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Overheard in Michigan’s locker room: I lost my voice and balls like rocks
DENVER — A handful of Michigan fans made their way down to the first row inside Ball Arena, as close as they could get to Dusty May, who’d come to the sideline for a postgame radio interview.
“Dusty March! Dusty March!” one shouted, eliciting a smile from Michigan’s head coach. Even if he wasn’t comfortable with the nickname (see below), he was beyond pleased with his team’s 68-65 victory over UC San Diego in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night.
Here are some highlights from the postgame interviews with May and the Wolverines, who will face Texas A&M on Saturday.
May on the game’s final possession: “I thought they would go quick. We thought they would try to get a quick 2 with 19 seconds. When we got the switch, it got to about seven or eight, I was trying to signal Danny to foul. But I lost my voice. He forced a tough shot and Rubin (Jones) finished it with a big-time rebound.”
May on Michigan thriving in close games: “When you watch our guys the last five minutes of a game, there’s a different level of intensity and determination to win the game.”
Danny Wolf on how he reacted when Michigan lost its lead late: “When Tyler McGhie hit that 3 on me, I just had a smile on my face and I was just like, ‘It’s going to be OK.’ And I mean that’s what March Madness is and guys are gonna hit big shots, but it’s just how you respond.”
Wolf on Tre Donaldson’s clutch 3: “It’s that ball screen on the right wing. I know it’s going in and Tre loves these big-game shots and big-game moments. It’s nice when you have one of those guys on your team.”
Tre Donaldson on his clutch 3: “My teammates continue to go with me, and they trust me, and I’ve been able to continue to step up and be big for my team.”
May on the crowd coming to life when UC San Diego made a run: “Obviously when the underdog makes a run, all the in-between fans, the BYU fans or whoever that’s here started cheering for them. I’ll just put this out: We are the lower seed (against Texas A&M). We are the underdog. Go Blue. We’ll take everybody. Everyone can hop on board for one day.”
Nimari Burnett on Michigan’s poise in close games: “Us being in late-game situations all year, a lot of close game victories in the Big Ten, playing in a really, really good conference helped us for moments like this to be calm, be poised, even when it’s crazy.”
Will Tschetter on another wild win: “We’ve literally won every single way possible this year.”
Wolf on playing a mile above sea level: “There was a stretch in the first half when we went a while without a media (timeout). I looked at all my teammates and even the UCSD guys were talking at the line about the altitude. But it’s not just us. I feel it, they also feel it. So I mean it’s definitely a real thing, but you just gotta push past it.”
Donaldson on the basketballs used for the NCAA Tournament: “The balls are like, if y’all felt it, they’re like rocks. … But like my old coach Ira Bowman used to say at Auburn, it’s round and it’s orange.”
May on being called “Dusty March”: “No, I’m good with, I’m good with our guys — they deserve this. I’m just Dusty May.”
Wolf on the quick turnaround before facing Texas A&M: “We didn’t come here to win one game. Our coaches are calling it the Denver Invitational. You’ve got to get two to get to the Sweet 16 in Atlanta.”
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The No. 2 seed Michigan State Spartans (28-6) try to secure a place in the Sweet 16 in an men’s NCAA Tournament Round of 32 matchup against the No. 10 seed New Mexico Lobos (27-7) on Sunday at Rocket Arena, beginning at 8:40 p.m. ET.
In its last matchup on Friday, Michigan State earned an 87-62 win over Bryant. In its most recent outing on Friday, New Mexico claimed a 75-66 win against Marquette. Coen Carr’s team-high 18 points led Michigan State in the win. Donovan Dent scored a team-best 21 points for New Mexico in the victory.
Michigan State vs. New Mexico TV channel NCAA Tournament
- Location: Rocket Arena in Cleveland
- Date: Sunday, March 23, 2025
- Time: 8:40 p.m. ET
- TV channel: TNT (watch on Sling TV)
- Stream: Sling TV
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Michigan State vs. New Mexico odds, lines, spread
- Spread: Michigan State -7.5
- Total: 148
- Moneyline: Michigan State -336, New Mexico +268
Michigan State has been scoring 76.3 points per game in its last 10 appearances, an average that’s a little lower than the 78.4 it has scored over the course of the 2024-25 campaign. While New Mexico is scoring 81.1 points per game in 2024-25, it has fallen short of that over its previous 10 games, tallying 74.7 points per contest.
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Howard’s double-overtime goal lifts Michigan State to thrilling win over Ohio State, second straight Big Ten playoff championship – College Hockey | USCHO.com
EAST LANSING, Mich. — With less than 10 minutes to play in the Big Ten championship game at Munn Ice Arena, Michigan State watched a two-goal lead evaporate.
