How Elliot Cadeau, Trey McKenney have helped retain Michigan Basketball’s roster

In the immediate aftermath of Dusty May’s departure for the Dallas Mavericks and Mike Boynton’s subsequent hiring as interim head coach of the Michigan men’s basketball team, questions began to swirl about whether Michigan’s roster would be affected.

As is typical when a new coach is hired, a 15-day transfer portal opens up for players on the roster to potentially find a different place to play. With Boynton named interim head coach of the Wolverines, Michigan players will have to wait at least 31 days after his hire (until July 24) to enter the portal if they’d like.

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Fans of opposing teams quickly identified Elliot Cadeau and Trey McKenney as possible portal entrants in the wake of May’s departure, but both have since reaffirmed their plans to stay at Michigan.

Since then, others like J.P. Estrella and Moustapha Thiam — who were big-name additions through the transfer portal this offseason — as well as Jalen Reed, Brandon McCoy Jr., Lincoln Cosby and Joseph Hartman have reaffirmed they will be in Ann Arbor next season.

Cadeau was playing his best ball by the end of the year and looked poised to enter this upcoming season as the Big Ten’s best point guard. Meanwhile, McKenney was on an upward trajectory and looked capable of turning himself into a lottery pick for the 2027 NBA Draft with a larger role this winter.

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Both players have the chance to impact this year’s team in the box scores, of course, but they also played a big role in retaining the other players on the roster. As the headliners and presumed leaders of the team for next year, it makes it that much easier for guys to stick around as well.

The aforementioned big men, Estrella and Thiam, were perhaps the two biggest priorities to return after Cadeau and McKenney, as both committed to play under May and don’t have any connection to last year’s team that won a national title. But there’s no denying that playing alongside the two guards would help them improve their overall games as…

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Publish date : 2026-07-06 14:00:00

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