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Yahoo
13-04-2025
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- Yahoo
Tre Donaldson, Michigan basketball's starting point guard, enters transfer portal
The Michigan basketball roster overhaul is fully underway. Point guard Tre Donaldson, the team's third leading scorer and primary ball handler, has decided to enter the transfer portal, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to the Free Press on condition on anonymity because it's not official. Donaldson, who appeared in and started all 37 U-M games last season, put up 11.3 points, 4.1 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game. Advertisement The former Auburn guard transferred to Michigan before the start of the 2024-25 season and has now played in 104 games with 47 starts, and enjoyed a career year in Ann Arbor by shooting 37.5% from long range. Michigan starters include guard Tre Donaldson (3), right, and center Danny Wolf (1), get ready to take the court during players introduction at Big Ten Tournament championship game against Wisconsin at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. on Sunday, March 16, 2025. Donaldson made a number of big plays during his time in the maize and blue. He scored seven straight points with U-M down five to Penn State, which included the game-winning 3-pointer in late January. He hit a go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute against Maryland in the Big Ten tournament semifinals, then after U-M fell behind he went coast-to-coast with less than six seconds to play for the game winning layup. The next day, in the championship against Wisconsin, he hit the go-ahead 3-pointer in the final two minutes. Advertisement Donaldson wasn't done there. In the opening round of the NCAA tournament, after UC San Diego took a lead with less than 3 minutes to play, Donaldson hit a go-ahead 3 just 16 seconds later to propel U-M to a win. Then, two days later, with U-M up 3 against Texas A&M in the final minute of the Round of 32, he hit a circus layup to clinch the victory. ONE GOAL: Dusty May's next challenge after historic Michigan season: Building 'championship roster' Of course, it wasn't all good. Donaldson made just two of nine shots with no assists and four turnovers in Michigan's Sweet 16 loss to Auburn, 78-65, last weekend. He shot worse than 50% from the floor in 16 of his final 17 games of the year and had as many turnovers in NCAA tournament (7) as assists. Advertisement This move was also precipitated by the fact that on Monday evening, U-M landed Elliot Cadeau out of the portal from North Carolina. Cadeau entered college as the No. 2 point guard in the country, the No. 2 player in the state of Missouri and the No. 11 prospect regardless of position in the 2023 class and just put up 9.4 points on 44.5% shooting and was one of the best passers in the ACC, averaging 6.2 assists per game. Michigan guard L.J. Cason (2), center, left, guard Tre Donaldson (3), center, and guard Rubin Jones (15), center right, celebrate 59-53 win over Wisconsin at the Big Ten Tournament championship game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. on Sunday, March 16, 2025. Between that, the recent emergence of L.J. Cason, U-M's freshman guard who became a playmaker late in the season as well the impending addition of Trey McKenney, a McDonalds All-American from Orchard Lake Saint Marys, the backcourt situation was getting crowded in Ann Arbor. Advertisement The Free Press asked Donaldson if he planned to return to Michigan for his senior season following the loss to Auburn but he opted not to respond to the question. When pressed again for clarification, Donaldson again did not respond directly to the inquiry, but instead implied he was done with the conversation and said "appreciate it." The 6-foot-3, 195-pound guard from Tallahassee was a four-star football recruit coming out of high school and has one year of collegiate eligibility remaining. Donaldson is now the fourth U-M player from the 2024-25 roster to enter the portal, joining freshman point guard Justin Pippen, sophomore forward Sam Walters and graduate forward Jace Howard. Tony Garcia is the Michigan Wolverines beat writer for the Detroit Free Press. Email him at apgarcia@ and follow him on X at @RealTonyGarcia. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Tre Donaldson transfer portal: Michigan guard submits name
