'Unguardable' Yaxel Lendeborg lands spot on CBS Sports' All-Transfer team
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It was just a few days before Florida would officially put the 2024-25 men's college basketball season in the books when Michigan got a huge boost heading into 2025-26.
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Yaxel Lendeborg, regarded as the top player in the transfer portal, announced he planned to transfer from UAB to Michigan. And, while the Wolverines had to wait it out as Lendeborg contemplated entering the NBA draft, the 6-foot-9, 240-pound do-it-all forward has been as advertised since arriving in Ann Arbor. And then some.
The Big Ten Player of the Year, and an All-America selection, Lendeborg is one of five players named to CBS Sports All-Transfer Team, unveiled Tuesday, as he helps lead Michigan (35-3) into the Final Four, where the Wolverines will play fellow No. 1 seed Arizona (36-2) on Saturday night in Indianapolis.
"Lendeborg is the LeBron of college basketball and a five-tool player in every facet," CBS Sports' Isaac Trotter writes. "The No. 1-rated transfer exceeded all the hype thanks to plenty of patience and some tweaks from Dusty May. Lendeborg's open-floor dunks shake the stanchion, and he's engineered a shooting season very few could have predicted. After draining just 37 triples in two years at UAB, Lendeborg has deposited 64 treys at a 37% clip for Michigan. He's utterly unguardable and one of the top defensive players in the sport."
Lendeborg has stuffed the stat sheet this season, to the tune of a team-high 15.2 points, seven rebounds (second on the team), and 3.3 assists (second), while leading the team in steals and behind only center Aday Mara in blocked shots.
He seems to have only raised his game in the NCAA Tournament, after a quiet first-round game against Howard. In the three games since, Lendeborg is averaging 25 points and 8.3 rebounds per game, including 27 points and seven rebounds in a 95-62 drubbing of Tennessee in the Elite Eight. He's shooting 53% from 3-point range (10 of 19) in those three games.
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This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Michigan's Yaxel Lendeborg lands spot on CBS Sports' All-Transfer team