Mike Smith

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
G
Height:
5-11
Weight:
185
Hometown:
Burr Ridge, Ill.
High School:
Fenwick

Who is Mike Smith ...
• Prolific scoring guard with inside/out shooting
• Strong and efficient with strong court awareness
• Tremendous and underrated passing guard
• Valuable leader and brings valuable experience to U-M’s backcourt
• Graduate transfer from Columbia; second in U-M history (Jaaron Simmons, Ohio U)
• Prepped in the Chicago Catholic League, played against Charles Matthews (St. Rita)
• Mentored and friends with current NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler (Miami Heat)

Career Notables
• Played in 120 career games
• Started 119 career games, including his last 75 straight games
• Scored 1,906 career points | Needed 94 for 2,000th in collegiate career
• Scored in double figures in 91 career games
• Posted 43 20+ point games and seven 30+ games
• Dished 542 assists (4.5 apg) in collegiate career

Michigan Career
• Helped U-M to the Big Ten regular season title (2021)
• Helped U-M advance to the NCAA Elite Eight (2021)
• Helped U-M advance to the NCAA Sweet 16 (2021)
   • Overall it was the fourth straight for U-M (2017, ‘18, ‘19, ‘21)
   • Note: 2020 NCAA Tournament was cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

Columbia Career
• Two-time All-Ivy League Second Team (2018, ‘20)
• All-Metropolitan Third Team (2018)
• Started 91 of 92 games; started all 27 games as a freshman
• Scored 1,653 career points, which ranks fourth all-time at Columbia
• Scored in double figures in 78 games; with 43 20+ & seven 30+ games
• Set Columbia’s single-season first-year scoring record (368 points, 2016-17)
• Career Records: assists (2nd; 393), FGA (2nd; 1,413), 3FGA (2nd; 480), FT% (3rd, 82.8%), FG (4th; 581), steals (t-4th; 124), scoring (5th; 17.9 ppg), starts (t-6th; 91), 3FG (7th; 159) and FT (10th; 332)
• Season Records -- points (2nd; 684 in 2019-20), FG (2nd; 250 in 2019-20), FGA (2nd; 580 in 2019-20) and assists (7th; 134 in 2019-20 and 10th; 124 in 2017-18)

Graduate Student (2020-21 | at Michigan)
• Started all 28 games; one of two Wolverines to do so (Franz Wagner)
• Averaged 9.0 points
   • In U-M debut, had 16 points & eight assists against Bowling Green (Nov. 25)
   • Had a season-best 18 points, 2x -- vs. Maryland (March 12) & vs. Texas Southern (March 20)
   • Had 13 double figure scoring games
• Averaged 2.8 rebounds
   • Had a season-high six rebounds at Maryland (Dec. 31)
   • Has 16 games with 3+ rebounds
• Led U-M and Big Ten with 149 assists -- 5.4 per game
   • Had a career-high 15 assists vs. Maryland (March 12)
       • Set the Big Ten Tournament single game record (Derrick Walton, Jr. 12)
   • Posted 10 assists at Minnesota (Jan. 16)
       • First career 10+ assist game
   • Posted 16 games of 5+ assists
• Shot 41.2 percent from the field
   • Had a season-high six field goals, 3x -- Wisconsin (Jan. 12), vs. Maryland & vs. Texas Southern
   • Had 17 games with 3+ field goals
• Shot 41.8 percent on 3-pointers
   • Had a season-high three 3-pointers against Maryland (Jan. 19)
• Shot 79.3 percent (46-for-58) on free throws
   • Had a season-best 7-for-8 line, 2x -- Bowling Green and vs. Ohio State (March 13)
• Averaged a U-M best 31.7 minutes
   • Had 21 games of 30+ minutes; with season-best 38, 2x -- at Maryland (Dec. 31) and vs. Texas Southern

