Michigan coach Mike Boynton blasts 'nonsense' tampering claims

Tell 'em how you really feel, Mike. Even in the aftermath of Michigan basketball's national championship, rival fans have done their best to try to invalidate the outcome, claiming that not only did the Wolverines somehow win illegitimately, but that there was something nefarious afoot. The thruline from the regular season dominance to now has come mostly from in-state, where a certain fanbase has claimed -- without a shred of proof and nothing but insinuation -- that head coach Dusty May assembled the maize and blue team that just won the national championship through illegal means, particularly tampering.

But Michigan assistant coach Mike Boyton is having none of it. He spoke with Matt Norlander at CBS Sports about the allegations, and he spelled everything out pretty succinctly across three quotes. "It's nonsense," Michigan assistant Mike Boynton told CBS Sports.

"I wish people would just write the truth. People are fairly envious of Dusty, and it's because we're doing this. The truth of the matter is most of the people who are frustrated or angry or talking (expletive deleted) online are Michigan State fans, Ohio State fans, because Dusty came in and instead of trying his hardest to keep every player on an 8-24 team, he allowed the guys who wanted to leave to leave, and so then, what do you do?

Who do you recruit to play at Michigan in April, six high school kids? No. So we went out and tried to be competitive (in the portal) and we were.