Dusty May talks transfer portal, roster construction, NIL, and more in 1-on-1 with Sam Webb

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🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Michigan men's basketball coach Dusty May made his way to The Michigan Insider studio Wednesday morning for an exclusive 1-on-1 conversation with Sam Webb. He reflected upon his inaugural season helming the Wolverine program, highlighted by his teams run to the Big Ten Tournament Championship and the Sweet 16. He detailed his approach to roster construction, and importance of recruiting both the roster and the transfer portal, noting the team's improved reception in the portal this year. May emphasized the need for physicality in the Big Ten. He also touched on the challenges of managing player decisions, going in-depth on Tre Donaldson's decision to leave, Danny Wolf's likely departure for the NBA draft, and his desire to have Nimari Burnett back for another season. May also made clear his willingness pursue the best players in the transfer portal despite the risk of losing them to the NBA draft, a clear nod to the recent commitment he picked up from no. 1 overall portal player Yaxel Lendeborg. The conversation concludes with May's participation in the Michigan Softball Academy Home Run Derby. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.6	Michigan Insider inside the studio and you know we do it special when we go live here inside
0:47.0	the studio and glad to be joined by my man my guy our guy fresh on the heels of year one. It is in the books. We are here
0:59.6	live in studio with Michigan basketball coach Dusty May. Dusty, how you doing, man?
1:05.9	Do well, Sam. It's been busy. Seems like now the off-season is busier than the season, but that's a good thing.
1:13.3	Yeah, man, it's no rest for the weary, as they say. No off-season, as you just said,
1:19.8	now more so than ever is not only do you have to recruit the recruits, you got to recruit your roster,
1:31.3	you got to recruit the portal, as you well know.
1:36.2	But Dusty, we got to have some moments of reflection, man.
1:49.0	Because, you know, we look back on a season that, you know, you had to build a roster and you had to get started with constructing it,
1:53.8	you know, piecing together pieces that a lot of people wonder how it was going to fit and really hit the ground running with the staff. A lot of things that had to come together.
1:59.4	I don't know people knew if it was going to come together quite as well as it did,
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