Dusty May is looking the keep his winning culture with this 5-star 2028 recruit
Michigan head coach Dusty May looks on from the court ahead of the NCAA national championship game against Connecticut at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Monday, April 6, 2026.
| Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images College is still a couple years away for high school sophomore Josh Lowery, but his decision regarding where to go for it just got a lot more interesting. On Tuesday , Michigan extended a scholarship offer to theIt’s the first time the Wolverines have formally dipped their toes into the 2028 recruiting class, with Lowery the sole player to have receivedMichigan would love to sign Lowery for all of the obvious reasons.
Backing up his five stars, he’s a lethal shooter who can handle the ball at 6-foot-4 and plays the type of gritty, physical exterior defenseMar 31, 2026; Glendale, AZ, USA; Brandon McCoy Jr dunks the ball during the McDonalds All American Boys Game at Desert Diamond Arena. | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Lowery plays high school ball at Sierra Canyon in California. You know who else played at Sierra Canyon?
Fellow five star Brandon McCoy Jr. — theduring the national semifinal at this year’s Final Four, suggesting a likely willingness to nudge Lowery in Ann Arbor’s direction. As a member of the 2028 class, Lowery would enter Michigan as part of a transitional class, with the last players from the title winning squad likely having left the summer before he arrives.
Guys like LJ Cason and Trey McKenney will preserve championship DNA in Ann Arbor for a couple more years, but, after their departure, who takes up the Michigan identity mantle is an open question — as it is for every program looking down the road. At the winning team's press conference, Michigan players Yaxel Lendeborg and Trey McKenney look at each other and smile after looking at the stat sheets from their 69-63 win over Connecticut in the Final Four championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Monday, April 6, 2026.
| Eric Seals / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The reason that Lowery stands out as an early solution to retaining that winning culture is precisely because of his connection to McCoy Jr. May, his staff, and returning players did an excellent job forging a cohesive team culture from a roster stocked full of transfers and individuals from different backgrounds this season, and that Reducing the barriers to crafting that atmosphere of success, having continuity in one relationship, at least, would be beneficial to the team as a whole and pave an easier path for retaining the championship identity of Michigan basketball moving forward.
Michigan Wolverines player Yaxel Lendeborg speaks during a celebration honoring the team’s NCAA men’s basketball national championship at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor on Saturday, April 11, 2026. | David Rodriguez Muñoz / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
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