The dog days of summer are not a busy time of year in the college basketball calendar. Rosters are set, most teams are almost done with their summer workouts, and most fanbases are preoccupied with previews of their respective football teams.

The one key area teams can focus on in mid-August is recruiting, and we know Dusty May doesn’t rest in that department. At this time of year, he spends a good chunk of his time on the recruiting trail when he’s not wearing a weighted vest and participating in summer workouts.

Here are the latest recruiting updates for Michigan men’s basketball.

Michigan in the running for Top-10 forward

Michigan is among the schools in the running for 2026 five-star forward Anthony Thompson. Rivals’ Joe Tipton ($) reported that Michigan is in Thompson’s top list alongside Indiana, Kentucky, Purdue, Texas, Ohio State and North Carolina. Citing sources, Tipton went on to say Michigan and Indiana are “in the top tier of consideration.”

Thompson is set to visit Michigan on Sept. 5, the first of four visits that month (Indiana on Sept. 12, Texas on Sept. 19, Kentucky on Sept. 24). Hopefully Michigan makes a good impression on that visit.

On the 247Sports composite, the 6-foot-8 forward is ranked ninth overall, third among small forwards and first among recruits from Ohio.

Four-star forward has Michigan in top list

Quinn Costello, a 6-foot-10 forward in the 2026 class from Boston, recently included Michigan in his top-six list along with Michigan State, Texas, UNC, Purdue and Minnesota.

In conjunction with that announcement, Costello spoke to Tipton on what teams can expect from him and what he’s looking for in his ideal school.

“I’d say I’m a 6’10”, long, versatile, wing forward,” Costello said. “I play a lot of the floor, I guard more fours and fives than threes, but I’d say I’m pretty flexible. I can really shoot it, that’s like my number one strength. I’ve been known as a knockdown shooter for most of my life, but I’ve started to do a lot more, like putting on the floor, driving closeouts, offensive rebounding, running the floor, all that stuff.”

“The relationship piece is going to be big for me,” Costello continued. “I’m most successful when coaches really trust me, and I really trust coaches, and we have a super strong, unbreakable relationship. I say it a lot, and I hate to say it, but if basketball doesn’t work out, I’m still at a school where I’m set up for success.”

On the composite, Costello is ranked 95th among 2026 recruits, 14th among power forwards and third among recruits from the state of Massachusetts.

If Michigan lands a commitment from either Thompson or Costello, they would be the second 2026 recruit to join the Wolverines, along with 7-footer Marcus Moller.