Michigan's Dusty May reveals what he learned in first year coaching in Big Ten

Dusty May was hired past offseason to beryllium the Michigan men's hoops manager aft spending six seasons with Florida Atlantic. 

May, 48, was asked astir what helium learned successful his archetypal play successful the Big Ten during a caller quality connected OutKick’s "Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich."

"It was adjacent much carnal and physically demanding than we anticipated. All summer, each clip 1 of our players would kick astir a foul, our effect would be, 'We play successful the Big Ten, you’ve got to play done it,'" May said. 

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Michigan caput manager Dusty May looks connected during the archetypal fractional against Michigan State connected March 9, 2025. (IMAGN)

The Michigan manager said the coaching unit didn’t hole the players good capable for the carnal play. 

"I don’t deliberation we were arsenic intentional capable astatine creating an situation of physicality each day. Whether it was pads, everything we did should person had – there’s nary state of movement. Just giving bodies connected bodies astatine each times, we didn’t hole our guys good enough," May said. 

While May lamented the team’s preparation, helium noted they weren't built to play a carnal game.

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Michigan caput manager Dusty May talks to a referee regarding a telephone during the 2nd fractional against Michigan State connected March 9, 2025. (IMAGN)

"But also, we are not built that way. We person a batch of guys who are precise skilled, and they’re finesse by nature. It’s not arsenic if we recruited to it either we conscionable tried to get the champion players we could successful a tiny window," helium explained.  

The Michigan Wolverines are 22-9 this play going into the Big Ten tournament, and May appeared pleased with the team’s instauration successful his archetypal year.

"We laid a truly beardown foundation, we learned a lot, I learned an unthinkable amount, but those are the things that truly leap out."

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Michigan caput manager Dusty May watches a play against Maryland during the archetypal fractional astatine the Crisler Center successful Ann Arbor connected March 5, 2025. (IMAGN)

May volition look to further physique connected that instauration successful the Big Ten tournament.

The Wolverines are the No. 3 effect successful the Big Ten tourney and volition play their archetypal crippled connected Friday astatine 9 p.m. ET. They volition play the victor of USC and Purdue.

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