Two periods later, the Spartans became the first team in Big Ten conference history to secure consecutive playoff championships coupled with back-to-back regular-season titles.
Isaac Howard capped an impressive performance with the game-winning goal at 15:09 of double overtime, giving Michigan State a 4-3 win over Ohio State. Howard had a power-play goal in the first period and assisted on the Spartans’ two other goals as well, earning him MVP honors for the game.
“Ike’s fingerprints were all over this game,” said Michigan State coach Adam Nightingale. “I have a hard time believing there’s a better player in the country. He’s doing it on both sides of the puck. We used him on the kill but to score that goal [on a] heck of a play by Charlie Stramel to find him.
“It was great to see guys be rewarded, to try to do something that’s never been done … super proud of the guys.”
The Spartans led 2-0 early in the game on power-play goals by Karsen Dorwart and Howard, who assisted on each other’s tallies. Joe Dunlap got one back for the Buckeyes late in the first to make it 2-1 after one.
After a scoreless second period, the Spartans took a 3-1 lead just 42 seconds into the third period when Tanner Kelly tipped in a feed from Howard on the breakaway and for more than 10 minutes, it looked as though the game would that way.
But at 12:46, Damien Carfagna banked in a goal off of Trey Augustine’s skate to pull the Buckeyes to within one, and at 17:39, Gunnarwolfe Fontaine picked up Riley Thompson’s rebound to the game 3-3.
“When your backs are against the wall, you have no choice,” said Ohio State coach Steve Rohlik. “Our guys, we’re just going to keep going forward. To get that second one was huge and then we just felt it. We wished that period was a little longer. We were kind of in the roll there.”
The Buckeyes outshot the Spartans 11-9 in the first overtime, but the second OT belonged to Michigan State from nearly the get-go. The Spartans wore down the Buckeyes in the second OT, outshooting Ohio State 12-4. Even when the Buckeyes were able to clear the puck out of their own zone, they couldn’t sustain any offense and by the time Howard scored, the game winner felt like an inevitability.
On that goal, Stramel swept the puck from behind the Ohio State net and set up Howard in the slot. Once the puck was on his tape, the Big Ten player of the year and Hobey Baker finalist made no mistake.
“I remember kind of getting in the slot and ‘Strams’ was wheeling up and he made a great play to me,” Howard said. “I just went backhand, forehand, through the goalie’s armpit and then celebrated.”
Nightingale said that he was happy with the way his team “just stayed with it” when the Buckeyes evened the score and had their chances in overtime.
“There was no panic,” said Nightingale. “A lot of time that happens, the wheels can fall off. You’ve just got to believe in what we do and how we need to play to be a good hockey team.”
Both Ohio State (24-13-2) and Michigan State (26-6-4) will move onto NCAA tournament play, with the Spartans earning a No. 1 seed in regional action, wherever they’re sent. The Buckeyes and Spartans may find themselves placed in Toledo next weekend.
The 4th-seeded Texas A&M Aggies clash with the No. 5 Michigan Wolverines on Saturday for a shot at the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16. The game is scheduled to start at 5:15 p.m. ET (3:15 p.m. MT) with TV coverage on CBS and streaming on-demand.
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#4 Texas A&M Aggies (23-10) vs. #5 Michigan Wolverines (26-9)
NCAA Tournament 2nd round matchup at a glance
When: Saturday, March 22 at 5:15 p.m. ET (3:15 p.m. MT)
Where: Ball Arena, Denver, Colo.
TV channel: CBS
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The Aggies enter Saturday’s second-round matchup as 2.5-point favorites to reach the Sweet 16 after dispatching a tough No. 13 Yale team (80-71) in Thursday’s first round. Texas A&M shot 51.7 percent from the floor to atone for subpar marks from 3-point range (24.0%) and the free throw line (57.1%) in a matchup they controlled for many of the 40 minutes.
Michigan had to work a little harder in its 68-65 win over No. 12 UC San Diego in the first round after limping through the second half. The Tritons overcame a 41-27 halftime deficit and took a 65-63 lead with 2:29 remaining, but the Wolverines made a key 3-pointer on their next possession and held off a late comeback bid to advance.
Michigan Wolverines vs. Texas A&M Aggies: Know your live streaming options
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The Aggies and Wolverines are set for a 5:15 p.m. ET start on CBS. Live streams are available from FuboTV (free trial) and DirecTV Stream (free trial). The game will also stream on Paramount+ With SHOWTIME (free trial).
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