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With one player coming back, utilizing the free year presented by the NCAA, it appears that there are no others for Michigan basketball.
On Wednesday, the team announced that Eli Brooks will return for his fifth-year, a huge boost for an increasingly young Wolverines team in need of leadership and production as it heads into 2021-22. However, according to a team spokesman, Brooks is the only senior who will be taking advantage of that extra year of eligibility.
Per a team release, senior Isaiah Livers, who suffered a stress fracture in his foot before the NCAA Tournament, will not utilize that extra season of eligibility. According to the release, Livers has hired agent Mark Bartelstein as he continues to rehabilitate his foot. Livers is set to graduate in May.
Additionally, Austin Davis, C.J. Baird, Luke Wilson, Jaron Faulds and Rico Ozuna-Harrison either are either for sure departing or are expected to depart the program.
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As it stands right now, assuming there are no transfers, the returnees are Adrien Nunez, Hunter Dickinson, Zeb Jackson, Brandon Wade, Terrance Williams, Brandon Johns and Jace Howard. While there’s expectations that Franz Wagner will go pro, no announcement has been made as of yet.
Michigan will also be bringing in Caleb Houstan, Moussa Diabate, Frankie Collins, Kobe Bufkin, Isaiah Barnes and Will Tschetter as part of the nation’s No. 1 ranked recruiting class in 2021.
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