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Michigan basketball 'in early contact' with Charlotte PG transfer Nik Graves

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Charlotte point guard transfer Nik Graves had a breakout 2024-25 season. (Photo by William Purnell-Imagn Images)

Michigan Wolverines basketball has made contact with Charlotte point guard transfer Nik Graves, On3’s Jamie Shaw reported. The Maize and Blue have been in touch with several prospects since the transfer portal opened March 24.

Graves spent three seasons at Charlotte from 2022-25 and has one year of eligibility remaining. He is listed as a regular transfer, not a graduate, in the portal, per a source.

The 6-foot-3, 195-pound Durham, N.C., native is the No. 75 overall player and No. 12 point guard in the transfer portal, according to On3.

Shaw reported that Michigan and Louisville are programs that are in contact, but that Seton Hall, Creighton and USC and “three schools to watch.”

Graves, who’s started 73 games over the last two seasons, is coming off a breakout year for the 11-22 49ers. He averaged 17.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. Graves shot 48.8 percent from inside the arc and 33.1 percent on 181 attempts from three-point land. He drew 6 fouls per 40 minutes and cashed in by making 77.1 percent of his free throws.

Graves shot 59.7 percent at the rim, 42.4 percent on other in-the-paint twos and 26.3 percent on mid-range jumpers. Most of his threes came above the break as opposed to in the corner, and he connected on 35.1 percent of those shots.

Graves scored in double figures in 31 of 33 contests in 2024-25, adding two 30-plus point explosions. He had 5 games with 5-plus assists.

The Michigan target registered 10.4 points, 3.1 boards and 2.8 assists per game as a sophomore in 2023-24. He came off the bench and averaged 1.6 points in 8.4 minutes per clash as a freshman in 2022-23.

A three-star recruit in the 2022 class, Graves attended Greensboro (N.C.) Day School for his final two seasons of prep basketball.

Charlotte transfer Jahmir Young is a recent example of an up-transfer from the school having success, with Young becoming an All-Big Ten performer at Maryland and current NBA player with the Chicago Bulls (two-way contract).

Michigan is being proactive in the portal despite being still alive in the NCAA Tournament, set to take on No. 1 overall seed Auburn Friday night in Atlanta (9:39 p.m. ET on CBS).

“We have two staffers that are working almost exclusively on Auburn, and then we’ll have a couple more that are splitting time between the next opponents and fielding calls and putting out feelers, because you don’t know what your roster’s gonna look like until the season’s over,” Michigan head coach Dusty May said on the ‘Inside Michigan Basketball’ radio show.

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