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Four coaches new to the Big Ten look to get their programs back on track
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FILE - West Virginia head coach Darian DeVries looks on the court during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Texas Tech, Feb. 22, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. - photo by AP Photo/Annie Rice, File
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Dusty May led Michigan to a Big Ten Tournament championship and an appearance in the Sweet 16 last season, his first as coach of the Wolverines, a stunning achievement for a program that finished last in the conference the previous season. Four coaches new to the Big Ten this season — Indiana’s Darian DeVries, Iowa’s Ben McCollum, Buzz Williams at Maryland and Niko Medved at Minnesota — will try to replicate May’s first-year success story. “It’s kind of fun to see how it’s all going to fit together,” Medved said at Big Ten media day on Thursday.