Wolverine Wednesday: Double Trouble in the Post For Dusty

Michigan's new basketball coach has been very busy since getting the Michigan job and rebuilt the roster in just a few weeks.  Included in that rebuild are two 7-foot centers Vlad Goldin and Danny Wolf.  Vlad played for Dusty at FAU and Danny is from Yale.  

The question has been, "do you play both at the same time or sub for one and another?"  Those questions are starting to be answered by Dusty during his first press conference since he took the job in Ann Arbor:

“Through the recruiting process, we pride ourselves on being very transparent and open and honest. And what we tell you today is what we imagined is going to happen,” May said. “Not that it’s definitely going to happen because the scoreboard and injuries and things like that can change and derail anything.

“But yeah, Vlad I think last year played 25 minutes a game. In a perfect world, we get him a few more minutes, but we play up-tempo with a lot of possessions. So it’s difficult for our players to play 32 to 35 minutes a game if we’re playing the style that we like to play. And so Vlad will probably have around that mid-20s if he’s playing at his best and hopefully, we’re able to take care of some games before the last five minutes so you can get those guys some rest or whatever.

“But yeah, that left us probably playing Danny 14 minutes a game at the five when Vlad’s not in is how we probably envision it. And we’ll play stylistically a different brand of basketball with Danny being more of a five out, a facilitator. Vlad’s still more of a traditional center, but also he’s expanded his game. So we definitely envision those guys playing together significant minutes and also complementing each other.”

• It's a small world, Vlad Goldin and Nimari Burnett were roommates as freshman at Texas Tech together.  

• Juwan's son Jace Howard is expected to return for his final year of Michigan Basketball.