Dylan and Eric react to Michigan winning the National Championship on Monday night in Indianapolis. They discuss what it says about Dusty May and the program that he’s put together and why Michigan is in such a strong position to build off of this early success. From there, they dive into some of the key pieces on the roster and roster-building decisions that Michigan and May made to get to this point.
The UM Hoops Podcast · Episode 250 · 1:19:35
Show notes
Dylan Burkhardt and Eric Shapiro recap Michigan's national championship win over UConn. They call it an ugly game won on defense, with Yaxel Lendeborg playing hurt, and argue the title came from unselfishness, role buy-in and a 10-0 Big Ten road record.
The rest of the episode goes player by player: Elliot Cadeau's Most Outstanding Player run, Aday Mara's growth, Lendeborg's draft stock, the three seniors, Trey McKenney and Morez Johnson. They close on Dusty May, John Beilein's foundation and why May's roster building looks set to continue.
- national championship
- dusty may
- unselfishness
- elliot cadeau
- aday mara
- yaxel lendeborg
- transfer portal
- draft decisions
Worth hearing
9:23 · What the title says about Dusty May
“I don’t know in this moment of NIL and the transfer portal who you would take as a coach of any program than Dusty May right now.”
Eric Shapiro
35:04 · Elliot Cadeau, Most Outstanding Player
“Elliot Cadeau made this team what it was. And I don’t think this team, this roster build ever works without a player like him.”
Dylan Burkhardt
1:09:33 · Beilein's foundation and May's future
“Dusty just gets how to make this work in an era when 40% of the coaches just don’t even really want to make it work.”
Dylan Burkhardt
1:15:40 · Beilein's foundation and May's future
“I think Dusty this season reached a level of success that we would have never imagined Beilein reaching, just because I don’t think that was ever going to scale up to just go out and recruit the best players in the sport every year.”
Dylan Burkhardt
45:52 · Yaxel Lendeborg's year and draft stock
“Michigan kind of re-envisioned an entire role for him to play offensively than he’d ever played before. And it’s not that easy to do that.”
Dylan Burkhardt
25:58 · 10-0 on the road versus six tournament wins
“Michigan’s just the 4th champion ever to have a better defensive rating than offensive rating. And that really was the hallmark of this team.”
Eric Shapiro
58:43 · Trey McKenney's dagger and next year
“Having him come off the bench was a cheat code for this team.”
Dylan Burkhardt
Chapters
- Intro and recovering from the title
- What the title says about Dusty May
- Michigan's dominance and the UConn game
- 10-0 on the road versus six tournament wins
- Elliot Cadeau, Most Outstanding Player
- Aday Mara's growth
- Yaxel Lendeborg's year and draft stock
- The seniors: Tschetter, Gayle, Burnett
- Trey McKenney's dagger and next year
- Morez Johnson's physicality and future
- Beilein's foundation and May's future
Games discussed
- Michigan vs. UConn W 69-63
- Michigan vs. Arizona W 91-73
- Michigan vs. Wisconsin W 68-65
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29 repliesJoin the discussionadamsmit86
Dylan: How did Michigan win a national championship?
Eric: They outscored 6 straight opponents.
[end episode]
umhoops
insert ramble for 75 minutes.
BigBoutros
It would be funny to hear Dylan burst into tears
hack
That’s a good title for a podcast
eric_shap
I teed @umhoops up to get reflective… you’ll have to hear what he said