North Carolina transfer Cadeau picks Michigan
Former UNC point guard Elliot Cadeau is transferring to Michigan, he announced Monday on Instagram.
"The (Michigan) coaching staff really believe in me and know what I can do," Cadeau said, according to Adam Zagoria of Zagsblog. "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."
The former five-star recruit averaged 8.3 points and 5.1 assists in 74 games across two seasons in Chapel Hill.
Michigan head coach Dusty May will be hoping Cadeau can be a steadying presence at the guard position after the team ranked 337th in the nation with 14 turnovers per game this past campaign.
Freshman point guard Justin Pippen, son of Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen, is set to depart the Wolverines after entering the transfer portal.
The 6-foot-1 Cadeau shared a backcourt with UNC star RJ Davis in 2024-25, with the diminutive pair starting all 37 games for the Tar Heels.
North Carolina head coach Hubert Davis has expressed his desire to have more size across all positions.
"We've got to get bigger," Davis said recently on his weekly radio show, according to Evan Rogers of 247 Sports.
"From A to Z, we just do. And we talked about the physicality of Ole Miss (in the NCAA Tournament), and their positional size was bigger than us. And pretty much that's the way we were the whole season."
Davis made the comments shortly after Cadeau entered the transfer portal.
Michigan went 27-10 in its first season under May and captured the 2025 Big Ten Tournament title.