After what was an interesting saga surrounding former Purdue guard Nojel Eastern transfer to Michigan, it was made official on Tuesday that he would not be joining the program due to an academic issue of transfer credits. This leaves Juwan Howard’s program with one open scholarship spot heading into the 2020-21 season.
They are under no obligation to fill it. And to be frank, they should probably just leave it be at this point.
We entered this offseason doing a ton of mental gymnastics as to how the Wolverines were going to make next season work in a scholarship crunch.