Beilein talks transfers, scheduling
Michigan’s non-
conference schedule
is complete for the
2016-2017 season
By ORION SANG
Summer Managing Sports Editor
It has been an offseason rife
with change for the Michigan
men’s basketball team.
Assistant
coaches
Lavall
Jordan and Bacari Alexander left
to take the head
coaching
jobs
at
Wisconsin-
Milwaukee
and
Detroit,
respectively,
while
forwards
Kam
Chatman
and
Ricky
Doyle,
swingman
Aubrey Dawkins
and
guard
Spike Albrecht all transferred
elsewhere.
Head
coach
John
Beilein
opted to replace Jordan and
Alexander on the bench with
Saadi Washington, formerly an
assistant coach for Oakland, and
Billy Donlon, formerly the head
coach of Wright State.
The Wolverines have two
open
scholarships
after
the
flurry of departures, and Beilein
is still looking to fill both spots
for the upcoming 2016-17 season
with graduate or undergraduate
transfers.
“We’ll
always
be
looking
for any option that is a great
Michigan
fit,”
Beilein
said
Saturday after speaking at the
A4 quarterback camp. “If they
were the right position, the
right player (and) the right fit,
we could use them. There’s kids
still that are announcing their
transfers right now. It’s part of
the game and we’ve got to face
it.”
But
while
additional
changes to the
roster may still
take place over
the
coming
months,
Beilein
is
adamant that
Michigan’s
schedule
is
set,
saying
Saturday that one major addition
to the non-conference schedule
is close to being finalized.
The
Wolverines’
non-
conference schedule currently
has them slated to play Virginia
Tech at home in the Big Ten/
ACC
Challenge,
Cincinnati
and UCLA on the road and two
games at the 2K Sports Classic
in New York.
“Our schedule is complete,”
Beilein
said.
“We
have
agreements for every game,
(and) we’ve got some really
attractive games, I think.”
‘M’ lands Matthews
By JACOB GASE
Daily Sports Editor
After losing four players as
transfers
this
offseason,
the
Michigan men’s basketball team
finally has some movement in the
other direction.
According
to
ESPN’s
Jeff
Goodman
on
Monday
night,
former Kentucky
guard
Charles
Matthews
—
who
received
his release from
coach
John
Calipari in May
— will transfer
to
Michigan.
Matthews
will
sit out the 2016-
17 season per NCAA transfer
rules and will have three years of
eligibility remaining.
The
announcement
comes
just over a week after Matthews
reportedly
visited
Ann
Arbor
the weekend of June 11, per CBS
Sports. A number of other schools
were rumored to be interested
in the former Wildcat, including
Xavier, which hosted Matthews on
a visit this past weekend.
A
6-foot-6
shooting
guard
who was a top-50 recruit in 2015,
Matthews should join incoming
freshman guard Ibi Watson in
providing depth for the Wolverines
at the ‘2’ and ‘3’ positions in the
future. After losing Caris LeVert
to graduation and Aubrey Dawkins
as a transfer
to
Central
Florida,
Michigan was
in dire need of
capable bodies
to put behind
its
returning
starters,
junior
guard
Muhammad-
Ali
Abdur-
Rahkman and
redshirt junior guard Duncan
Robinson.
Matthews
appeared
in
all
36 games as a freshman for the
Wildcats last season, making three
starts, but fellow freshmen Isaiah
Briscoe and Jamal Murray took the
bulk of the playing time. As a result,
Matthews averaged just 1.7 points
and 1.6 rebounds in 10.3 minutes
per game.
Matthews joins
Ibi Watson in
providing depth
for Michigan.
JAMES COLLER/Daily
Michigan coach John Beilein has had to hire two new assistant coaches this offseason.
“We’ll always be
looking for any
option that is a
Michigan fit.”
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