{"id":707780,"date":"2026-04-11T00:36:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T00:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/707780\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T00:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T00:36:24","slug":"trey-mckenney-signs-to-return-to-michigan-for-sophomore-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/707780\/","title":{"rendered":"Trey McKenney signs to return to Michigan for sophomore season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/umhoops.com\/2026\/04\/10\/trey-mckenney-agrees-to-terms-to-return-for-sophomore-season\/&amp;t=Trey McKenney signs to return to Michigan for sophomore season', 'facebookShare', 'width=626,height=436'); return false;\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"><\/p>\n<p>Share<\/p>\n<p><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Trey McKenney signs to return to Michigan for sophomore season -&amp;url=https:\/\/umhoops.com\/2026\/04\/10\/trey-mckenney-agrees-to-terms-to-return-for-sophomore-season\/', 'twitterShare', 'width=626,height=436'); return false;\" title=\"Tweet This Post\"><\/p>\n<p>Tweet<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Print this post\"><\/p>\n<p>Print<\/p>\n<p><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:?subject=Trey McKenney signs to return to Michigan for sophomore season&amp;BODY=I found this article interesting and thought of sharing it with you. Check it out: https:\/\/umhoops.com\/2026\/04\/10\/trey-mckenney-agrees-to-terms-to-return-for-sophomore-season\/\"><\/p>\n<p>Email<\/p>\n<p><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#disqus_thread\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Michigan freshman Trey McKenney is returning to Ann Arbor for his sophomore season, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeteThamel\/status\/2042723982705586235\" rel=\"nofollow\">as first reported by ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McKenney averaged 9.9 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 0.9 assists in 22.1 minutes per game as a freshman. He was one of the best bench players in the Big Ten and earned a spot on the All-Big Ten Freshman team.<\/p>\n<p>He hit 12 threes in the NCAA Tournament, including the biggest shot of the National Championship late in the second half against UConn.<\/p>\n<p>McKenney\u2019s return should solidify him as one of the featured pieces in Michigan\u2019s offense, as he\u2019s in line for a significantly bigger role as a sophomore. He\u2019s the second Wolverine to announce his return, <a href=\"https:\/\/umhoops.com\/2026\/04\/09\/elliot-cadeau-agrees-to-deal-to-return-to-michigan-for-senior-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">joining starting point guard Elliot Cadeau<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-171694 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"752\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tmc.png\"  data- data-eio-rwidth=\"752\" data-eio-rheight=\"761\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/full-width-2x-with-box-1.png\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Share Tweet Print Email Michigan freshman Trey McKenney is returning to Ann Arbor for his sophomore season, as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7],"class_list":{"0":"post-707780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116383280136789841","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}