Pushing pickup trucks and throwing TDs: Inside Michigan basketball’s intense summer workout

ANN ARBOR — “This is how we bury them!” It’s 7:30 in the morning and Michigan men’s basketball head coach Dusty May, wearing a weighted vest, is encouraging his players, who’ve been pushing, carrying, and flipping heavy objects across the Michigan Stadium field. It’s August, but May wants the Wolverines thinking about November, about March.

“Anytime we’ve got a 10-point lead, this is how we bury them.”