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.

[2] He is most well known for his 17-point first half performance off the bench for the 2012–13 Wolverines in the championship game of the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

[9] Sources: 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.

The bench contributed 22 points, including 6 from Albrecht, who raised his NCAA tournament total to 5-for-5 on three-point shots.

[14] Albrecht made the seven-man All-Tournament team (which was revised multiple times) along with teammates McGary and Trey Burke.

[29] The 2013–14 team advanced to the elite eight round of the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament before being eliminated by Kentucky.

[33][34] Then on December 2, Albrecht posted a new career high with 9 assists and broke a 63–63 deadlock with a 31 seconds remaining to lead Michigan to a 68–65 victory over Syracuse.

[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.

[56] With their win over Indiana on February 28, 2017, Purdue clinched at least a share of the Big Ten regular season championship.

[58] After earning his graduate degree from Purdue in 2017, Albrecht began his professional career in medical device sales.