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WATCH: Michigan coach Dusty May previews Minnesota, discusses 'hype' Wolverines are receiving, more

clayton-sayfieby:Clayton Sayfie•01/13/25•

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Dusty May
Michigan Wolverines basketball head coach Dusty May has led his team to a 5-0 start to Big Ten play. (Photo by Clayton Sayfie / TheWolverine.com)

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan Wolverines basketball head coach Dusty May met with the media Monday morning following his team’s win over Washington and ahead of Thursday night’s road clash at Minnesota. Watch video of the press conference below.

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Michigan head coach Dusty May

Michigan and Michigan State stand atop the Big Ten standings at 5-0 in league play, and while May is pleased with where his team is at, he’s not satisfied.

“Well, we’re pleased with our start in Big Ten play,” May said in his opening press conference. “We feel like we’re improving week by week. We’ve seen a lot of different styles of play, defenses, offenses, so a lot to learn. We still have a long way to go. I’m excited to get back on the road and see if we can continue to perform well under adverse conditions. But just excited to be moving in the right direction and being healthy this time of year.”

Michigan is the favorite to win the Big Ten regular-season crown, something that many fans didn’t expect in year one under May. The Wolverines talked about aiming for that goal before the season, but now that they’re in the thick of it, all the focus is on the next game.

“Now, no. Absolutely not,” May said of his discussions. “It’s how do we find a way to play as well as we can, one possession at a time, against Minnesota.

“Before the season, we liked our team. I’m not someone that just says I think we can do this if I don’t believe it. Now, I do air on the side of appreciating our players and our staff, and believing in them. So there might be a little bit of, I guess, just bias, because the guys are on your team. But yeah, we felt like we had a group that could compete with anyone in the country. Now, can we beat everyone on any night? We have no idea. We haven’t proven that yet. But we did like our pieces. We felt like we were unique. We felt like we could play a different style that teams didn’t see every night, which makes it difficult to prepare. As you guys know, once you get into Big Ten season, there’s not a lot of preparation you can do.”

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