Ever since head coach Dusty May came to Michigan, he has referenced physicality frequently.

There was the bridge from FAU to Michigan, which was built after the Owls lost to, a big ten foe,

Northwestern in the NCAA tournament.

And Dusty later referenced that they played a Northwestern team that, quote, out-physicaled us, end quote, during that NCAA

tournament overtime loss for FAU.

To me on radio postgame in Greensboro, after the game two lost to Wake Forest, quote,

we have to become more physical.

We have to embrace the contact.

After the Tarleton State win back in November in his postgame presser, we're going to continue

to stress playing with more pop around the rim and more physicality, more of a mindset of embracing

physicality.

After that blowout lost, that potential fork in the road lost to Purdue in January, quote,

the scout is out, the physicality is bothering us as a group.

The next game, which was that narrow Trey Donaldson rescue over Penn State at Chrysler Center,

Dusty referencing after the game that they, quote, simplified their approach.

We literally put 100% of our focus on passing, catching, getting open,

and then our defensive energy, intensity, and physicality. Following the home went over Purdue

in February in Ann Arbor, quote, to be honest, I'm partly to blame. All summer, I underestimated

the physicality of the Big Ten. And lastly, after the home lost Illinois, he referenced

the Aligni's quote, big, strong physical guys. In a jump ball contest, 15 to 18 feet, they won. It

seemed like all of them. Even the ones we did block out, they were able to get them back,

end quote. I'm sure there are plenty of others, but you get the idea chronologically.

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