The Sacramento, CA raised D.J. Wilson has been undervalued for many of his basketball playing years. It took new Butler Head Coach LaVall Jordan pulling for the barely recruited forward as a Michigan assistant coach, to get the high upside prospect to Ann Arbor.
After struggling to crack the rotation during his first two seasons at Michigan, Wilson was not on the NBA radar entering his junior season. Now, averaging 24 more minutes per game than his sophomore season, the 21-year-old has been able to show his somewhat raw abilities.
Michigan made a run to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament after finding themselves firmly on the bubble entering the Big Ten Tournament.