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It’s hard to forget Yaxel Lendeborg’s euro poster dunk against St. Louis in the Round of 32, or Morez Johnson Jr.’s alley-oop poster over Coen Carr against Michigan State in the regular-season finale.
But a dunk Michigan fans likely won’t forget anytime soon, considering the emphatic reaction from the bench, is Oscar Goodman’s poster dunk against Auburn at the Players Era Tournament.
Goodman was often outshined by the front court trio of soon-to-be first-round draft picks. There were a fair share of highlight moments, though, to make fans excited for a potential breakout 2026-27 season.
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Goodman joined Brian Boesch on Defend the Block this week to talk about the past season and this offseason heading into next year.
“Through practice, having to guard multiple NBA lottery picks helps with the confidence,” Goodman said on the podcast. “My circle was really helpful, telling me, ‘If you were anywhere else, it would be a whole different story.’ Ultimately I chose to do this because I wanted to win, and that’s probably the most important thing to me.”
After joining the Wolverines at the calendar turn of the 2024-25 season, Goodman now has a season-and-a-half’s worth of time in Ann Arbor under his belt. The time he’s spent at Michigan so far has helped improve his game, giving him confidence that he can be a bigger contributor moving forward.
“Getting used to the pace and the style of college basketball really helped me a lot,” Goodman said. “Just in the sense of the season coming, obviously hoping to have a bigger role and then knowing that I can perform at that level. Just having that is going to be really helpful going into this year.
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Although he redshirted in the 2024-25 season, Goodman played in 16 games in 2025-26 and accumulated 22 points and 20 rebounds. His most notable performance came against Penn State where he had six points, including an alley-oop finish and another poster dunk.
Now, with that experience under his belt, he’s taking parts of past…
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Publish date : 2026-06-18 20:00:00
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