Dusty May, a former Indiana student manager, returns to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall for the first time as a head coach Saturday in his first year at Michigan.

Saturday afternoon's game between Michigan basketball and Indiana will be an epic Big Ten homecoming for U-M head coach Dusty May.

Michigan basketball head coach Dusty May made a surprising comment ahead of the Wolverines' clash against Indiana

May thought his team played hard; he liked their defense, free-throw shooting (17 for 21, including some critical makes), and the fact that had just one turnover in the final five minutes. He credited Oregon’s ever-changing defense for bogging down Michigan’s attack late and praised Will Tschetter for his performance off the bench.

As Michigan visits Assembly Hall on Saturday, Dusty May returns to a place he once was a student-manager. Here's May's journey from Greene County to Indiana to Michigan.

Dusty May will return to his alma mater Indiana, where he spent four years as a student manager under Bob Knight, on Saturday with the Wolverines.