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Where Michigan High School Basketball Players Go to College

Of the 851 players from Michigan high schools on a college roster in our data, 59% played their college basketball in Michigan.

Computed from 851 players · 2020–21 to 2026–27 · updated Nov 2, 2026

851
players in the dataset
59%
stayed in Michigan
31%
reached D1
Ohio
#1 destination outside Michigan

59% stay in-state.

Michigan is above the 43% all-state baseline.

Michigan skews toward D2.

28% of Michigan players in the dataset reached D2, against 24% nationally.

Ohio and Indiana are the first destinations out.

Among players leaving Michigan, 20% went to Ohio and 9% to Indiana.

Michigan's college players skew toward D2

Michigan vs all states · share of players at each level

Michigan

D131%
D228%
D341%

n = 851

All states

D134%
D224%
D342%

n = 35,567

MIAll statesDifference
D131%34%−3 pts
D228%24%+4 pts
D341%42%−1 pts

Where Michigan players land

Destination states
Destination statePlayersShare
Michigan49859%
Ohio728%
Indiana334%
Wisconsin283%
Illinois263%
Pennsylvania223%
New York212%
North Carolina121%

Which programs take Michigan players

Historical landings
ProgramDivisionStatePlayers
AlbionD3Michigan52
AlmaD3Michigan48
CalvinD3Michigan41
Lake Superior StateD2Michigan32
AdrianD3Michigan31
HopeD3Michigan31
KalamazooD3Michigan29
Wayne StateD2Michigan29
Grand Valley StateD2Michigan21
Central MichiganD1Michigan19

What this means for a Michigan recruit

How to read it

Start local, but don't stop local.

59% of Michigan players in the dataset stayed in-state — the programs most likely to see you play repeatedly are the ones nearby.

Your realistic level matters more than geography alone.

Michigan's historical landings skew toward D2 (28% vs 24% nationally).

Past recruiting is a signal, not a guarantee.

A program that repeatedly rosters players from your state has demonstrated a pathway; it does not mean it will recruit you.

Those are the historical patterns for Michigan. Where does your profile fit?

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Methodology

Source · sample · scope

851 players · 1,060 programs · 2020–21 to 2026–27

Definitions and scope
Source
Official rosters published by the athletics sites of 1,060 NCAA D1, D2 and D3 men's programs, collected by Depth Chart.
Home state
The state of the high school on the player's record — the same definition the state tool uses, so the two read the same data the same way.
Level
Each player counts once, at the highest level they reached across the seasons we hold (D1 over D2 over D3).
Sample
851 players from Michigan high schools, across every season we hold; roster coverage runs 2020–21 to 2026–27. A state with fewer than 200 players in our data is not published, because it would describe a coincidence rather than a pattern.
Computed
Nov 2, 2026 · methodology state-landing-pages-1

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