Michigan Wolverines - Grade: A
- 2025-26 record: 37-3 (19-1 Big Ten)
Roster departures
- Yaxel Lendeborg (15.1 ppg and 6.9 rpg)
- Aday Mara (12.2 ppg and 6.8 rpg)
- Morez Johnson (13.1 ppg and 7.3 rpg)
- Nimari Burnett (8.3 ppg and 2.7 rpg)
- Roddy Gayle (7.4 ppg and 3.3 rpg)
- Will Tshetter (3.6 ppg and 1.9 rpg)
Roster returnees
- Elliot Cadeau (10.3 ppg and 5.9 rpg)
- Trey McKenney (9.9 ppg and 2.6 rpg)
- LJ Cason (8.4 ppg and 2.4 apg) will miss next season due to injury
Roster additions
- Moustapha Thiam (12.8 ppg and 7.1 rpg at Cincinnati)
- JP Estrella (10 ppg and 5.4 rpg at Tennessee)
- Jalen Reed (9.5 ppg and 5.7 rpg in 6 games at LSU)
- Brandon McCoy Jr. (5-star guard prospect)
- Quinn Costello (4-star forward prospect)
- Lincoln Cosby (4-star forward prospect)
Winning a national title sets Michigan up as good as possible in the offseason. But there are downsides, such as key players deciding to enter and stay in the NBA Draft. Mara and Johnson simply rose too far up the Big Boards. However, the team was able to bring back the guard duo of Cadeau and McKenney, helping make up for Cason’s injury, which will likely keep him out all of next year.
Thiam is a proven high-major big man who was one of the top interior bigs in the transfer portal. Same as Estrella, a quality big man from Tennessee. Reed, who was injured most of last year, gives them even more frontcourt depth to form a new Big 3 inside.
And most important of all, Coach Dusty May is still around for the program despite multiple big jobs becoming available that could’ve taken him elsewhere.
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