The question is not would Michigan’s basketball team reach the big dance, it is how far can they go. One year ago the Michigan men’s basketball team hit a low point. The team finished the season 8-24 and finished 14th in the conference. This season under new head coach Dusty May the team finished 14-6 in conference and 26-9 overall.
It has not always been pretty for the men’s basketball team this season, but as the saying goes an ugly win is better than an ugly loss. One thing that Coach May has instilled in his team is to keep grinding in tough games. With that and keeping composure when things start tilting the other way has galvanized the Wolverines.
Michigan won the Big Ten Tournament and was selected as a five-seed for March Madness. The team survived a first-round scare vs UC San Diego and will face Texas A&M next.
So just how far can the Wolverines make it in the tournament? The Sweet 16 is a possibility if the team does not let the moment get too big for them. Something coach May will impress upon his squad. This would be a big boon to a Michigan basketball program that is viewed as being on the rise.
What happens after the team loses is important to the future of the program. Dusty May and his staff must recruit well, Michigan basketball has historically been a strong program since 1970.
Michigan has either won outright or tied for 7-Big Ten titles and made 26 NCAA tournament appearances winning one National Championship in 1989. In other words, Michigan’s basketball program has little trouble selling itself to recruits.
With this season’s dramatic turnaround, May and his staff should have little issue bringing in more talent and stabilizing the program to compete for more Big Ten titles and possibly more.
