But UofM did win the Big. ?
Congrats guys. The best team of the NIL era and one of the 3-5 best teams of my college hoops watching lifetime (1988 onward).
Thank you. The last time a big 10 team won the championship was 10 years before I was born so I’m probably not the most qualified to say this but Michigan’s win total and overall numbers indicate that this Michigan team is the best big 10 team in history.
Behind the scenes on a night Michigan basketball will always remember
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In the moment, though, May wasn’t just reveling; he was revealing, and he was sad. Because even a championship arrives with a season’s end, and no amount of elation or celebration prevents its finality: the last practice, last meal, last game.
Or, said May, “the last time your team is going to be together.”
The small profundity came as he stood there, atop a confetti-drenched court, sporting a backwards baseball cap, his usual rasp a bit raspier.
Don’t get him wrong. This was the highlight of his professional life, and he was grateful, and humbled.
He’s a coach first, though, a teacher. The best of them revel in the quotidian, too, the grind, the bus rides and film sessions and verbal jousting after a practice, the ribbing, the bestowing of nicknames. The minutiae that stack up day by day and propel a basketball team – any team.
May had enjoyed this group as much as any he’d ever led.
Michigan basketball: Looking ahead at Dusty May’s roster for 2026-27
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I think that Dusty used the portal wisely to get the team built in his first two years with all they lost when he came in. Add in he realized after year one that the team needed to be more physical to compete in the B1G which led to the specific additions to address that lack of physicality. Now you see the #2 rated recruiting class coming in, guy can recruit guy can coach. UM Bball is in a great place going forward. Then you look at McCollum at IA as a new younger successful coach in the B1G and the conference will continue to be tough going forward.
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Incoming freshmen
G Brandon McCoy
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Hometown/school: Bellflower, California/Sierra Canyon.
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Height/weight: 6-5, 190.
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Stats: 21 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks
F Quinn Costello
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Hometown/school: Boston/The Newman School.
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Height/weight: 6-10, 195.
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Stats: 16.4 points, 8.1 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.1 steals per game (As of February)
SG Joseph Hartman
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Hometown/school: Gainesville, Florida/The Rock School.
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Height/weight: 6-6, 193.
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Stats: N/A
S Malachi Brown
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Hometown/school: Knoxville, Tennessee/Knoxville Catholic.
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Height/weight: 6-5, 185.
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Stats: 15.9 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.2 steals, 1.5 blocks
C Marcus Moeller
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Hometown/school: Denmark/Unicaja Malaga (Spain).
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Height/weight: 7-3, 230.
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Stats: (Missed most of the season after cancer diagnosis)
SF Lincoln Cosby
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Hometown/school: Atlanta/Montverde Academy (Florida).
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Height/weight: 6-8, 195
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Stats: N/A
The buzz: The Wolverines have the nation’s No. 2 class of 2026 (behind only Duke), and it’s not hard to understand why considering the players the commits have been compared to. Costello, a McDonald’s All-American shot up the recruiting ranks based on a shooting touch considered better than fellow New Englander Cooper Flagg. McCoy, a top-five point guard recruit, has been called “a bigger Jrue Holliday” and compares to Stephon Castle. Cosby is said to have “a lot of Chris Bosh similarities.” One note for the incoming class: Moeller, a 7-footer seemingly in the mold of Mara, stepped away from his Spanish team in January to return to Denmark for treatment for testicular cancer.
Every word of that is dead on.
yep game has changed but hasn’t changed. I mean buying players with cash under the table or ‘gifts’ to family was always the dirty secret. now it’s just out there. just gotta pay the right ones now.
so now it’s just a different level of pro bball and football.
Yep, those SEC car dealerships just don’t go as far as they used too.
As a Michigan fan, I love that Michigan won the championship. Had they scored 85-90 points and blew out UConn, I’d be on board with the “best ever” talk. I’m more in the “one of the best ever” camp.
In today’s transfer portal world, assembling a starting 5 of transfers is not an easy thing to do. Getting 5 guys from various programs, taking a back up center, a back up forward and turning them into star starters. Yaxel going from being a small school star to a NBA lottery pick. Getting Cadeau to run the show and adding a 5th year senior SG to bring it all together.
The players are the ones on the court but the entire organization came together on this one.
