The ink was barely dry on the obituary of the 2024–25 Michigan basketball season when the Wolverines’ coaching staff hit the road to convince Elliot Cadeau to be their next point guard.
It had been a gutting late-night loss Friday night in the Sweet 16 to No. 1 overall seed Auburn, a game in which the Wolverines had led by nine in the second half before faltering down the stretch. But there was no time for mourning. Coach Dusty May wanted a pass-first point guard and loved the idea of Cadeau, a former elite recruit who had been a two-year starter at North Carolina. That weekend, the Michigan staff flew to visit with Cadeau and make their pitch; by Monday, he was locked in as the first piece of the puzzle for Michigan’s roster reload.
