Ex-Michigan guard Carlton Brundidge will transfer to University of Detroit

Brundidge was one of three players who opted to leave John Beilein's program after the 2011-12 season.

Forward Evan Smotrycz will continue his career at Maryland, while forward Colton Christian has decided to transfer to Florida International.

The 6-foot-1, 190-pound Brundidge came to Michigan with lofty expectations. He was rated a four-star prospect and the No. 106 player in the 2011 class by Rivals.com -- ahead of eventual co-Big Ten Freshman of the Year Trey Burke.

But Brundidge's promise never turned into consistent minutes during his first and only year in Ann Arbor. The Southfield High School product appeared in just 15 games for the Wolverines, tallying six points in 44 minutes of action.

Brundidge appeared close to cracking Beilein's rotation in mid-December, getting a season-high 13 minutes in a win over Alabama A&M.

"(This season) has been kind of tough," Brundidge said at the time. "But talking to my friends back home and talking with my dad, my brother and my sister, they helped me stay positive.

"And that's one thing that will always be there in my game, I'm always positive."

As the season wore on, it became clear that if Brundidge was going to find playing time, it would have to be as a backup point guard to Burke. Both seniors Zack Novak and Stu Douglass were far ahead of him on the depth chart at the shooting guard position.

A natural shooting guard, Brundidge appeared in five Big Ten games -- but never saw any extended minutes.

After the season, Beilein acknowledged that Michigan didn't expect to have three players leave the program, but did admit that it appears to be just another part of the game.

"We didn't expect all those transfers," he said at the time. "But it happened. We move on so quickly and we just move forward.

"Just like a guy getting his fourth or fifth foul, right? We have to put somebody else in the game."

Brundidge will presumably have to sit out next season for the Titans, per NCAA transfer rules.

Detroit -- which is paced by highly-touted point guard Ray McCallum Jr. -- went 22-14 last season and advanced to its first NCAA Tournament since 1999.

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