How Dusty May quickly retooled Michigan to become the title favorite

Michigan head coach Dusty May joins Jon Rothstein to discuss his path from FAU’s historic Final Four run to quickly rebuilding Michigan into a national contender. May reflects on the lessons from the Final Four, the timing of his move, how this Michigan roster has taken shape, and why he wants the toughest non-conference schedule possible. Plus, insight on key players, locker-room balance, NCAA Tournament seeding, and what it will take for Michigan to make a deep postseason run.

0:00 Intro
0:15 Bike rides to work in Boca Raton
1:00 FAU explosion with Final Four trip
2:30 Keeping FAU group intact
3:45 When he knew he was going to leave FAU
4:45 How much Final Four loss sticks in his head
5:30 What he learned from Final Four experience
7:00 More Final Four learnings
8:10 Biggest difference in being head coach at Michigan vs. FAU
9:05 Surprised by this Michigan start?
10:00 How team has changed throughout the year
11:30 Confidence in offense and defense
12:20 Players Era run
13:20 Does he want a close game to test Michigan"
14:15 Building this Michigan roster
15:45 How they come to understand roster construction
16:55 Keeping locker room balanced
18:00 Bringing back 4 players from Sweet 16 team in 2025
19:15 Yaxel Lendeborg
20:05 Aday Mara
21:25 Elliott Cadeau
22:15 Trey McKenney
23:30 Scheduling Duke in February
25:10 Future non-con scheduling
27:00 Looking ahead at seeding
28:45 Recruit that got away
29:15 Keys for Michigan run

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