Our interview with Dusty May: What it's like to build a powerhouse, the Michigan St. rivalry and what he misses about FAU
Eye On College Basketball
CBS Sports
4.6 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Dusty May joins Matt Norlander to discuss the masterpiece that is this year's Michigan roster, post-game celebrations and the differences between FAU and Michigan. Dusty also details his program's participation in the "Made for March" documentary series and Michigan's rivalry with Michigan State.
(0:00) Intro + Michigan on Made for March
(1:20) Having cameras around the program and why Michigan agreed to do it
(3:45) The cadence of having a camera crew around
(5:00) What might people learn about this Michigan team from the documentary?
(6:20) Let’s talk about Yaxel Lendeborg & how he got to Michigan
(9:30) The plan for LJ Cason
(10:45) How Michigan was able to put together a roster like this
(13:35) Morez Johnson: “One of my favorite players I’ve ever coached”
(15:40) The genesis of the celebrations in post game
(17:30) Dusty May now vs. as a junior in college
(18:30) Being part of a team that is as good as this one
(21:15) “I miss the innocence of that level” - reflecting on his time at FAU
(22:40) What is an improvable piece of college basketball?
(25:40) Pushing back the opening of the portal
(29:00) The rivalry with Michigan State
(31:50) Which is harder? an FAU Final Four or everything that comes with the Michigan job?
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| 0:45.2 | Dusty May joining the show today. |
| 0:46.9 | And we, obviously, if you listen to the show, you take it in. |
| 0:49.2 | You know we don't do a lot of coaches' interviews. |
| 0:51.3 | We know a majority of our audience comes to the pods because they like the dynamic between me and GP. But self, dusty, these are really great talkers, informative |
| 1:01.0 | coaches. They don't filter themselves too much on the record. And the fact that they both said yes |
| 1:05.4 | to these documentaries, this docu-series here with religion of sports, you know, teaming up with Paramount Plus, which is producing the series, going to air on CBS. I wanted to highlight, you know, that. And also, we're getting them right on the precipice of going into the postseason. So I hope you enjoy this. We're trying to give you a little bit more on the pod side here and there, vary up the content. A reminder on the Made for March series. |
| 1:28.3 | It's going to debut on Paramount Plus on Saturday, April 4th. |
| 1:31.8 | And when it happens, it's going to be giving you inside access on Kansas and Michigan within the same episodes. |
| 1:37.6 | There's going to be four of them. |
| 1:38.5 | The first one will be April 4th at noon eastern. |
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