It's difficult to know what to expect going into a college basketball exhibition, really in any

circumstance. But then you consider that we're still more than two weeks away from Michigan's

first regular season game, which is a bit of a change from what we at least got to peek at publicly

in terms of a Michigan team facing another program in an exhibition, secret scrimmage, whatever.

Oftentimes, in the Juan Howard era, in the John B-Line era, there was a non-D-1 exhibition at Chrysler Center

just a few days before the regular season began, and that was our only peak behind the curtain, if you will.

Then you throw in the fact that this is an entirely new program, very different roster,

almost entirely different staff, and a new head coach in Dusty May.

But in terms of what I was hoping to see, I think what a lot of fans were hoping to see,

heading into Michigan's ultimate win over Oakland at Little Caesar's Arena,

was that some of the vibes, some of the press clippings, the quotes, the roster analysis,

that it would fit with what we saw.

All of the lead up this spring, summer, into the fall, has been pretty positive.

Michigan coming off its worst season in terms of winning percentage since 1960

needed an influx, needed a change, needed a bunch of changes, and that certainly took place.

But then you think about some of the things we heard heading into the season when Dusty May got

hired. He wanted to run an NBA-style up-tempo

approach offensively. He wanted to have multiple ball handlers on the court at the same time.

He wanted to have a really good point guard and a really good center, and he focused on those

at the beginning stages of his recruiting

once he got the job.

And he wanted to have a balanced rotation with a lot of different options who were able to

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