Florida Atlantic transfer Vlad Goldin reuniting with Dusty May at Michigan

Michigan basketball coach Dusty May has added a massive piece to the roster.

Vladislav Goldin will be following May from Florida Atlantic and joining the Wolverines as a grad transfer, making Ann Arbor the final stop of his college career.

The news was first reported Monday by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski in a social media post, which was reposted by multiple Michigan assistants and the Michigan basketball program's official X account.

Goldin is among several former FAU players who entered the transfer portal this offseason. But the 7-foot-1 big man, who has withdrawn from the NBA Draft after declaring earlier this month, is the first — and likely only — Owl to reunite with May at Michigan.

As a senior, Goldin took a big step forward in his third year as a starter at Florida Atlantic. He averaged 15.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game while shooting 67.3% from the field — all career-high marks — and earned second-team All-AAC honors.

Goldin has proven himself against high-major competition during the last two seasons. During Florida Atlantic’s run to the Final Four in 2023, he had a 14-point, 13-rebound performance in an Elite Eight win over Kansas State.

This past season, he scored in double figures against Texas A&M (10 points), Virginia Tech (14) and Illinois (23) during the regular season and recorded 19 points and nine rebounds in FAU’s NCAA Tournament loss to Northwestern.

Before playing for May at FAU, where Goldin averaged 10.9 points and 6.1 rebounds in 107 games, the Russia native spent the first season of his college career at Texas Tech.

Goldin gives Michigan a second 7-footer on its retooled roster, along with Yale transfer and All-Ivy League center Danny Wolf. However, the two have different skill sets.

Wolf is a pick-and-pop threat who can space the floor and stretch opposing defenses, given he was a 33.6% 3-point shooter (36-for-107) during his two seasons at Yale. Goldin, on the other hand, is more of a throwback type of big who does most of his damage in the post and hasn’t attempted a single 3-pointer in 117 career games.

Goldin is the sixth addition from the transfer portal and joins a group that includes guards Tre Donaldson (Auburn), Roddy Gayle Jr. (Ohio State) and Rubin Jones (North Texas), forward Sam Walters (Alabama) and Wolf.

He’ll also be the ninth new face on the roster, along with a three-man 2024 recruiting class that consists of three-star guards Durral Brooks and Lorenzo Cason and four-star guard Justin Pippen.

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