WATCH: Dusty May, Michigan players react to blowout win over Cleveland State
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan Wolverines basketball head coach Dusty May, junior forward/center Danny Wolf and junior guard Tre Donaldson met with the media following a 101-53 win over Cleveland State to open the season Monday night at Crisler Center. Watch video of the press conferences below.
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It was military appreciation day at Crisler Center, and May opened up his press conference thanking those who have served.
“Thank you to all military personnel and those who serve. What a great cause to start the season for our program. Overall, very pleased with the team effort. I thought we had great competitive spirit, our fans were great.
“Overall, just a good, solid performance starting the year.”
Michigan’s defense held Cleveland State to only 30 percent shooting from the field.
“Cleveland State is different than the team’s we’ve played,” May noted. “They have downhill driving athletes, and the first couple minutes of the game, they got into the paint. They made a couple tough shots. They banked in an 18-footer or whatnot. I thought our guys then adjusted and kept their bodies closer to the basketball and supported each other in the gaps. We were much more active off the ball than we had been to this point.
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“And sometimes you just need game reps to improve on weaknesses. So if you’re very intentional and you have an intelligent group, which we do, we should be able to improve every single game, even when we’re not playing well offensively or the other team has a good shooting performance — whatever. You’re trying to build to have the best habits by January, February or March, when it really matters.”
Michigan had 22 assists on 39 made buckets, sharing the ball well.
“As far as our unselfishness and sharing the ball, I would grade us at an A-,” May said. “We have guys that enjoy passing the ball. They’ve always taken pride in playing the game the right way, and that’s not always easy to do when you build a lead and you get a lot of attention for the numbers.
“For our team, I don’t think anyone was hunting numbers. They were simply trying to take what the game gave them, and that’s a good sign. As long as we don’t change, then we should be able to score on most nights.”
