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Where Michigan High School Basketball Players Go to College

Of the 749 players from Michigan high schools on a college roster in our data, 60% played their college basketball in Michigan.

Computed from 749 players · 2020–21 to 2026–27 · updated Sep 15, 2026

749
players in the dataset
60%
stayed in Michigan
31%
reached D1
Ohio
#1 destination outside Michigan

60% stay in-state.

Michigan is above the 42% all-state baseline.

Michigan skews away from D1.

31% of Michigan players in the dataset reached D1, against 36% nationally.

Ohio and Indiana are the first destinations out.

Among players leaving Michigan, 19% went to Ohio and 10% to Indiana.

Michigan's college players skew away from D1

Michigan vs all states · share of players at each level

Michigan

D131%
D227%
D342%

n = 749

All states

D136%
D223%
D342%

n = 31,911

MIAll statesDifference
D131%36%−5 pts
D227%23%+4 pts
D342%42%−0 pts

Where Michigan players land

Destination states
Destination statePlayersShare
Michigan44760%
Ohio578%
Indiana314%
Illinois263%
Wisconsin253%
Pennsylvania203%
New York182%
Georgia101%

Which programs take Michigan players

Historical landings
ProgramDivisionStatePlayers
AlbionD3Michigan51
AlmaD3Michigan41
CalvinD3Michigan35
AdrianD3Michigan33
HopeD3Michigan30
Lake Superior StateD2Michigan29
Wayne StateD2Michigan27
KalamazooD3Michigan22
Central MichiganD1Michigan19
Grand Valley StateD2Michigan18

What this means for a Michigan recruit

How to read it

Start local, but don't stop local.

60% 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 away from D1 (31% vs 36% 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?

Depth Chart scores your size, position, level and recruiting profile against all 1,060 programs.

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Methodology

Source · sample · scope

749 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
749 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
Sep 15, 2026 · methodology state-landing-pages-1

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