USA Today
03-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Former Auburn guard Tre Donaldson commits to Miami
Former Auburn guard Tre Donaldson commits to Miami Former Auburn guard Tre Donaldson transferred to Miami on Thursday. A Tiger from 2022-2024, Donaldson spent this past season playing for head coach Dusty May and the Michigan Wolverines. After starting just 10 of the 67 games he appeared in during his two-year Auburn career, Donaldson thrived as a starter for the BIG 10 Tournament Champion Wolverines in 2024. Playing the most minutes of his career (31.1 pg), the Tallahassee, Florida native notched career-highs in points (11.3), assists (4.1), rebounds (3.5), and steals (1.0) per game. Now heading to his home state of Florida, Donaldson will not only continue to play an abundance of minutes in the back court, but be given the chance to earn the role as "the guy" for the first time in his career. Even with the uptick in usage a season ago, the former Tiger mostly played second fiddle to the outstanding front court pairing on center Vlad Golden and former Yale turned Michigan forward Danny Wolf. While Donaldson mostly stayed away from the Auburn Family's eye last season, the spotlight shined tremendously when the guard and his Michigan squad matched up with the No. 1 ranked Tigers in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. After starting the contest off hot from the offensive end, Donaldson's production ceased following a "too small" gesture towards freshman Tahaad Pettiford, who's commitment to Auburn factored in the junior's decision to depart the Plains. In three collegiate seasons, the combo guard has averaged 7.1 points, 2.9 assists, and 2.5 rebounds per game across 104 contests. He'll now join a Miami program that is looking to reload in the transfer portal after finishing dead last in the ACC with a 7-24 (3-17) Former Auburn guard Tre Donaldson transferred to Miami on Thursday. A Tiger from 2022-2024, Donaldson spent this past season playing for head coach Dusty May and the Michigan Wolverines. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinion. You can also follow Brian on Twitter@TheRealBHauch
USA Today
03-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Michigan basketball G Tre Donaldson commits to Miami Hurricanes via transfer portal
Michigan basketball G Tre Donaldson commits to Miami Hurricanes via transfer portal Thus far, Michigan basketball has added two players via the transfer portal, while four have departed. Guards Tre Donaldson and Justin Pippen, as well as forwards Sam Walters and Jace Howard, have all decided to try their hands elsewhere, seeking greener pastures with another program. Donaldson is the only starter of the bunch and while it was somewhat surprising that he chose to leave Ann Arbor after one season, given that the Wolverines brought in former five-star point guard Elliot Cadeau from North Carolina appeared to be the writing on the wall -- especially with the emergence of LJ Cason and incoming five-star Trey McKenney likely getting time at the two next year. On Thursday, Donaldson became the first outgoing Wolverine to choose his new school with a commitment to Miami. Donaldson came to Ann Arbor last spring after Dusty May's hiring. He originally started his career at Auburn where he led the Tigers as the point guard there. While inconsistent wearing maize and blue, Donaldson was pivotal to the Wolverines' postseason run, both in the Big Ten Tournament and in the NCAA Tournament. His coast-to-coast layup at the end of the Big Ten Tournament semifinal to give Michigan the late win will likely be the seminal moment of his one-year tenure with the maize and blue.
