Fresh off being named Most Outstanding Player in the Final Four, star point guard Elliot Cadeau told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Thursday that he will return for his senior season at Michigan.
Cadeau led the Wolverines past UConn in the national championship game on Monday, scoring a game-high 19 points in the 69-63 win. That came on the heels of a 13-point, 10-rebound, five-assist performance in Michigan's rout of Arizona in the national semifinals two days earlier.
Cadeau projects as one of the best guards in college basketball next season and returns to a Michigan team that is ranked No. 1 in ESPN's Way-Too-Early Top 25 rankings for the 2026-27 season.
Cadeau was an Honorable Mention All-Big Ten player for Michigan in 2025-26, averaging 10.5 points and 5.9 assists in 27.3 minutes.
News of his return comes the same day the Wolverines landed Tennessee's JP Estrella, a 6-foot-11 redshirt sophomore, through the transfer portal. The former top-70 recruit averaged 10.0 points and 5.4 rebounds in just over 18 minutes last season for the Volunteers.
