Oscar Goodman

Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Position:
F
Height:
6-7
Weight:
235
Hometown:
Opunake, New Zealand
High School:
NBA Global Academy

Career Highlights
• Member of the 2026 National Championship Team
   • Defeated No. 2 seed UConn, 69-63, to claim U-M’s second national title
• Helped U-M to a program-record 37-3 record (2025-26)
   • Set records for most wins (37) and fewest losses (3)
• Helped U-M capture the 2026 Players Era Championship in Las Vegas
   • Rolled to three straight 30+ point wins over three days (+36.7 average margin)
   • San Diego State (94-54; +40), No. 21 Auburn (102-72; +30), No. 12 Gonzaga (101-61; +40)
• Helped U-M secure the 2026 Big Ten regular-season title
   • Posted a program- and Big Ten-record 19-1 conference mark
   • Won title by four games, earning No. 1 seed in Big Ten Tournament
   • Went 10-0 in Big Ten road games, first team to do so in 50 years (Indiana, 1976)
• 2026 NCAA Tournament (No. 3 overall seed; No. 1 Midwest seed)
   • First Round: Defeated No. 16 Howard, 101-80
   • Second Round: Defeated No. 9 Saint Louis, 95-72
   • Sweet 16: Defeated No. 4 Alabama, 90-77
       • Seventh straight Sweet 16 appearance
   • Elite Eight: Defeated No. 6 Tennessee, 95-62
       • Fifth Elite Eight appearance in the last 10 tournaments
   • Final Four: Defeated No. 1 Arizona, 91-73
       • Ninth Final Four appearance
   • National Championship: Defeated No. 2 UConn, 69-63
       • First national title in 37 years (since 1989); second in program history
• Helped U-M win the 2025 Big Ten Tournament title
   • Defeated No. 5 seed Wisconsin, 59-53, to claim U-M's fourth tournament title
   • Advanced with wins over No. 6 seed Purdue (86-68) and No. 2 seed Maryland (81-80)

Season: 2025-26 (Michigan)
• Played in 16 games, all off the bench
   • Collegiate debut against Oakland (Nov. 3): finished with three points, a rebound and an assist
• Averaged 1.4 points, 1.3 rebounds in 5.3 minutes per game
   • Career-high six points vs. Penn State (Feb. 5)
   • Career-high three rebounds (2x): vs. San Diego State (Nov. 24; Players Era) and Rutgers (Dec. 6)
   • Logged nine games of five-plus minutes
       • Career-high 11 minutes vs. Penn State
• Had seven assists, three blocks and a steal
   • Career-high two assists against Rutgers

Season: 2024-25 (Michigan)
• Early enrollee following November prep graduation; joined Michigan for winter semester
• Did not appear in games (not eligible)

New Zealand Basketball
• Competed with New Zealand National Team programs (U15, U16, U17)
• 2025 FIBA U19 World Cup (Switzerland)
• Helped New Zealand to a fourth-place finish
• Averaged 6.4 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists
• Quarterfinal: defeated Switzerland, 84-70 (13 points, 13 rebounds, three assists)
• Semifinal: lost to United States, 120-64 (two points, four rebounds, two assists)
• Third Place: lost to Slovenia, 91-87 (two points, one assist; injured in first quarter)
• 2024 FIBA U17 World Cup (Turkey)
• Helped New Zealand to a fourth-place finish
• Named to All-Star Five; averaged 17.0 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists
• Quarterfinal: defeated Lithuania, 73-65 (19 points, 10 rebounds, three assists)
• Semifinal: lost to United States, 145-65 (6 points, two rebounds)
• Third Place: lost to Turkey, 101-78 (25 points, eight rebounds)
• 2023 FIBA U16 Asian Championship (Qatar)
• Helped New Zealand to a silver medal
• Most Valuable Player and All-Star Five; averaged 14.0 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists
• Quarterfinal: defeated Qatar, 110-33 (23 points, nine rebounds)
• Semifinal: defeated China, 86-69 (14 points, eight rebounds)
• Championship: lost to Australia, 79-76 (12 points, 13 rebounds)
• 2022 FIBA U15 Oceania Championship (Guam)
• Helped New Zealand to a silver medal
• Named to All-Star Five; averaged 11.0 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists
• Semifinal: defeated Guam, 116-70 (two points, one rebound)
• Championship: lost to Australia, 85-74 (13 points, seven rebounds)

Notes
• Attended the NBA Global Academy, a former top development program for elite high school prospects, based at Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, Australia
• Faced Morez Johnson Jr. (USA) in the 2025 FIBA World Cup semifinal and Brandon McCoy Jr. (USA) in the 2024 FIBA World Cup semifinal -- eventual teammates at Michigan