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Why Michigan basketball has a 'chance to be elite' defensively in 2025-26

clayton-sayfieby: Clayton Sayfie06/19/25CSayf23
Michigan Wolverines basketball head coach Dusty May at NCAA Tournament practice in Atlanta. (Photo by Dale Zanine-Imagn Images)
Michigan Wolverines basketball head coach Dusty May at NCAA Tournament practice in Atlanta. (Photo by Dale Zanine-Imagn Images)

Michigan Wolverines basketball ranked 12th nationally for the entire season and sixth in the Big Ten during league play in adjusted defensive efficiency last season, with hopes of finishing even higher in 2025-26, the second season under head coach Dusty May.