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Watch: Michigan’s Coach Dusty May after first-round March Madness win
Coach Dusty May praised his team’s composure in their first-round victory, emphasizing how leadership guided Michigan through a high-pressure game.
DENVER — Michigan basketball got a big lead. Then blew a big lead. Then won the game.
The 5-seed Wolverines outlasted 12-seed UC San Diego 68-65 at Ball Arena in the NCAA tournament and advanced to the round of 32. They did so following an all-too familiar trend: winning in a way that likely gave their fans a near-heart attack.
Though it feels like it’s taken years off of the lives of many, players like Will Tschetter maintain that the team really never feels in doubt in these tight game situations that continue to pop up.
“I don’t know, I mean we’ve been in that situation so many times,” the senior said as he smiled in front of his locker postgame. “I don’t think we’re necessarily nervous — we’ve won in every way possible this year.
“For us to be able to stay composed, know we got this and you’re in that huddle, you look everyone in the eye and it’s like ‘I know what I got to do’ and that’s what happened.”
At one point that may have felt like a talking point, but at this stage it’s hard to take the words for anything other than face value. The Wolverines are 13-4 this season in games decided by four points or less. They were 2-4 in their first six such games, but have since won 11 consecutive games decided by those thin margins.
For perspective on just how infrequently that happens, Bradley in 1985-86 is the only other team in NCAA Division I history since the start of World War II to win 13 games by four points or fewer in one season.
“Talking with some of the guys who were there (last year), it was like we were paying it forward,” said Tschetter about how many close games U-M lost in 2022-23 when U-M was 3-13 in 16 games decided within two…
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