Dawson Garcia’s desperation, 35-foot triple to beat Michigan would be the bad luck storyline of what happened in Minneapolis Thursday evening. Not this night. U-M did just what coach Dusty May warned them not to do in coming out lax in an 84-81 loss to a winless Minnesota team,

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Dusty May met with the media for his weekly Monday press conference to discuss Michigan’s 5-0 start in Big Ten play and preview this week’s trip to Minnesota.

Dusty May knows how college basketball rocks when Michigan and Michigan State are competing for the top of the Big Ten. As it stands, Michigan is ranked No. 20, is 13-3 and 5-0 in the conference. The Spartans are No.

No. 20 Michigan had a road meeting with a Minnesota team that entered Thursday winless in the Big Ten Conference. The Wolverines had a sloppy start to the game

The one flaw in this Wolverines offense has been turnovers but they've done a better job of taking care of the ball lately and Minnesota doesn't apply much ball pressure. The Gophers prefer a sluggish tempo but won't be able to slow down Michigan's offense here.

While Big Ten play is still in its early stages, the Wolverines and Spartans look to be on a collision course atop the conference

That's why May wasn't shy to give some praise to the Detroit Lions and head coach Dan Campbell, after they just put the finishing touches on a 15-2 regular season Sunday night with a 31-9 victory over the Minnesota Vikings in the NFL's regular season finale.

− Michigan basketball coach Dusty May doesn't claim to be an NFL guru ... regular season Sunday night with a 31-9 victory over the Minnesota Vikings in the NFL's regular season finale.