Jordan Poole

Jordan Poole
No. 2 – Michigan Wolverines
Position Shooting guard
League Big Ten Conference
Personal information
Born (1999-06-19) June 19, 1999
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school
College Michigan (2017–present)
Career highlights and awards
  • Dick's National High School Championship 2017

Jordan Anthony Poole (born June 19, 1999) is an American basketball player for the Michigan Wolverines who will play his sophomore season for the 2018–19 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team. He attended Rufus King High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin through his junior year. Then, he transferred to play his senior season for La Lumiere School in La Porte, Indiana. He was 2016 first team All-Wisconsin selection as a junior and a member of the 2017 Dick's National High School Championship winner as a senior. At Michigan he was a member of the 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament championship 2017–18 team. He is best known for a game-winning buzzer beater three-point shot that he made as a true freshman to help the 2017–18 Wolverines advance to the Sweet Sixteen round of the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament as part of their road to the 2018 NCAA Championship Game.

High school career

As a freshman at Rufus King High School in Wisconsin, Poole once made a game-tying three-point shot from off the bench.[1] Poole visited Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Drake and Marquette as a blue chip high school basketball recruit. Then, he visited Michigan for the September 26 football game between the 2015 Wolverines and BYU, receiving an offer that weekend. He returned to campus on October 17 for the rivalry game against Michigan State.[2] On October 23, 2015, four-star recruit Poole became the first commitment for the Class of 2017 after a home gym visit from head coach John Beilein and assistant coach LaVall Jordan and multiple Michigan campus visits. Poole had several competing offers including Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Memphis, Marquette, Virginia Tech and Auburn.[3][4][5][6] At the time of his commitment, he was the 92nd-ranked overall prospect and the 21st-ranked shooting guard in the national class of 2017.[2] As a junior, Poole was a 2016 WBCA All-State Boys Basketball first team selection.[7]

On July 1, 2016, Poole announced that he would transfer from Rufus King to the La Lumiere School in Indiana where he would experience a campus lifestyle, play a schedule with several ESPN broadcasts, and be teamed up with then-unsigned class of 2017 prospects Brian Bowen and Jeremiah Tilmon.[8][9] By the time Poole signed his National Letter of Intent to play college basketball for Michigan as part of a three-scholarship player incoming class with Isaiah Livers and Eli Brooks on November 11, 2016, he was the 90th ranked overall prospect.[10] Poole was a member of the 2017 Dick's National High School Champion La Lumiere team.[11][12] In the Dick's National Championship game, Poole posted 13 points, 3 steals, 3 rebounds and 4 assists,[13] and shot 3–7 on his three-point shots.[14] The 13 points included a shot clock buzzer beater in the closing seconds of the third quarter.[11][12] La Lumiere, which included 2017 McDonald’s All-Americans Bowen and Jaren Jackson Jr., defeated perennial power Montverde Academy, who was led by Canadian sophomore R. J. Barrett.[15] La Lumiere had lost the 2016 Dick National Championship game prior to Poole's arrival.[16]

College career

Poole in 2018

On December 2, Michigan defeated Indiana 69–55 in its 2017–18 Big Ten conference season opener with Poole leading the way with a team- and career-high 19 points in his Big Ten debut.[17][18] On January 15, Michigan defeated Maryland 68–67. After trailing by 14 points in the first half and 10 points at halftime, Michigan was trailing by 7 points in the second half when they made 7 consecutive three-point shots, including three by Poole whose 11 points made him one of only two double digit scorers for Michigan.[19][20] For the February 3 contest against Minnesota, the Maize Rage (Michigan's student section) held a "Poole party" in the stands,[1][21] but Poole missed all four of his field goal attempts.[22] Poole finished the regular season with three straight double digit scoring efforts, making 9 of 12 three-point shots against (#8 AP Poll/#9 Coaches Poll)[23] Ohio State on February 18,[24][25] Penn State on February 21,[26][27] and Maryland on February 24.[28][29] On March 4, a victory over (#8 AP Poll/#8 Coaches Poll) Purdue gave Michigan its second consecutive Big Ten Tournament championship since the game was the championship game of the 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament,[30][31][32] even though Poole slumped during the 4-game run, missing all 9 of his three-point shots.[33]

On March 17, 2018, Michigan defeated (#21 AP Poll/#19 Coaches Poll) Houston 64–63 in the second round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament, following a game-winning buzzer beater three-point shot by Poole, giving Michigan its fourth Sweet 16 in six years.[34][35] The shot was described as nearly identical to the buzzer beater he had made a year earlier in the Dick's National Championship game.[11][36] Poole finished the game with 8 points and 2 rebounds,[37] but his only field goal attempt in his four minutes of play in the second half was the game-winner.[38] The play began with Michigan trailing by two points with 3.6 seconds remaining in the game and Isaiah Livers passing the ball from under the opposite basket to Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman near midcourt. After two dribbles Abdur-Rahkman threw the ball to Poole with 2 seconds left.[39] The term "Poole party" was widely used in the press as a play on words to describe the celebration of Poole's heroic shot.[39][38][40] In the March 31, 2018 national semifinal against Loyola–Chicago Poole had seven points, including the free throws that put the team the ahead for good after rallying back from a 10-point second half deficit.[41][42] The team lost in the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game to (#2 Coaches Poll/#2 AP Poll) Villanova.[43][44]

Personal life

Poole is the son of Monet and Anthony Poole.[5] Poole has an older brother who attended Marquette.[2] He also has a sister and two cats.[45]

References

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  3. ↑ Quinn, Brendan F. (October 20, 2015). "Report: 4-star 2017 SG Jordan Poole, a Michigan target, to announce Friday". MLive.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
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  7. ↑ Johnson, Tim (March 20, 2016). "Anderson, Hauser share WBCA player of the year honor". Wausau Daily Herald. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
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