Michigan lures May away from FAU; Marquette, Purdue advance
Florida Atlantic’s Dusty May has been hired as the new men’s basketball coach at Michigan, the latter school announced Sunday morning.
May agreed to a five-year contract with an average value of $3.75 million annually.
May, 47, replaces Juwan Howard, who was fired on March 15 after five seasons with the Wolverines.
Michigan limped to an 8-24 overall record, marking the school’s worst percentage (.250) since 196061 and the most losses in program history. The Wolverines dropped their ninth straight decision with a 66-57 setback to Penn State in the first round of the Big Ten conference tournament.
The mission for May, who served as a student manager under coach Bob Knight as an undergraduate at Indiana, is to get Michigan back on track.
“The University of Michigan is among the elite institutions in the world, and it is both an honor and privilege to be named its head men’s basketball coach,” May said in a statement. “This is a dream come true for me, my wife Anna, and my boys Jack, Charlie and Eli.
“... This was an incredibly difficult decision, however, I am deeply committed to reigniting the proud tradition of Michigan basketball. I can’t wait to get started.”
May won 60 games the past two seasons at FAU, leading the Owls to the Final Four in 2023. FAU lost in the first round of this year’s tournament as a No. 8 seed to Northwestern.
Overall, May went 12669 in six seasons at FAU. His .822 winning percentage the past two years was the fifth best in Division I, according to ESPN.
May started his coaching career at Eastern Michigan in the 2005-06 season.
“For almost two decades, Dusty May’s proven track record as a winner, including Florida Atlantic’s magical run to a 2023 Final Four, speaks volumes about him and his coaching,” Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said.
“... With his ties to the Midwest, Dusty has a deep understanding of our community, recruiting landscape and basketball tradition. I am thrilled to bring in a coach who has a demonstrated ability to develop talent and build successful programs. I believe Dusty will be an exceptional leader for our student-athletes and a tremendous asset to our basketball program and university.”
SUNDAY’S GAMES
South Region — No. 2 Marquette 80, No. 10 Colorado 77: Tyler Kolek recorded 21 points, 11 assists and five rebounds to lead the second-seeded Golden Eagles over the Buffaloes at Indianapolis.
David Joplin secured the win by making two free throws with 7.4 seconds remaining to send the Golden Eagles (27-9) to the
Sweet 16. Marquette will face No. 11 North Carolina State on Friday in Dallas.
“I’m just so grateful for our guys, the way they hung in there. Colorado made a heck of a run. That’s about as good of a 10 seed as I’ve ever seen in my life,” Marquette coach
Shaka Smart said. “Down the stretch we got enough defensive stops to win the game. It certainly wasn’t our best defensive half, but the activity that our guys had throughout the game was disruptive enough, and then two huge, huge free throws by David Joplin.”
Kam Jones scored 16 of his 18 points in the first half to lead the Golden Eagles to an 11-point lead at halftime.
Tristan da Silva’s threepointer from the top of the circle tied the game for Colorado at 74-74 with 4:02 remaining.
Coming out of a timeout,
Chase Ross hit a threepointer from the left wing to give Marquette the lead before KJ Simpson answered to draw the Buffs within one.
Kolek drove the paint with a one-handed floater to give the Golden Eagles a 79-76 lead. Cody Williams had a chance to bring Colorado back within one with 21.2 seconds left but converted only the back end of two free throws.
“We know what’s at stake. This isn’t a time to be joking around,” Kolek said. “I like to have fun, but when it comes to crunch time, you’ve got to be serious. It’s win or go home. That’s all it is.”
Simpson, who won Friday’s game against Florida with a buzzer-beating sideline jumper, led Colorado (26-11) with 20 points. da Silva added 17 for the Buffaloes, who fell just short of reaching the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1969.
