WATCH: Dusty May talks Michigan 3-0 start, turnovers, 2026 recruiting class, more

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan Wolverines basketball head coach Dusty May met with the media Monday morning to discuss his team’s 3-0 start, look ahead to Middle Tennessee State and break down the newly signed 2026 recruiting class. Watch his full press conference in the player at the top of the screen.

Key quotes from Michigan head coach Dusty May

• His opening statement coming off Michigan’s win over TCU and heading into the Middle Tennessee State game: “We’re excited to be back home 3-0 after, obviously, not feeling like we’ve been playing anywhere near our potential or our best. But we feel like we know ourselves a little bit better today than we did a week ago.”

• On what he has learned more about his Michigan team lately, and what he wants to see from the guard play: “Obviously, we need to take care of the basketball, but the turnover piece, I think L.J.’s are a good example, where sometimes he’s getting in the paint — you want paint touches — and we’re not doing a great job of spacing and relocating. Our style is unique, and we are bringing in guys from a lot of different places, so it takes some time. I think that when you look at the guys that are doing it the best are the guys that were here last year. We’re encouraged that based on the good possessions we have had, and comparing them to the poor possessions, that we have some great teaching points.”

• On if it’s possible to go through a season and go game by game with the top five players and best combinations: “I think it’s easier for them if we have a set rotation and we know what’s what. In fact, I can’t imagine it’s not easier for a player. Now, the flip side of it is, I’ve been a part of teams where we felt like we had a lot of parity. We had nine really good players, so when a guy doesn’t have his best stuff. Say, your best player has a 2-for-12 [game], you still find a way to win, you don’t have to count on him, you’re not disappointed in him, and you never feel like this guy or that guy has to carry you to win. You have a cumulative effort, and so we could be that team. We’re still figuring out what our ways of scoring when the game slows down are going to be. We call them ‘cheat codes’ in-house, like, what are our cheat codes going to be? We knew what they were going to be, because we coached Vlad [Goldin]. We didn’t know Danny [Wolf] was going to be as proficient as he was late game. Right now, we’re still trying to figure out what our cheat codes are going to be that, no matter what type of game, we can go to this to calm us down or get a basket or whatever the case.

“Right now, we’re still searching for the right combinations. We’ll probably tinker with the lineup again to find those. We have three games of data now with our roster.”