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Spike Albrecht
Graduate Assistant
Personal information
Born (1992-08-24) August 24, 1992 (age 31)
Crown Point, Indiana, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High schoolCrown Point
(Crown Point, Indiana)
Northfield Mount Hermon
(Gill, Massachusetts)
College
undrafted
Career history
As coach:
2019–2020Northfield Mount Hermon (H.S., assistant)
2020–2021Louisville (GA)
2021–presentPurdue (GA)

Michael Joseph "Spike" Albrecht (born August 24, 1992[1]) is a former college basketball player who completed his collegiate eligibility as a redshirt fifth year graduate transfer student for the 2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers team. Albrecht played high school basketball in his hometown of Crown Point, Indiana. He played his undergraduate college career for the

2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. He won Big Ten Conference regular season championships with the 2013–14 Wolverines
and 2016–17 Boilermakers.

Early life

At age five, Michael Albrecht, son of Tammy and Charles "Chuck" Albrecht,

Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament. Albrecht was a former Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) teammate of McGary and future Michigan teammate Glenn Robinson III.[8] Albrecht's father was college teammates with Zack Novak's father; a generation later, when Spike Albrecht was an incoming freshman, Zack Novak was Michigan's captain during the 2011-12 season.[9]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Spike Albrecht
PG 		Crown Point, Indiana Crown Point High School (IN)/
Northfield Mount Hermon School (MA) 		6 ft 0.5 in (1.84 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Apr 6, 2012 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 79
Overall recruiting rankings:   ESPN: 112 (PG), 36 (IN)
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "Michigan 2012 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  • "2012 Michigan Basketball Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  • "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  • "2012 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 28, 2014.

College career

Michigan (2012–2016)

Freshman season (2012–2013)

The 2011–12 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team had been co-champions of 2011–12 Big Ten Conference,[10] but lost both of its co-captains, Zack Novak and Stu Douglass, to graduation and three players as transfers.[11][12] The team was returning a nucleus of All-Big Ten players Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr.[13]

Michigan–Minnesota 2013–14 Big Ten season opener

In Albrecht's role with the

Atlanta, Georgia. In the April 6 national semifinal against Syracuse, Michigan emerged with its thirty-first victory, the most since the 1992–93 team went 31–5. The bench contributed 22 points, including 6 from Albrecht, who raised his NCAA tournament total to 5-for-5 on three-point shots.[18][19]

Michigan advanced to the April 8,

three-point shooting, from Albrecht in the game.[20] Albrecht scored 17 first-half points on 4-for-4 three-point shooting.[14] Albrecht made the seven-man All-Tournament team (which was revised multiple times) along with teammates McGary and Trey Burke.[21][22] By the end of the first half of the game, Albrecht had tied Sam Cassell by making his first 9 three-point shots in his NCAA tournament games that season, and USA Today described Albrecht's place in history as "amongst the most unexpected NCAA heroes in history".[3]

Sophomore season (2013–2014)

Albrecht for the
Welsh-Ryan Arena

Albrecht established a career high with 6

2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament before being eliminated by Kentucky.[30]

Junior season (2014–2015)

Albrecht was named co-

rivalry game against Michigan State.[38][39] The March 3 double-overtime loss against Northwestern marked Albrecht's 8th consecutive double-digit scoring game as he picked up the scoring slack in the absence of Caris LeVert and Derrick Walton, who missed their 11th and 9th consecutive games.[40][41] On March 7 against Rutgers, the streak ended, but Albrecht posted a career-high 9 assists.[42][43] In April 2015, Albrecht had offseason surgery on his right hip to correct for a genetic condition.[44][45] On December 2, Albrecht was named an Allstate Good Works Team nominee.[46][47][48]

Senior season (2015–2016)

On December 11, 2015, Albrecht announced he would sit out the rest of the season for the 2015–16 Wolverines team due to injuries. During his career at Michigan, Albrecht played in 115 career games, and was named Michigan's co-MVP during the 2014–15 season, after starting 18 of 31 games and posting a career-best 7.5 points per game, while battling hip problems.[49][50][51] On March 29, Albrecht announced that he would use the graduate transfer option to play a fifth year at another school.[52] On April 1, head coach John Beilein decided not to restrict Albrecht or teammate Ricky Doyle from transferring to schools within the Big Ten if they desired to do so.[53] By April 18, Albrecht was considering interest from home state Big Ten programs Purdue and Indiana as well as Wichita State, Texas A&M, Syracuse, USC, and Milwaukee (where Michigan assistant coach LaVall Jordan had just taken over as head coach).[54][55]

Purdue (2016–2017)

It was announced on May 3, 2016, that Albrecht would play his final year of collegiate basketball at Purdue University.[56] With their win over Indiana on February 28, 2017, Purdue clinched at least a share of the Big Ten regular season championship.[57] With Wisconsin's loss on March 2, Purdue clinched an outright championship, their 23rd championship, the most in Big Ten history.[58]

Coaching career

After earning his graduate degree from Purdue in 2017, Albrecht began his professional career in

Zoom Video.[59] Also in March 2020, Albrecht emailed Louisville's director of men's basketball operations, Kahil Fennell, (as well as someone at Villanova); Fennell responded that same day. Albrecht joined the Louisville staff as a graduate assistant in June.[62]
On May 28, 2021, Albrecht came back to Purdue as a graduate assistant.

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