It was Wednesday morning in Ann Arbor, just before 2 a.m. Thursday in his hometown of Auckland, New Zealand, when Class of 2025 small forward Oscar Goodman pledged to play for May and Co. on the Wolverines.

Goodman, who stands 6-foot-1 and weighs 220 pounds, is a somewhat lesser-known product in that he plays for the NBA Global Academy, which is based in Australia, which may be one reason 247Sports doesn’t have one such has a composite ranking list for him. However, On3 rates the striker as the No.93 player in the world for his class and he has shown that he can play at a high level against some of the world’s best players of his age.

The senior averaged 17 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1.4 steals per game at the FIBA ​​U-17 Championships in July this year and was MVP of the FIBA ​​U-16 Asian Championships in 2023 . According to his recruiting profile, Goodman was visiting Michigan, Oct. 12, weekend; He had previously made trips to Ohio State, Georgetown and Texas Tech, but it was obviously the visit to Ann Arbor that put him over the top.