Dusty May diabolical answer after win: Get me to 2027 Final Four in Detroit
Dusty May and Tom Izzo both were already looking toward the 2027 Final Four in Detroit after their final game of the season. Coaches are maniacs.
Coaches are maniacal. It's obvious with UConn's Dan Hurley, the sauntering, screaming, head-butting a referee, offensive basketball genius and two-time NCAA champion. For Michigan's Dusty May , it's more subtle.
But he's just as diabolical in his own way. In the celebration on the court after the Wolverines completed a 37-3 season in May's second year on the job with a national title, the Free Press caught up with the coach for a few questions. So what was May thinking in the moment?
"Put us in your mind in this moment. What's going on? " Free Press sports writer Tony Garcia asked May, seen in the video at the top of the page, on the Lucas Oil Stadium court in Indianapolis.
May, sporting a new national champions hat worn backwards, paused thoughtfully for a few seconds, moving his head from side to side. "We're 365 days from the Final Four in Detroit, national championship next year," May answered, his face moving from serious to a smile then to laughter. An answer only a coach would give.