What Happened to the Basketball Recruiting Class of 2003?

The Michigan Wolverines Recruiting Class of 2003:

Courtney Sims (6’10” 210 lbs.) – Came to Michigan despite also receiving offers from Syracuse, Maryland, Memphis & Boston College; was ranked the 36th best player in the country by Rivals.com. Had a solid four year career for the maize & blue highlighted by a career-best 33 point effort against Delaware State and a 16 rebound night against Iowa during his junior season. His biggest disappointment while at U of M was not making the NCAA tournament during his junior season. The Wolverines started the season 16-3, then tail-spinned to finish 18-10, ended up on the bubble and eventually in the NIT. Since his time at U of M, Sims has received a few cups of coffee in the NBA, playing two games with the Indiana Pacers in 2007 and more recently having two ten day contracts with the Pheonix Suns & New York Knicks last season. During the 2008 season, Sims won the NBDL MVP Trophy.

 

Dion Harris (6’4” 200 lbs.) – Winner of the 2003 Mr. Basketball Award out of Detroit Redford High School. Was rated the 28th best player in the country by Rivals.com. Harris was more comfortable as a supporting player as once he was expected to lead the team there was just as good of a chance he would score 5 as 25. Since graduating from Michigan, Harris has bounced around overseas. Playing for Polpak Swiecie (Poland) in 2007, Achilleas Kaimakliou (Cyprus) in 2008, and is currently with Al Karameh (Syria).

YEAR	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	FT%
2006-07	13.4	2.4	3.6	.375	.858
2005-06	11.1	2.9	2.8	.403	.821
2004-05	14.3	2.8	3.5	.365	.755
2003-04	10.1	2.2	2.2	.393	.772

 

Brent Petway (6’8” 195 lbs.) – Known as “Air Georgia” for his incredible dunking ability, Petway came to Michigan from Griffin High School in the Peach State and spurned an offer from the hometown Bulldogs to do so. Was considered the best player in the Georgia 2003 High School Class by some pundits. At a up-and-down career for the Wolverines as a regular rotation player. Played for the Idaho Stamped in the NBDL in 2007 & 2008 before going overseas last season to play with Greek club Ilisiakos. In September of 2010, Petway joined the Harlem Globetrotters under the alias, “Thunder Petway.”

YEAR	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	FT%
2006-07	6.8	5.9	1.0	.604	.634
2005-06	5.5	3.6	0.4	.593	.571
2004-05	7.1	5.4	0.9	.572	.660
2003-04	3.9	3.4	0.2	.663	.563

 

J.C. Mathis (6’8” 224 lbs.) – Mathis played his high school ball in New York and was averaging 20 & 10 as early as his sophomore year in Brooklyn. Originally committed to Virginia where he used up his Freshman and Sophomore eligibility before transferring to Michigan in 2003. While playing for Amaker, Mathis was a back-up center behind Courtney Sims. Went on to play for the Sioux Fall Strikeforce in 2007/2008 and the Idaho Stampede in 2009/2010 in the NBDL.

YEAR	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	FT%
2004-05	3.8	2.1	0.3	.412	.583
2003-04	1.8	3.8	0.8	.477	.333

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