It’s not common for a college basketball team to lose their three leading scorers, but it happened to the Michigan Wolverines following a disappointing 2022-23 season.
This program was on the precipice of being the bottom-feeders of the Big Ten when Jett Howard and Kobe Bufkin announced they’d be heading to the NBA Draft, and then Hunter Dickinson decided to enter the transfer portal.
What was left was a horrifically depleted roster with some serious leadership and positional flaws. It was entirely likely Dug McDaniel would be the only returning starter.
Howard needed answers.