How Dusty May left Michigan Wolverines in an awful spot with late-June departure for Dallas Mavericks

It's June 22.

That's the date that Dusty May decided to leave the Michigan Wolverines for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. It's a shocking bit of news that broke on Monday morning, and while maybe it's exciting for May, it's a potential disaster in Ann Arbor.

This is a program that just won a national championship.

This is a program that just extended May for the long haul.

This is a program that likely heard everything May said about staying put and believed him.

But on Monday, May left. He's going to the Mavs, where he can coach former Duke star Cooper Flagg.

He has left behind a program that will now have to pick up the pieces.

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How Dusty May leaving Michigan impacts transfers, recruiting

The transfer portal isn't open, but five days after a new head coach is hired or announced, players are allowed to look to transfer.

That's tricky, because NIL budgets now have most rosters filled up and accounted for, but there's a very real chance some of Michigan's players decide to leave anyway.

In college hoops, guys join a program for many reasons, but the chance to play for a national champion coach in May certainly helped the Wolverines' cause in recruiting.

Any potential recruits who haven't yet enrolled in college also get a shock to their system, whether they've committed to Michigan or are just considering it.

The Wolverines nailed the hire of May for his first big-time job, and they got the title to show for it.

Now, though, they could have to face some more departures or changes. The dust won't settle for a while.

Maybe the timeline isn't really May's fault. But the fact that it's happening on this timeline is going to make things extra tough on the Wolverines that he's leaving behind.

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