Update:’Dusty May’ Why I Choose Michigan And My Prospects For Michigan Basketball.
Michigan has a new basketball coach after FAU’s Dusty May agreed to terms with the Wolverines ahead of interest from Louisville.
He replaces Juwan Howard following six seasons with the Owls, including consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament and the best record in program history last season after FAU won 35 games and reached the Final Four.
Given Michigan’s 24 losses this season under Howard, May accepted quite an undertaking at a program capable of great success after showing it previously during March Madness.
It starts with getting athletes that fit his system at Michigan through recruiting and the transfer portal and instilling a new mindset for the Wolverines.
Michigan beat out several other college basketball vacancies for May’s services and appear to have made this cycle’s most notable hire up to this point.
Anyone else ready for May’s frenetic pace in Ann Arbor? He likes to go with quick, guard-heavy action offensively and his teams have been known to get after it at the other end of the floor. He calls it “structured chaos”, as described here from The Michigan Insider’s initial report of May’s hire.
How many players will Michigan lose to the transfer portal following May’s hire? Several have already announced their plans previously, but George Washington III was the latest on Sunday to make his intentions known after a disappointing season.
Perhaps Michigan’s new coach can convince Washington to stay and keep this current roster relatively intact ahead of his first campaign.
A former manager at Indiana, May knows the basketball-rich state and certainly will be tapping it for players during his time at Michigan. He’ll be going head to head with the Hoosiers, who run a very different style of play under Mike Woodson.
As closely tied to Michigan as any national insider as a university alumnus, Rich Eisen interviewed May prior to last season’s Final Four appearance with FAU and came away impressed.