The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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❱ INSIDE MICHIGAN ATHLETICS PHOTO BY LON HORWEDEL NUMBERS AND QUOTES BY CLAYTON SAYFIE 16 THE WOLVERINE ❱ MAY 2026 It's going against NBA players ev- ery day, and I've seen the work that our whole team put in. We were all in love with the gym and getting our work in when we could." — Forward Oscar Goodman on the "Kiwi Hoopers" podcast Something about this game in this state just grabs people. The pas- sion for the sport, from a little kid it's all we knew. Our lives revolved around it. For this to happen, happy to carry the flag for all the managers, the GAs, the grunts, because it's possible. It's tough but it's possible." — Dusty May to CBS Sports on winning the national championship in Indiana, where he grew up, attended college and began his career 3,353,000 Average television viewers for Michigan basket- ball, making the Wolverines the most-watched team in the sport in 2025-26, per Nielsen. 2,671 Passing yards for 2027 West Valley City (Utah) High Michigan junior quarter- back commit KAMDEN LOPATI, a four-star prospect ranked by Rivals as the No. 115 overall player and No. 10 signal- caller in the nation. Lopati added 730 rushing yards and 44 total touchdowns, leading his team to the state semifinals. 16 Programs have won multiple men's basketball national championships: UCLA (11), Kentucky (8), UConn (6), North Caro- lina (6), Duke (5), Indiana (5), Kansas (4), Florida (3), Villanova (3), Michigan (2), Cincinnati (2), Louisville (2), NC State (2), Oklahoma State (2), San Francisco (2) and Michigan State (2). 2 Schools have won multiple Asso- ciated Press national champion- ships in both football and men's basketball: Michigan and Florida. 1st 1st Is where Michigan placed on NCAA.com reporter Andy Katz's ranking of the past 10 national champions, followed by 2024 UConn, 2023 UConn, 2018 Villanova, 2025 Florida, 2021 Baylor, 2019 Virginia, 2016 Villanova, 2017 North Carolina and 2022 Kansas. ESPN. com, meanwhile, created a list of the top cham- pions this century, with the Wolverines check- ing in at No. 10, behind 2001 Duke, 2009 North Carolina, 2012 Kentucky, 2024 UConn, 2007 Florida, 2018 Villanova, 2004 UConn, 2005 North Carolina and 2008 Kansas. This Dusty May guy is not going to be making any new friends any time soon. Whatever you call him, though, make sure to end it with 'champ.' " — Assistant coach Mike Boynton Jr. on X.com When you bring a group this talented together and they de- cide from the beginning that they're going to do it this way and they never waver and they never change, that's probably the most uncommon thing in athletics now, and it's a tribute to their character but also those in the circles around them, their coaches, their parents, their mentors. They allowed these guys to give themselves up for the group, and it's never guaranteed, but for these guys to cut down the nets after all they've sacrificed is pretty special." — Head coach DUSTY MAY after winning the national championship PHOTO COURTESY RIVALS