Newsstand: Dusty May pushes back against plateau narrative
The Michigan Wolverines have not played their best basketball over the last month or so despite remaining in the race for the Big Ten Conference regular season championship. That said, the program is not giving much oxygen to any narrative out there suggesting that the team has plateaued or peaked too early.
Head coach Dusty May said as much on Monday when asked if he thought that his team has evened out since its hot start early in the season.
“Yeah, I mean, I think that Michigan State is a good team,” May said on Monday in Ann Arbor. “I mean, I think teams like that cause you to not look your best. I think Illinois is a really good team. Rutgers has two guys that are gonna be picked in the top four of the draft. So I do think our opponents have something to do with how we’re looking right now. I like to give those guys credit. And so, but are we playing our best basketball? Absolutely not, but gotta make some shots. We gotta finish better. We gotta defend better. We gotta rebound better. We gotta coach better. We gotta do everything better. And I just love the fact that we’ve responded when we’ve been in these situations in the past.”
Michigan is back on the court on Wednesday night with a contest scheduled for 6:30 p.m. against the Maryland Terrapins at home.
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“You hope that they’re a little bit better than what they’ve shown. If they can get to like 35%, then this can be a good basketball team. And I think they’ve got better shooters than they’ve shown, but it’s all, it’s all upstairs with the confidence, right? You’ve got to have that if you want to be a good shooting team. So it was a disappointing loss, but an opportunity against Maryland to right the ship.”
– TheWolverine.com’s Chris Balas on Michigan’s opportunity to get back on track Wednesday vs. Maryland
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