Midwest Region —
No. 1 Purdue 106, No. 8 Utah State 67: Zach Edey once again dominated with 23 points, 14 rebounds,
Saturday
Illinois 89, Duquesne 63
Iowa St. 67, Washington St. 56
Regional Semifinals
Thursday, Times TBA
Iowa St. vs. Illinois
UConn vs. San Diego St. or Yale
SOUTH REGIONAL
Second Round
Marquette 81, Colorado 77
Duke vs. James Madison
Houston vs. Texas A&M
Saturday
N.C. St. 78, Oakland 73 (OT)
Regional Semifinals
Friday, Times TBA
Houston-Texas A&M winner vs. Duke-James Madison winner
N.C. St. vs. Marquette
MIDWEST REGIONAL
Second Round
Purdue 106, Utah St. 67
SATURDAY
Creighton 86, Oregon 73 (2 OT)
Gonzaga 89, Kansas 68
Tennessee 62, Texas 58
Regional Semifinals
Friday, Times TBA
Gonzaga vs. Purdue
Tennessee vs. Creighton
WEST REGIONAL
Second Round
Alabama vs. Grand Canyon
Baylor vs. Clemson
Saturday
Arizona 78, Dayton 68
North Carolina 85, Michigan St. 69
Regional Semifinals
Thursday, Times TBA
Arizona vs. Baylor-Clemson winner
North Carolina vs. Alabama-Grand Canyon winner
Second Round
VCU at South Florida
Georgia 72, Wake Forest 66 Indiana St. 76, Minnesota 64 Iowa at Utah
Boston College at UNLV
First Round
Cleveland St. 51, N. Colorado 49 Fairfield 82, Little Rock 75 Montana 82, Presbyterian 79 (OT) Evansville vs. Quinnipiac
PORTLAND 4
Second Round
Stanford vs. Iowa St. Texas vs. Alabama Monday
NC State vs. Tennessee, 4 Gonzaga vs. Utah, 10:30
three blocks and two steals to lead the top-seed Boilermakers over the Aggies.
Purdue (31-4) advances to play No. 5 seed Gonzaga on Friday in Detroit.
Lance Jones and Trey Kaufman-Renn sparked a 20-6 uprising to open the second half, turning a 16point lead to 30. Purdue didn’t let its foot off the gas in the second half, building the lead as high as 41.
Kaufman-Renn finished with 18 points and eight rebounds, while Fletcher Loyer added 15 points for Purdue went 8 of 14 from
ALBANY 1
Second Round
Oregon St. 61, Nebraska 51
South Carolina 88, North Carolina 41
Monday
Notre Dame vs. Mississippi, 2
Indiana vs. Oklahoma, 6:30
First Round
Saturday
Oklahoma 73, Florida Gulf Coast 70
Indiana 89, Fairfield 56
Mississippi 67, Marquette 55
Notre Dame 81, Kent St. 67
ALBANY 2
Second Round
LSU 83, Middle Tennessee 56
Kansas St. vs. Colorado
Monday
Iowa vs. West Virginia, 8
UCLA vs. Creighton, 8:30
First Round
Saturday
Creighton 87, UNLV 73
Iowa 91, Holy Cross 65
UCLA 84, Cal Baptist 55
West Virginia 63, Princeton 53
Second Round
Fort Wayne 84, Cincinnati 58 Wyoming 80, UTSA 64 Charleston at Illinois St. N. Iowa at St. Louis
Old Dominion vs. NC A&T Monday
FIU at Troy, 7
Niagara at Vermont, 6 Monmouth at Duquesne, 6 Colgate at Providence, 7 Purdue at Butler, 7
Grambling at UL-Monroe, 7:30 Wisconsin at S. Indiana, 8 Montana at N. Dakota St., 8
three-point range in the second half to put the game away.
Great Osobor had 14 points and Josh Uduje added 13 for Utah State (28-7), which fell to 7-25 all-time in NCAA Tournament play and fell a round shy of reaching the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1970.
Purdue thrilled the heavily-partisan crowd of 16,770 that turned out to watch them advance to the Sweet 16 for the second time in three years.