There is an alternate universe where Michigan forward Yaxel Lendeborg is in his third season starring for the St. John’s basketball team, instead, in reality, he gave Rick Pitino and the Red Storm an up-close look at what they missed out on during Saturday night’s exhibition.
The Pennsauken, New Jersey native committed to the Johnnies during the tenure of head coach Mike Anderson from Arizona Western College but reopened his recruitment following Anderson’s firing when it became very unlikely that he would be a member of the Red Storm under Pitino.
It’s something that has stuck with Lendeborg and remained at the forefront of his mind as Michigan defeated St. John’s in overtime, 96-94…