Missing out on the NCAA tournament followed by the stunning departure of your best player could have cost Juwan Howard his job as Michigan basketball head coach, but he regrouped and found replacements.
Capturing Caleb Love would have been a perfect solution to the Dickinson transfer, but the university snatched that away from him too.
Now, with a potential addition like Jose Perez possibly coming soon, Howard has a Michigan basketball core that should be formidable in the Big Ten and on the national scene as well.
Here are three takeaways from the offseason (so far).