Michigan Basketball: John Beilein Isn’t The Devil

Michigan basketball just saw two players decide to transfer, which is a natural part of the sport. Stop making John Beilein out to be the devil.

Within 24 hours, between Sunday night and Monday afternoon, we received news that Michigan basketball would be losing two players to transfer.

ESPN reported late Sunday night that Spike Albrecht has been granted his release from the program and will play somewhere else for his final year of eligibility. (Michigan hasn’t announced this yet.) Then on Monday the university announced sophomore Ricky Doyle will also be transferring.

You didn’t see it so much with the news about Doyle, but when everyone caught wind of Albrecht being cleared to walk away…