ANN ARBOR -- For those that follow such things, this weekend marks one of the biggest weekends of the college basketball recruiting calendar. Coaches from across the landscape have packed their team golf shirts and jetted to the midwest.
In Kentucky, the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League is hosting marquee 17-and-under talent in Lexington, while the Under Armour Association is playing games in Louisville. Over in Indianapolis, meanwhile, the Adidas Gauntlet tournament will draw plenty of attention.
Michigan will have bodies at each location, eying 2016 and 2017 prospects and narrowing its recruiting wish list.
One name that's already circled is Quentin Goodin.
A 6-foot-4 2016 point guard from Campbellsville, Kentucky, Goodin visited Ann Arbor last summer for Michigan's College Practice Camp. The trip secured a scholarship offer soon after and U-M's recruitment has continued ever since.
Michigan coach John Beilein most recently saw Goodin two weeks ago at the Adidas Uprising session in Dallas, watching all of his games, and again came away impressed. He picked up the phone after returning to Michigan and called Chris Goodin, Quentin's father.
"It was just a basic touch-up conversation," Chris Goodin told MLive on Friday. "It was a good conversation letting us know that we're still in the fold, the (scholarship) offer still stands and that they're going to continue to recruit him going forward."
Goodin is ranked No. 74 overall and as the No. 13 point guard among 2016 prospects in the 247Sports Composite. He averaged 21.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.5 steals per game for Taylor County High School, helping the school reach the state Sweet 16 for the first time since 1983, and was named to the Louisville Courier-Journal 2015 All-State First Team.
"He became more of a leader this year," Taylor County coach Richard Gatewood told the Courier-Journal. "He's gotten stronger, and he keeps growing. He's about 6-4, 185 now, and to think of a point guard of that size, that's an NBA type point guard at that size. He's getting better every day, learning more. He's special. He's the type of player you see every 10 or 15 years."
Interest in Goodin extends well beyond Michigan.
Texas and Miami (Fla.) have come on strong of late, while Louisville and Florida have both offered scholarships. Slews of other schools are trying to remain in the mix, including Western Kentucky, Xavier, Minnesota, Marquette and others, according to Chris Goodin.
Ohio State, Kentucky and Tennessee have previously been tied to the recruiting process, but were not mentioned. Tennessee has experienced a regime change and new coach Rick Barnes has yet to reach out.
During Beilein's conversation with Chris Goodin, he stressed that he and/or Jeff Meyer, the lead recruiter in the courtship, will spend time watching Goodin at this weekend's Adidas Gauntlet in Indianapolis.
"(Beilein) reached out to make sure we were aware that Michigan was still very much interested in him and wanted to know if the feeling was mutual and we were still interested in them," Chris Goodin said.
They are, indeed.
"They have a open style of play for their guards," Chris Goodin said. "They run good, solid plays with great floor spacing and they're great developers. They develop talent without wasting time and they identify and tweak the things that guys need. They do a good job with that. And of course, we like the staff as well."
While Quentin Goodin has no campus visits scheduled to date, he hopes to begin scheduling them between June and August.
"We probably won't take very many unofficial visits," Chris Goodin said. "We'll probably focus on trying to figure out who is trying to make him a priority and do the official visits from there."
During his visit to Ann Arbor last summer, Goodin, who has family members on his mother's side living in Detroit, held his own among notable talent. He was joined by five-star point guard Derryck Thornton Jr. from Findley Prep in Nevada, four-star point guard Cassius Winston of Detroit and Indianapolis point guard Kyle Guy.
"I feel like I played really good in front of coach Beilein," Quentin Goodin told MLive last June. "He kept smiling and kept giving me tips and things to work on. He said I'm doing a great job and have a great attitude and am a great teammate."
Asked Friday if an official visit to Ann Arbor could be scheduled, Chris Goodin responded, "Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely. We'd like to come visit them again."
That will all come after the spring recruiting period.
"Showcasing that he knows how to run a team is the main (goal) of the summer," Chris Goodin said. "All the aspects of that are key, whether it's coaching the defense on the floor how to match-up or running plays or making sure guys are in the right spots."
With the Goodins living roughly 80 miles southwest of Lexington and 85 miles southeast of Louisville, Quentin Goodin has long been tied to hometown powerhouses Kentucky and Louisville.
While Kentucky was involved early, that communication has cooled.
Louisville, meanwhile, is heavily involved and has extended a scholarship offer, making the Cardinals the perceived leader to land Goodin.
"It's a very interesting and intriguing school, no doubt, and they do a lot of interesting stuff with their guards -- the way they play 94 feet of defense," Chris Goodin said of Louisville. "Their style is very conducive to Quentin. So yes, (Louisville) is definitely an intriguing option.
"However, the thing that's most important to us right now is to see who needs him. We want him to go to a school that is going to make him a priority, that's going to make him really feel and understand that he needs to be a part of their team and that they need him to come in and be able to work hard every day and be productive -- not just some school that wants him to come because they like his talent.
"Now I'm not saying Louisville is like that, but right now, we're really just waiting to see whose going to make him a priority. A lot of schools are recruiting him and recruiting him really hard, so I can't take anything away from anybody and we've built great relationships with different schools."
According to the Courier-Journal, Goodin changed club teams this year from the St. Louis Eagles of the Nike EYBL to Kentucky-based Hoop Dreams, an Adidas team.
Michigan currently holds two verbal commitments in the 2016 class from Jon Teske, a 7-foot center from Medina, Ohio; and Austin Davis, a 6-foot-10 center on Onsted, Michigan.
Brendan F. Quinn covers University of Michigan basketball and football. Follow him on Twitter for the latest on Wolverines hoops. He can be contacted at bquinn@mlive.com