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Just like every big-event gathering of college administrators and coaches, there will be a lot of posturing and pontificating here at this Final Four about student-athlete welfare. At Michigan, guard Spike Albrecht is completing his undergraduate degree this semester. Part of the reason for this is the fact that Albrecht has been recruited over – there would be no room for him at Michigan as a fifth-year player, something coach John Beilein made clear months ago, before Albrecht redshirted this season to have double hip surgery.