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Michigan fans were elated last month when they heard that Purdue guard Nojel Eastern was transferring to Ann Arbor this offseason.
However, the brakes weren’t just pumped — they were fully slammed upon.
As Michigan delayed in announcing the addition of Eastern to the team, fans started questioning whether or not he would end up wearing maize and blue after all. Those questions ended up being founded, as Eastern took to Twitter to announce that he wouldn’t be able to attend Michigan after all.
Stay tune…… pic.twitter.com/n0GFSfFD7O
— Nojel Eastern (@NEblessed_20) June 17, 2020
But what exactly was the case? Why wasn’t Eastern able to make the transfer?
He explained to basketball columnist Adam Zagoria that it all had to do with what he studied so far in West Lafayette, and how much he’d have to essentially start over in Ann Arbor.
As far as the Michigan situation, he said he didn’t have enough credits in his major — selling and sales management — to transfer over to Michigan.
“What happened with Michigan is my major, I had about 90-something credits,” he said. “When I transferred they only accepted 48 of those credits and for me to get into Michigan I needed 60 credits. So we were trying to do summer classes to try to get in.
“Coach [Juwan] Howard ended up talking to the administration and he said that even if I did take those summer classes, they wouldn’t be able to accept those credits.
“It was for that reason alone.”
Unfortunately, such can be the case for a school like Michigan, which doesn’t have many majors that are offered at other schools, and doesn’t readily accept credits taken.
For now, Michigan has one scholarship open and could look to fill that with another option.
Currently, the Wolverines have accepted Mike Smith, the transfer from Columbia, but have yet to announce Chaundee Brown, who transferred in from Wake Forest.
