Some Michigan basketball fans might still be wondering what this team would have looked like if Dusty May was able to reel in former FAU star Johnell Davis, who ended up going to Arkansas for a big NIL payday.
In more recent memory, the words, ‘Transfer Portal’ may have incited winces amongst the Maize and Blue faithful. Under the previous tenure of Michigan coach Juwan Howard’s regime, the enigmatic, and frustrating comings and goings of players — both potential and realized — often yielded more questions than answers.
There are a few familiar faces on this coaching staff The coaching world, especially at the collegiate level, is all about relationships. In terms of getting jobs, who you know is oftentimes more important than what you know.
During Michigan head coach Dusty May’s press conference on Tuesday, one aspect of his personal basketball profile became very clear— he thinks about the game of basketball through creative and inventive avenues.
Michigan basketball head coach Dusty May has done a stellar job of building the roster for the 2024-25 season. He confirmed in a press conference on Tuesday that there is one scholarship spot available.
We spoke with someone who has seen Goldin’s game up close to get a better picture of what he brings to U-M. There will be a lot of new faces on the Michigan men’s basketball team next season, including center Vlad Goldin, who is transferring after three seasons at Florida Atlantic.
Get ready for a lot of pick-and-rolls and pick-and-pops Throughout this whirlwind of a roster rebuild, I’ve tried to distinguish a pattern among the players that Dusty May has recruited to come to Michigan, via the transfer portal and from the 2024 class.
A roster is finally in place, leading to some surprising levels of optimism. What once looked bleak now seems quite exciting, as Dusty May has completely overhauled the basketball roster.
One of the biggest issues for Michigan basketball under Juwan Howard was roster management. Oftentimes, Howard was good at getting commitments from players who weren’t able to attend Michigan, at least not without losing credits in their transfer.
Dusty May has been a busy man since taking over as Michigan's head basketball coach in late-March. He hustled and put together a phenomenal staff, he hit the ground running on the recruiting trail, which has led to the commitments of three solid high school prospects, and, most importantly, he got after it in the transfer portal.
New Michigan basketball head coach Dusty May has done some impressive work in the transfer portal. Sure, it would have been nice to get Johnell Davis, but it’s hard to complain about his six-man haul.
Michigan basketball received some more good news under head coach Dusty May. May has hit the transfer portal hard since being named Juwon Howard’s successor at the end of March.
Goldin should be one of Michigan’s best players next season Dusty May and the Michigan men’s basketball program have been busy in the transfer portal, and they may have landed one of their best players for the upcoming season.
When Dusty May hired Justin Joyner as an assistant coach, the hire came out of nowhere. For coaches like Akeem Miskdeen, Drew Williamson, and Kyle Church, who had coached with him at Florida Atlantic at different points, a move to join May’s Michigan staff was fairly expected.
Per the official Michigan basketball Instagram account, Nimari Burnett will be back in Ann Arbor to play his final season for new head coach Dusty May.
The Wolverines should be in lockstep with another program who made a high-profile coaching change this offseason. How do you measure the success of a head coach taking over a program coming off its worst season in program history?
If new Michigan head coach Dusty May is going to turn around anything in Ann Arbor on an expedited timeline, he's undoubtedly going to have to rely on the transfer portal.
As we near the end of the 2024 college basketball coaching carousel, let's highlight the best and worst hires.
Michigan basketball head coach Dusty May is still hot as he has now landed Vlad Goldin out of the transfer portal. Goldin played for May at Florida Atlantic and has one year of eligibilty remaining.
Ever since taking over the head coaching job at the University of Michigan just over a month ago, former FAU head coach Dusty May has been a busy man, utilizing the transfer portal to rebuild a Wolverines roster that went 8-24 last season.
After Dusty May was hired at Michigan, most of FAU’s roster decided to enter the transfer portal. This included 2023 AAC player of the year Johnell Davis.
After a flurry of commitments over the weekend that carried into Monday, the Michigan basketball roster is “almost complete” according to head coach Dusty May.
The Michigan basketball program has undergone a ton of changes over the past few months. After Juwan Howard was fired, the Wolverines landed on Florida Atlantic’s Dusty May in a big turn of events.
Dusty May's having a pretty solid April.
Dusty May has high expectations to meet when it comes to bringing the Michigan Wolverines back to its previous relevance. Leading the Wolverines to play winning basketball in the Big Ten is already tough by itself, but the fans want May to bring the team back to its winning ways in the tournament.
Michigan basketball has found its new coach in Dusty May, and the program got some help in landing him.
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