second-team All-American in his second season at Illinois and put up monster stats of 17.7 pts, 9.5 rebounds, and shot 65% from the floor.
He is a 7-foot, 285-pound behemoth that is the classic back-to-the basket, bully-ball throwback center. There was not really much more Kofi Cockburn could do to improve his stock and be a first-round draft pick.