Michigan basketball headed to Lithuania, Croatia for summer scrimmages
Michigan basketball’s team under Dusty May has consistently featured international players, but now the entire roster is headed overseas. The Wolverines will go to Lithuania and Croatia for nine days from Aug. 21-29, where Dusty May’s group is scheduled to play three exhibition games and take part in cultural and team-building activities across both countries.
"Any time you can get a group together in the summer and actually play games, it's huge," May said in a statement. "This trip gives us the chance to compete, learn, and spend time together before starting the fall semester. On top of that, they'll get to experience basketball in a different part of the world, which is pretty special.
” This is the program's fifth foreign tour, following trips to Belgium (2010), Italy (2014), Spain (2018) and France/Greece (2022) and will be funded privately by athletic donors. This trip not only gives the team an opportunity to bond, but extra time to prepare, as international trips allow teams an additional 10 preseason practices ahead of the 2026-27 campaign. That should go a long ways, as Michigan has lost Yaxel Lendeborg, Will Tschetter, Nimari Burnett and Roddy Gayle Jr.
from last year’s national championship team and the expectation is Aday Mara and Morez Johnson Jr. will stay in the 2026 NBA Draft. Michigan rebuilt its roster with transfers Moustapha Thiam (Cincinnati), J.
P. Estrella (Tennessee) and Jalen Reed (LSU), as well as a host of freshmen. WELCOME BACK: Elliot Cadeau returning to Michigan Wolverines basketball for 2026-27 Five-star Brandon McCoy and McDonald’s All-American Quinn Costello headline the class which also includes Joseph Hartmann, Malachi Brown, Lincoln Cosby and Marcus Moller.