Fox Sports
29-03-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Johni Broome, Auburn flex their muscles in Sweet 16 win over Michigan
Of all the Sweet 16 matchups that unfolded over the last two days, none had as many ready-made storylines as the showdown between No. 1 Auburn and No. 5 Michigan in the South Regional. At the top of the heap was the potential for point guard Tre Donaldson to exact revenge on his former team. Donaldson, the starting point guard for the Wolverines, spent two years playing for Auburn before transferring to Michigan ahead of the current season. Then there was the Danny Wolf subplot in which the Wolverines' big man, who led the Big Ten in double-doubles, was facing the team he upset in the first round of last year's NCAA Tournament while playing for Yale. Wolf scored 13 points and grabbed five rebounds in Yale's pulsating 78-76 victory over fourth-seeded Auburn. And finally, as of approximately 9:45 p.m. on Friday, there was the possibility for Michigan to face archival Michigan State in the Elite Eight if the Wolverines could wiggle past Auburn, the tournament's No. 1 overall seed. Michigan State narrowly defeated sixth-seeded Ole Miss in the first game of the evening at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, leaving the Spartans a single win from the Final Four. Sensing, perhaps, the magnitude of the moment — with Auburn chasing just the third Elite Eight appearance in program history and Michigan seeking its first under new head coach Dusty May — the players from both teams accelerated into overdrive as the game looked more and more like a sloppy, mid-summer AAU showcase. Frantic fast breaks covering every inch of the court produced a comedy of errors in an opening half that featured 18 combined turnovers. There was an ill-advised lob pass that sailed out of bounds and a silly behind-the-back pass that wiped away a potential layup for the Tigers. There were guards who got pick-pocketed and big men who were stripped down low. On the sideline, where May and Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl were attempting to manage the chaos afflicting their respective teams, looks of incredulity dominated the show. The Tigers clung to a one-point lead at the break. Back and forth they went into the second half: six ties, 12 lead changes, neither team pulling ahead by more than five points until Wolf converted a devilish spinning layup off the glass with 13:06 remaining. And the stars for both programs unquestionably delivered: Wolf, who has played his way into NBA lottery discussion, poured in 20 points and grabbed six rebounds; Johni Broome, who is the primary challenger to Duke's Cooper Flagg for the Naismith Player of the Year award, scored 22 points and snared 16 rebounds, including nine on the offensive end. They were the only players with more than 10 points for their respective teams until just before the midway point of the second half. But eventually, and perhaps inevitably, Auburn showed why it was considered the best team in the country for most of this season. With its back against the wall, Pearl's team reeled off an extended 20-2 run that transformed a nine-point deficit into a nine-point lead in fewer than five minutes of game time. The breathtaking sequence included four 3-pointers — three of which came from the incandescent guard Denver Jones, who scored 13 of his 20 points in the second half — and a handful of baskets around the rim. As the final few minutes unfolded, Jones and freshman Tahaad Pettiford (20 points) combined to score 16 straight while the Tigers built a double-digit lead. Pettiford's spinning fadeaway jumper with 4:35 remaining, plus the foul, served as the metaphorical nail in the coffin for an eventual 78-65 win. The possibility of an all-Michigan affair in the Elite Eight was extinguished when the Tigers reminded everyone how good they really are. Michael Cohen covers college football and college basketball for FOX Sports. Follow him on Twitter @Michael_Cohen13 . Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily . FOLLOW Follow your favorites to personalize your FOX Sports experience College Basketball recommended Get more from College Basketball Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more
USA Today
28-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Michigan guard Tre Donaldson reflects on his time at Auburn before Sweet 16 matchup
Michigan guard Tre Donaldson reflects on his time at Auburn before Sweet 16 matchup How does the former Auburn guard feel about meeting his former team in the Sweet 16? Auburn is set to play in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in program history this Friday when it battles the Michigan Wolverines at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. However, Auburn fans will have another storyline to follow as their favorite team will square off with a former Tiger for a seat at the Elite Eight. Tre Donaldson departed Auburn after two seasons after splitting time with Wendell Green Jr. and Aden Holloway, where he averaged 4.7 points, 2.3 assists, and 1.9 rebounds per game over 67 games with 10 starts. Now at Michigan, Donaldson has taken a step forward in his career by starting all 36 games, where he averages 11.5 points per outing. Ahead of Friday's game with Auburn, Donaldson fielded questions from the media, primarily about his time on the Plains. Donaldson says that he is looking forward to meeting the Tigers on the court with such high stakes. He also admitted that he has provided his new coaches and teammates with game-planning for the Sweet 16. "I was there for two years, so I know how it operates, I know how everything runs. When you're around people for so long, you catch on to what they do for sure," Donaldson said. "I definitely have tried to help as much as I can with that aspect just to give us our best chance to win." Donaldson also talked about almost following in his uncle Duke Donaldson's footsteps by playing football at Auburn. Will his uncle be in attendance for Friday's game? "My uncle is going to be here, and he will be cheering for Michigan," Donaldson said. Donaldson and the Wolverines will meet Auburn at 8:39 p.m. CT in the Sweet 16. The game will be broadcasted live on CBS.
