L.J. Cason leaving Michigan basketball, enter transfer portal

In the NIL era of college sports, coaching changes can mean catastrophe for a roster.

Michigan basketball proved that doesn't have to be the case after losing ex-coach Dusty May to the NBA this summer, but it wasn't a clean sweep: junior point guard L.J. Cason is entering the transfer portal for the 2026-27 season. He's the only one of 14 scholarship players on the roster under May who's departing rather than play for new coach Mike Boynton Jr.