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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Thursday, June 23, 2016

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