Benzing not coming to Michigan

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U-M basketball recruit ineligible

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Basketball recruit Robin Benzing will not enroll at Michigan due to NCAA eligibility requirements, coach John Beilein said Friday.

Benzing, from Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany, is 6-foot-10, 210 pounds.

"We felt Robin had a very good chance of qualification, but in the end the NCAA eligibility center found him to be just short of eligibility to receive a scholarship from any Division I university," Beilein said in a statement.

Beilein said Benzing still has some options to play in the U.S.

"We will continue to provide him with the NCAA information he will need if he continues to pursue options in the United States," Beilein said. "If he does not pursue these options, I assume he will begin playing at a professional level in Europe starting this fall."

The Wolverines will have four newcomers next season: 7-foot center Ben Cronin of Syracuse, N.Y., guard Stu Douglass of Carmel, Ind., guard Zack Novak of Chesterton, Ind., and guard Laval Lucas-Perry of Grand Blanc.

Lucas-Perry transferred from Arizona and will be eligible to play for Michigan in late December.