WATCH: Dusty May, Michigan players discuss MSU loss, moving on to postseason
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Wolverines basketball head coach Dusty May, graduate center Vladislav Goldin and junior forward/center Danny Wolf met with the media following a 79-62 loss to Michigan State Sunday afternoon in East Lansing.
Watch the full press conferences below.
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Head coach Dusty May
Graduate center Vladislav Goldin
Junior forward / center Danny Wolf
May started by praising the way Michigan State played in the lopsided victory.
“I want to give Michigan State a lot of credit,” May said in his opening statement. “They played with great force, determination and they looked like a team that deserved a Big Ten championship. Their level of sacrifice for each other — they have such great depth. And I’m sure all of those guys would like to play 30, 35 minutes, and they’re splitting the game based on how it’s going.
“We’re still very proud of how we competed in the second half. It was hopefully a good sign going forward, where we managed to take care of the basketball and not give them easy baskets and self inflincted wounds.
“But there’s a great, great divide between first and second place, and we saw that this year. We’re gonna attack this with some humility and try to figure out how we can make a big jump in the next week, before we play in Indianapolis.”
Michigan has lost four of its last six games, including each of the last three, but the regular season is over and the Wolverines are on to the Big Ten Tournament. They’ll play in the NCAA Tournament the following week. May was asked how confident he is that his team will have a turnaround.
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“Well, I have a lot of belief in our guys. We saw some things in the second half, the sense of urgency, the sense of desperation, that we need to play with.
“I think if we can find a way … the last two days in practice, we’ve shot the ball better than we have all year. So, I think that gives us an opportunity to get our confidence back. Confidence is not something you can just speak into existence. You’ve gotta put in your work. There are some things we can do to help.
“But I thought we generated some pretty good shots in the second half. Obviously, Vlad is such a load. I thought some of those kick-out threes were on line, they were straight back at the rim, and they’re just not dropping for us right now. But if you’re not shooting well, then you have to value the ball even more, or early in the year we were shooting well enough, we can overcome some of these turnover issues.”
