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The sports world is abuzz across southeastern Michigan.
To start the week, the Detroit Lions topped the Seattle Seahawks, 42-29, on Monday Night Football. Then, the Detroit Tigers took the baton, went into Houston and swept the Astros to win their American League wild-card series and advance to the ALDS for the first time since 2014.
Oh, and Michigan football is about 48 hours away from a national championship rematch with Washington.
With so much going on elsewhere, it would be hard to blame anybody for not knowing the college basketball season (as it often does) has snuck up on us. Wednesday and Thursday marked the unofficial kickoff of the season with Big Ten media days held in Rosemont, Ill. near Big Ten headquarters just outside of Chicago.
U-M’s new men’s basketball head coach Dusty May shakes hands with students section Maize Rage members during an introductory press conference at Junge Family Champions Center in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.
It’s the first for new U-M head coach Dusty May (who threw out the first pitch at the final Tigers game of the regular season on Sunday), who sat down on Big Ten Network on Thursday morning and detailed some of his thoughts and expectations ahead of his first season leading the Maize and Blue.
“When you look at our roster, we got guys out of the portal that came from winning programs that were well-coached,” May said. “Freshmen have impressed, too. A little bit different than what we had at FAU.
“Everybody we brought in from the portal came from a winning program.”
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May is no stranger to success or program building: He led the Owls to a Final Four in 2023 and back to the NCAA tournament last season, where they fell to Northwestern in overtime in an 8 vs. 9 game.
May sat with Illini coach Brad Underwood on Thursday for a roundtable, when the man who poached U-M’s former strength coach praised May’s most recent team.
“Dusty’s FAU team was as…
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Author : Detroit Free Press
Publish date : 2024-10-03 17:19:44
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