Profile of 2009 University of Michigan Recruit Josh Bartelstein

• Name: Josh Bartelstein
• Position: Shooting Guard
• Height & Weight: 6’3” 190 lbs.
• High School: Phillips Exeter Academy Big Red (NH)

HIGHLIGHTS

Highlight Video from Josh @ Exeter: UMGoVideo

QUOTES

What Beilein told him: "He told me (walking on) is not going to be easy – I’m going to have to work my tail off. But that’s what I love doing – I love working hard and I just want to be in the gym. He told me the best players are going to play, and that I’m going to have an equal opportunity. That’s all you can ask for."

Choosing to become a Wolverine: "It was a hard decision, but in the end, it was an easy decision – everything pointed to me being a Wolverine. It’s all about winning and if that means me playing 30 minutes a night or being (Purdue’s) E’Twaun Moore on the scout team, I’m just going to do what I can to help Michigan basketball take the next step. I think I’m going to surprise some people."

Playing at U of M: “Playing in the Big Ten, playing on the road at Duke, playing in the Maui Invitational…those are all things you dream about growing up.”

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ANALYSIS

Exeter Head Coach Jay Tilton: “Josh has become much more in-tuned to being a complete player when he doesn’t have the ball in his hands.  He’s defending and learning how to fee himself like he will have to at the college level.  He’s also one of the best shooters we’ve ever had at Exeter because he’s someone who makes big shots. Plus he’s got a real thirst for the game.  He’s a real gym rat…he’s in there all the time.”

Brewster Academy Head Coach Jason Smith: “Josh was great against us last week. He knows how to play the game, understands angles on the defensive end, and is a shot maker, which is ultimately the name of the game…to put the ball in the basket.”

New England Recruiting Report: “Offensively, he has separated himself from other elite level shooters by the multitude of ways that he can get his shot off.  Not only is he lethal when he’s spotting up, but he is just as effective coming off screens, excels at making threes in transition, and is perhaps actually at his best when shooting off the dribble.  But defenders have learned not to sleep on his ability to get to the basket as he is very proficient attacking close-outs and making plays in the open floor.”

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Links for this profile: Ann Arbor News New England Recruiting Report

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