ANN ARBOR — The first time Dusty May spoke publicly as Michigan’s head men’s basketball coach, he said it was important to “put a good team on the court in Year One.”

How’d he do?

When Michigan opens May’s second season Monday night, the game will feature a banner-raising ceremony.

His next challenge: meeting expectations that are even higher than Crisler Center’s rafters. He believes he has the squad to do it.

“I love our team and I think we have a really high ceiling,” May said. “There’s nothing that makes me say we don’t have enough of this or we don’t have enough of that to beat any team in the country on a given night.”

The journey for the 2025-26 Wolverines begins Monday at home against Oakland (8:30 p.m. ET, FS1).

To consider what they might accomplish, it’s worth remembering

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