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History is written by the victors, and Dusty May used the opportunity Sunday to share some words with the people who want to discredit what he’s done at Michigan.

He bought this team, they said, he didn’t develop it. These are transactional relationships, they said, not genuine ones. And are we sure he didn’t overstep, they said (lowering their voices to a hush), and do a little tampering in the process? “They” would mostly be fans of other teams on social media. Not worth addressing the day before Michigan and UConn play for the whole thing.

But May clearly thinks some actual humans of prominence in men’s college basketball think these things, not just @SpartyMarty8675309. So he got some shots in and they landed, because criticisms of the job he’s done at Michigan are rooted in bitterness that he’s done it so well.

“Look, I know this is going to set off a Twitter firestorm, but I think we all are better in certain situations than others,” he said when asked about those who criticize a team built so heavily on transfers, later referencing the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder.

“I wasn’t judging them because Shai Alexander was drafted by the Clippers or because (the Thunder) signed Isaiah Hartenstein as a free agent. I thought, ‘Wow, those guys played beautiful basketball, that’s a great team, that’s a real model for young players to watch.’”

Read more about May clapping back at his critics below.