Michigan basketball coach Dusty May sits down for an in-depth interview with The Michigan Insider's Sam Webb. The Wolverines' headman reflected upon cutting his teeth in his first college coaching job at Eastern Michigan, what he's learned about some of the unique challenges recruiting players to Michigan, and the reception he's gotten on the NIL fundraising trail. Attention then shifts to his early impressions of every player on the roster now that they're on campus. May opens up about Jace Howard's decision to stay on and the vote of confidence he got from Juwan Howard. He highlights his defensive philosophy, former players and coaches like Trey Burke and John Beilein who have stopped by to see him in the last few weeks, and much much more.

Table of Contents
00:00 – Introduction
00:48 – Takeaways from first college coaching job at Eastern Michigan
04:01 – The “roadblocks” at Michigan
07:14 – Reception on the NIL fundraising trail
08:55 – “Goal to be best NIL basketball program in the Big 10”
10:29 – Laying the program’s cultural foundation
13:53 – Vlad Goldin affects winning
17:08 – Will Big 10’s physicality alter U-M’s offensive approach?
18:09 – How Vlad Goldin is expanding his game
19:19 – Initial impressions of Roddy Gayle after working with him
20:31 – The full roster isn’t practicing yet
21:48 – Need more assertiveness from Roddy
23:57 – Initial impressions of Rubin Jones after working with him
25:13 – Initial impressions of Tre Donaldson after working with him
26:17 – Initial impressions of Nimari Burnett after working with him
29:32 – Initial impressions of Will Tschetter after working with him
33:24 – Jace Howard deciding to stay at Michigan hits different
35:10 – Juwan Howard pledged his continued support to Dusty/U-M
36:43 – Initial impressions of Sam Walters and Danny Wolf
39:48 – Initial impressions of Durral Phat Brooks, Justin Pippen, and Lorenzo “LJ” Cason
43:09 – Why defensive acumen on the assistant coaching staff was prioritized
46:39 – Michigan’s defensive identity
48:03 – Initial impressions assistant coaching staff after working with them
52:35 – Trey Burke’s visit
54:16 – John Beilein’s visit
56:16 – Getting to know the May family
59:15 – Better get season tickets now because they’ll be harder to get next year
1:00:15 – Schedule for the remainder of the summer

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