Senior (2019-20 | at Columbia)
• Started all 30 games, one of three Lions players to do so
• Had season cut short after postseason was cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
• Averaged an Ivy League and team-best 22.8 points; No. 6 overall nationally
• Scored in double figures in all 30 games, with 23 20+ games and five 30+ games
• Recorded a career-high 38 points in 2OT at Harvard (Feb. 28); going 17-for-37 FG
• Averaged 4.1 rebounds after recording eight games with 5+ rebounds with a career-best nine, twice -- at St. John’s (Nov 20) and at Delaware ( Dec. 2)
• Averaged a team-best 4.5 assists after recording 14 games with 5+ assists with a season-high nine, twice -- Binghamton (Nov. 13) and at Brown (Feb. 1)
• Led the team with 46 steals (1.5 spg) and free throw shooting 81.3 percent (122-for-150), going 14-for-16 against Albany (Dec. 30) for a career-best
• Averaged 38.1 minutes per game, with 16 games of 39+ minutes and nine games of 40 minutes including a career-high-tying 49 minutes at Harvard (2OT); one of two players to average more than 30+ minutes

Junior (2018-19 | at Columbia)
• Started first eight games of year before suffering season-ending injury against Bryant on Dec. 7 (torn meniscus)
• Averaged 15.8 points per game, scoring in double figures in five games with three 20+ point games and first two 30+ point games of his career with 31 vs. Youngstown State (Nov. 16) and 31 against Delaware (Dec. 2)
• Averaged 5.0 assists per game, with a season-high eight assists, 2x -- at Marist (Nov. 10) and against Colgate (Dec. 5)
• Shot 85.3 percent from the free throw line (29-for-34)
• Averaged 31.8 minutes per game, setting a career-best with 49 minutes in double overtime game against Delaware; one of three players to average more than 30+ minutes

Sophomore (2017-18 | at Columbia)
• Started 26 of 27 games
• Averaged a team-best 17.6 points, ranking second in the Ivy League
• Scored in double figures in 24 games with 11 20+ games including a season-high 28 against Navy (Dec. 10)
• Led the Ivy League and team in assists (4.6 apg; 124) becoming the first Lion to lead the conference since 2006
• Posted 16 games with 5+ assists, including a season-high eight, 2x -- Stony Brook (Dec. 7) and Maine (Dec. 30)
• Shot 84.2 percent from the free throw line (112-for-133), posting season-highs for free throws (13) and attempts (14) against Brown (Feb. 23)
• Averaged a team-best 34.0 minutes per game, with nine games of 39+ minutes including a season-high 43 in overtime at Brown (Feb. 10); only player to average more than 30+ minutes

Freshman (2016-17 | at Columbia)
• Started all 27 games, one of three Lions players to do so
• Averaged 13.6 points per game, second best on team and setting Columbia’s single-season first-year scoring record (368 points)
• Scored double figures in 19 games, with six 20+ games including a season-high 24 against Cornell (Jan. 21)
• Closed the season posting double figures in the final 10 games
• Made 39 3-point field goals, second most on the team
• Averaged a team-best 3.5 assists per game, with 15 games of 4+ assists, including a season-high six, 2x -- Harvard (Jan. 28) and at Harvard (Feb. 17)
• Shot a team-best 82.1 percent (69-for-84) from the free throw line
• Averaged a team-best 31.4 minutes per game, with eight games of 35+ minutes including a season-high 44 in overtime at Dartmouth (Feb. 18); only player to average more than 30+ minutes

Prep Career
• Four-year varsity player at Fenwick in the Chicago Catholic League
• Finished prep career with an 86-28 four-year varsity record
• Second in the 2016 Illinois Mr. Basketball voting to Morgan Park's Charlie Moore (Cal/Kansas/DePaul)
• As a senior, averaged 19.3 points, 4.0 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game and helped Fenwick to a 28-3 record and the 2016 Catholic League Championship, scoring a game-high 27 points in the title game
• Recipient of the 2016 Chicago Catholic League's Tony Lawless Award (North Section)
• Chicago Catholic League first team, North (2016), All-Catholic League North (2014, '15)
• Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Class 3A All-State first team (2016), News-Gazette All-State first team (2016) and Associated Press Class 3A All-State second team (2016)

Personal
• Born October 13, 1997 in Burr Ridge, Illinois
• Son of Amber and Richard Smith
• Enrolled in U-M's School of Social Work
• Earned his undergraduate degree in sociology from Columbia (2020)

Personal Notes
• Trains with mentor and close friend Jimmy Butler (NBA, Miami Heat)