Michigan basketball makes contact with Colorado transfer J'Vonne Hadley
Michigan Wolverines basketball head coach Dusty May has gotten to work on recruiting both the high school ranks and in the NCAA transfer portal. The latest he’s reached out to is Colorado guard J’Vonne Hadley, who’s played four seasons of college basketball, is a grad transfer and has one year of eligibility remaining.
Hadley began his career at Northeastern (2020-21), appearing in 13 games, before transferring to Indian Hills Community College in Iowa (2021-22) and spending the past two years at Colorado (2022-24).
The 6-foot-6, 205-pounder started 36 games for the Buffaloes last season, helping the 26-11 team that set the program record in wins earn a No. 10 seed and win two NCAA Tournament games — over Boise State in the First Four and Florida in the first round — before falling to Marquette in the round of 32.
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Averaging 34.2 minutes per contest, the St. Paul, Minn., native was fourth on the team with 11.6 points per contest, adding 6 rebounds (second) and 2.4 assists. He scored in double figures on 24 occasions.
Hadley shot 56.5 percent on twos (121-of-214), 41.7 percent on threes (20-of-48) and 83.9 percent at the free throw line (115-of-137) as a senior for Colorado.
Hadley had the fourth-highest usage rate on the team last season. He scored 96 of his 417 points in transition, 63 from post-ups, 63 from cuts and 57 on spot-ups. He had a 60 effective field goal percentage on catch-and-shoot jumpers (16-of-40, all threes), while making 64.7 percent of his shots at the rim.
The Michigan transfer target led Colorado with 5.9 rebounds per game as a junior in 2022-23, adding 8 points and 1.3 assists per contest. He appeared in just 22 outings due to an injury
Hadley has also excelled on the defensive end, posting 1.1 steals per game in 2022-23 an 1.2 in 2023-24. He shot 52.9 percent on twos and missed his lone three-point attempt.
Hadley banged up his hand toward the end of the season and was asked about it following a March 14 win over Utah in the Pac-12 Tournament. It revealed some of his mentality as a player.
“At the end of the day, I’m a dog,” Hadley said. “So no matter what
happens, I know that I want to play at the end of the day. So I’ve got to just toughen up.”
In 2021-22, the Michigan target was named an NJCAA Division I first-team All-American, averaging 10.9 points and 6.2 rebounds per game for Indian Hills CC.
Hadley attended St. Paul (Minn.) Cretin Derham Hall. He was unranked in the class of 2020 before beginning his career at Northeastern.
