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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. − When No. 22 Michigan basketball takes the Assembly Hall court on Saturday against Indiana, it has the potential to be one of the strangest environments for a mid-February Big Ten basketball game in recent memory.
IU coach Mike Woodson and the program announced Friday this season would be his last, but he will finish out the year. Meanwhile, U-M’s Dusty May is from just up the road, he ran out of his allotment of tickets in just minutes and could be on the shortlist of coaches Indiana pursues to replace Woodson, all as he makes his head-coaching debut as a visitor at his alma mater.
With all of that going on, U-M is still in the thick of the Big Ten title chase. Here are three keys and a prediction for the Wolverines’ (17-5, 9-2 Big Ten) game against the Hoosiers (14-9, 4-7 Big Ten) in Bloomington (1 p.m., CBS).
From left, Michigan guard Nimari Burnett (4), center Danny Wolf (1), center Vladislav Goldin (50) and guard Roddy Gayle Jr. (11) celebrate a play against Oregon during the second half at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.
MUST READ: Michigan basketball’s Dusty May gets homecoming moment in return to Indiana
Coaching dynamic
For most of the week, the coaching discussion around this game was about May’s return home. As has been repeated at length this year, and certainly this week, May attended Indiana and was a student manager for legendary coach Bob Knight (1996-2000), as well as a graduate assistant later on.
His wife, Anna, detailed to the Free Press the meaning of this homecoming for the family, though both she and her husband vowed the focus has never left the game.
Then, the rumblings from Bloomington began mid-week, and by Friday, IU brass had no choice but to address it.
“During a meeting with Coach Woodson on Wednesday, he informed me he wanted to step down as our program’s head coach at the end of the current season. He said it had been weighing on his mind for a while, and that it was an emotional and difficult…
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Author : Detroit Free Press
Publish date : 2025-02-08 11:06:00
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