By JAMES MADDEN
CHICAGO – Ahead of Sunday’s Elite Eight meeting with Tennessee, Michigan head coach Dusty May addressed the ongoing tampering in college basketball and how an agent representing one of his players has “spoken with other schools.”
“We had one of our player’s agents two weeks ago say he’s spoken with other schools,” May said Thursday. “I said you work for your client. And we’ve got the next month to evaluate from our standpoint and his standpoint, if this isn’t the best place, there’s no hard feelings. We want him to stay. If he doesn’t feel like he’ll have an opportunity to play and develop, whatever the case, there’s no hard feelings.”
May mentioned earlier in the week that he values the importance of not interfering with a player’s season when approaching the transfer portal, especially when talking about his recruitment of Yaxel Lendeborg. He said he consulted with UAB head coach Andy Kennedy, who is someone May faced in the AAC during his time at Florida Atlantic, when Michigan began targeting Lendeborg.
“Same thing with AK. I know Andy Kennedy,” May said. “Someone called and said Yaxel had another year, the JUCO ruling. And just called AK and said ‘What’s he going to do next year?’ Stay there, go to the NBA, enter the portal?”
May will coach in Sunday’s Midwest Regional Final for a trip to the Final Four against Tennessee in Chicago.
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