Fun fact about Dusty May’s wardrobe: The Michigan coach goes no undershirt.

Bold move during March Madness, when much of America sweats through its favorite beat-up college T-shirt in hopes of an NCAA Tournament run. May changed things up Saturday night.

“He told us he never wears an undershirt,” Michigan guard Rubin Jones told The Denver Gazette after No. 5 Michigan beat No. 4 Texas A&M 91-79 at Ball Arena. “But he knew there was going to be a water party in this locker room today, so he wore an undershirt.”

Michigan advanced to its eighth Sweet 16 in 12 years thanks to a lot of reasons. Roddy Gayle Jr.’s game-high 26 points. Vlad Goldin’s 23 points, 12 rebounds. Solid sleep, apparently.

“I started thinking, ‘Man, do we have enough left in the tank?’” May said of Big Blue’s fifth game in nine days.

But the biggest reason for Michigan’s comeback from a 10-point deficit and unflappable mindset in close-game situations? That would be May, who would make a terrible emoji. The 48-year-old coach presents the same calm, collected demeanor whether they’re up 10 or down 10.

No yelling and screaming. No sideline antics.

He’s chill — and his players followed suit.

“I honestly think that’s one of the main reasons why we are so good when it comes to crunch time and the game is close. That dude is even-freaking-keeled,” senior forward Will Tschetter told The Denver Gazette.

There’s a little Brad Stevens to Dusty May’s sideline game. Perhaps not coincidentally, Stevens turned his chill into a pair of Final Four runs at Butler — and a hefty pay raise with the Boston Celtics. Likewise, May turned a Final Four run at Florida Atlantic into the Michigan gig.

Michigan and Texas A&M turned in a gem at Ball Arena, a taut March thriller that had Aggies forward C.J. Wilcher whispering a prayer before he in-bounded the ball. Michigan stayed cool.

“He understands what every guy needs. If a guy needs a little kickstart, a little harsh pep talk, he’s going to give it. But if everyone just needs a little slap on the butt, that’s exactly what he’ll do,” Tschetter said.

So there you go. Dusty May? Not a big sweater.

But he was drenched Saturday night.

“It was a water party in here,” Jones said.

Ex-Nuggets center Brian Butch returns

Returning to Ball Arena stirred some memories for former Wisconsin center and current Badgers radio analyst Brian Butch.

In 2010, Butch was briefly on the Nuggets’ roster.

“Yes, very briefly,’’ he told The Denver Gazette.

Butch was signed by the Nuggets on April 11, 2010, but didn’t get into their final two regular-season or six playoff games. He then re-signed with Denver for the 2010-11 season, but in a July 2010 summer-league game suffered a ruptured patella tendon and was waived with an injury settlement of several hundred thousand dollars.

Butch, originally undrafted in 2008, never got into an NBA regular-season game but did play overseas for a number of teams until 2017.

“Any chance you get to be a part of an NBA team, I embraced every moment I could,’’ said Butch, 40, who was back at Ball Arena for the first time since his Nuggets tenure. “It took me about 15 months to come back (from the knee injury). It just wasn’t meant to be, but I loved my time (with the Nuggets).”

The Nuggets coach when Butch was with the team was George Karl, although he was then on a leave of absence due to undergoing cancer treatment. But Butch said he actually had met Karl when he was a kid growing up in Wisconsin in the late 1990s and he was coaching the Milwaukee Bucks.

“My dad owned a grocery store and he won some promotion to go the Bucks’ facility, so I got to meet George then,’’ said Butch, 40, whose father Peter Butch owned a Piggly Wiggly in New London, Wis., that he since has sold.

Dancing on out of Denver

So long, NCAA Tournament.

Denver misses you already.

Denver’s final tournament assignment until at least 2029 was another “phenomenal” success with 19,000 in attendance for all three sessions, according to the Mountain West, the site host.

“The city of Denver and the state of Colorado came out in droves to support these amazing student-athletes and the outstanding institutions that earned their spot in the (tournament). Ball Arena is the perfect building for this event and is always one of the best in class when it comes to supporting college athletics and the NCAA Basketball Championships.”

The Adams State women’s cross country and women’s indoor track and field teams were honored at halftime Thursday for their recent national championships. Colorado School of Mines earned the honor at halftime Saturday for its men’s cross country championship.

“Let’s give ’em a big round of applause!” Nuggets PA announcer Kyle Speller said of the Orediggers.

Denver is not scheduled to host the tournament in 2026, 2027 or 2028.