For months, Michigan coach John Beilein consistently told Spike Albrecht and his family there probably wouldn't be room for him on next year's team.
Even if he got healthy enough to play after double hip surgery, he would have to find another school for his graduate transfer season as U-M would already have two point guards on the roster in senior Derrick Walton Jr. and incoming freshman Xavier Simpson.
But, according to Albrecht, not only did he say he couldn't play at Michigan, Beilein also told him the other places he wouldn't let him play: any Big Ten school or an opponent in the next two years on Michigan schedule.