Elliot Cadeau has deal to return to Michigan basketball for 2026-27

Michigan basketball has locked in its starting point guard for the 2026-27 season. Elliot Cadeau, the Wolverines guard who helped propel the program to its first national championship since 1989 and was named Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four, has reached a new deal with U-M to return in 2026-27, a person with knowledge of the roster confirmed to the Free Press. Pete Thamel of ESPN was the first to report the news.

Cadeau told the Freep last weekend he was "for sure" returning to Ann Arbor, but now there's no doubt. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound facilitator averaged 10. 5 points and 5.

9 assists per game in his first season with U-M after spending the first two campaigns of his career at North Carolina. SHAWN WINDSOR: Behind the scenes on a night Michigan basketball will always remember While his 41. 1% shooting percentage was the lowest of his career, his 3-point rate (37.

6%) was the best of his three-year career. Cadeau scored in double figures in more than half of U-M's games (21) and had six games with double-digit assists, recording three double-doubles. Michigan is continuing to round out its roster for next season and Cadeau is the second non freshman who reached a deal Thursday, April 9: U-M also signed Tennessee transfer J.