By R.L. Bynum
Elliot Cadeau will continue his career playing for Coach Dusty May at Michigan.
His mother, Michelle Cadeau, confirmed the move Monday night on X (formerly Twitter).
“The [Michigan] coaching staff really believe in me and know what I can do,” Cadeau told 247Sports. “I want to play in an offense that best suits me and my abilities, with the correct players around me so we can all win.”
Michigan senior guard Tre Donaldson, who averaged 11.3 points and a team-high 4.1 assists per game last season with a nearly 2-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio after transferring from Auburn, entered the transfer portal on Tuesday.
The Wolverines went 27–10 in its first season under May, losing to Final Four team Auburn 79–65 in the Sweet 16 on Friday.
Two offseasons ago, Caleb Love initially announced that he was transferring to Michigan. After having trouble getting his credits to transfer, he ended up transferring to Arizona.
Cadeau started all 37 games of his sophomore season at UNC, averaging 9.4 points, 6.2 assists and 3.1 turnovers per game. All were higher numbers than during his freshman year when he averaged 7.3 points, 4.1 assists and 1.8 turnovers.
The higher turnover numbers this season, as well as persistent foul trouble (2.8 fouls per game) made for some rough outings. He drew at least three fouls in 21 games, at least four in 13 games and fouled out three times.
Cadeau’s shooting from the perimeter improved greatly, from scoring only 10 3-pointers while shooting 18.9% as a freshman to making 29 and making 33.7% of his attempts last season.
Cadeau scored in double figures in the first seven games this season but did it only 11 times in the last 22. His best two games of the season were early: 18 points, 8 assists and 4 steals in the 107–55 home win on Nov. 15 over American and 17 points, 8 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks in the 90–76 win on Nov. 4 over Elon.
He dished out double-digit assists six times, topped by 13 in the 67–66 Jan. 21 loss at Wake Forest.
He had big games, including converting a huge four-point play and making a big defensive stop in UNC’s 74–73 win on Jan. 4 at Notre Dame and also successfully defending a last-second shot in the 76–74 victory on Dec. 21 against UCLA in New York. He missed a potential game-tying last-second 3-point attempt in the 92–89 loss Nov. 8 at Kansas and a late layup attempt that could have given UNC a win in the 94–91 overtime loss to Michigan State on Nov. 27 at the Maui Invitational.
Photo courtesy of UNC Athletics
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