Orion Sang

Special to the Detroit Free Press

The past two years have seen a grad transfer from the Michigan basketball team catch on with a Big Ten team.

Two years ago, Max Bielfeldt finished his career with Indiana, and last season Spike Albrecht played his final year with Purdue this past season.

Now, their former teammate appears to be following their footsteps. According to Jeff Goodman of ESPN, former U-M guard Andrew Dakich will be transferring to Ohio State to play under new coach Chris Holtmann. Because Dakich graduated from Michigan, he does not have to sit out a year and will be eligible to play for the Buckeyes immediately.

Dakich appeared in 49 games during his career at Michigan, averaging 4.6 minutes per game, 0.4 points per game and 0.5 rebounds per game.

The news comes as a relative surprise, as Dakich had previously announced in May he would be transferring to Quinnipiac. Now, he’ll be playing against Michigan for one of its conference rivals. The two teams are slated to meet twice this upcoming season.

Dakich arrived in Ann Arbor as a walk-on and quickly proved to be an important member of the team. In his second season, he burnt his redshirt when the Wolverines were saddled with injuries, playing in 13 games and averaging 5.3 minutes per game. He sacrificed his redshirt once again the following season to come off the bench in 24 contests and average 4.6 minutes per game as a backup guard. This past season — his senior year — Dakich finally redshirted to preserve one final year of eligibility. Though he didn’t play, his last year in Ann Arbor still provided some highlights, including a viral moment where two police officers accosted Dakich during a team meeting before revealing he had been awarded a full scholarship.

Schedule: U-M released its nonconference schedule Monday, though many of the matchups had been reported. Michigan will open the season Nov. 11 vs. North Florida after a Nov. 3 exhibition against Grand Valley State. Highlights include Nov. 13 vs. Central Michigan, Nov. 16 vs. Southern Mississippi, Nov. 20-22 in the Maui Invitational, Nov. 29 at North Carolina, Dec. 9 vs. UCLA, Dec. 12 at Texas and Dec. 16 vs. Detroit Mercy at Little Caesars Arena.

Download our Wolverines Xtra app for free on Apple and Android devices!