Just over a week ago, Michigan coach Dusty May was in Switzerland watching transfer forward Morez Johnson Jr. and redshirt freshman forward Oscar Goodman compete in the FIBA U19 World Cup. Johnson, in particular, put on a show for May and viewers worldwide.
But 4,000 miles away, back in Ann Arbor behind the closed doors of Crisler Center, freshman guard Trey McKenney and freshman forward Winters Grady were demanding their new coach’s attention.
“I was in Switzerland, I checked in on both of them, and Trey was running hills with a sled when I checked in on him on the fourth (of July) and Winters, they said finishing like his fourth workout of the day, when the coaches said he was in the weight room and he was running on the football field, and he’d already shot that morning, and he was on the gun that night,” May said Sunday.
As Johnson delivered as a starter for Team USA en route to a gold medal in preparation for his first season with the Wolverines, Michigan’s two top-100 recruits from the 2025 class were doing all they could — on a national holiday, nonetheless — to prepare for their first season of college basketball. And part of the glimpse into the fall that the Wolverines gave in the form of an open practice to the media Sunday, included a showcase of the developing size and skill of McKenney and Grady.
“So just those are the guys we love having in the program, that love ball, that love to work,” May said. “But this is really, really important, and whether they play at the highest level of basketball or not, that work ethic and those traits will lead to success down the line. And so, I don’t know what the role of most of these guys is going to look like, because they have to decide that on the court. But like I said, we believe that we’re all gonna have to sacrifice, and depth is going to be a real weapon for this team.”
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