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Oscar Goodman, a forward for the Michigan Wolverines, announced he will return for the 2026-27 season after playing a key role in the national championship team. He aims to prepare for back-to-back titles following a season where he averaged 1.4 points and 1.2 rebounds in 16 games.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 25: Oscar Goodman #5 of the Michigan Wolverines celebrates after his dunk against the Auburn Tigers during the second half of a Players Era Championship basketball tournament game at Michelob ULTRA Arena on November 25, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ian Maule/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Michigan forward Oscar Goodman announced on the Kiwi Hoopers podcast on Tuesday he is returning to the program for his redshirt sophomore season.
The 6-foot-7, 235-pound New Zealander joined the team in Jan. 2025, enrolling early while joining the team from the NBA Global Academy. He redshirted in 2024-25 before playing a key reserve role on the national championship team in 2025-26. Goodman appeared in 16 games, averaging 1.4 points and 1.2 rebounds in 5.4 minutes per contest.
āIām coming back to Michigan,ā Goodman said on the podcast. āā¦Iām just taking a little bit of time off right now. Iām probably going to start working out in the next day or two, get back into that. And then Iām coming home at the end of this month, start of May. Iāll be home for a bit, just see my family, see my mates. And then Iāll come back over (to Michigan) for June workouts, summer workouts and just get ready to try to win back-to-back national championships.ā
Goodman did not shy away from opportunities in his role with the team this season, making 77.8 percent of his shots at the rim, mostly during garbage time of Michigan victories. He had a few highlight dunks, including a poster dunk against Auburn in the Playerās Era Tournament.
Goodman noted that going up against Aday Mara, Yaxel Lendeborg and Morez Johnson Jr. helped his game this past season and that he ādefinitely got a lot betterā because of that.
āBut it was challenging at first. Iāve never been blocked so much before in my life,ā Goodman said. āā¦In my position, I was the youngest. A bunch of the guys had already played four years of college ahead of me, so they had that experience on me, and Morez is just a dawg. He plays so hard, and Iāve kind of stolen that from him in a way. Iām just trying to get that into my game of just going 100 percent all the time. But the skill factor of Yaxel and āRez and Aday is NBA level.ā
Goodman could easily play regular bench minutes next season, especially considering the most notable departure for him, Will Tschetter, is out of eligibility and heading to Australia to play in the NBL1 West. Tschetterās 13.7 minutes per game will need to be spread elsewhere, giving Goodman an opportunity to take over that role.
With Goodman officially back, he joins guards Elliot Cadeau and Trey McKenney as the key returners for the 2026-27 season.
Oscar Goodman averaged 1.4 points and 1.2 rebounds in 16 games during the 2025-26 season.
Oscar Goodman joined the Michigan Wolverines in January 2025 after enrolling early from the NBA Global Academy.
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