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Five thoughts on Dusty May to the NBA, and where Michigan goes from here

Dusty May is headed to the Dallas Mavericks, and Michigan finds itself without a head basketball coach in late June. The Wolverines won the National Championship a couple of months ago and were cruising through the offseason with a top-ten roster. Now, they have to find a new leader and hope that he can keep the train on the tracks.

It’s a seismic move that will lead to the program’s third reset in the last decade — a cycle that started when John Beilein was the last college coach to head to the NBA.

Here are five thoughts on May’s decision, his two-year era in Ann Arbor, and what Michigan can do next.

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