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Michigan basketball fails to make NCAA Tournament field

Michigan’s NCAA Tournament streak is officially over.

For the first time since 2015, the Wolverines didn’t hear their name called on Selection Sunday and were left out of the 68-team field.

It snapped a string of six straight tournament appearances — a run that included five consecutive Sweet 16s — and marked the first time Michigan won’t go dancing under coach Juwan Howard.

Michigan’s omission wasn’t a surprise. It was expected due to the team’s 17-15 record and lacking resume that featured no signature wins against ranked opponents, a horrific home loss to Central Michigan, several unimpressive victories over non-Power Five competition and a bunch of narrow defeats to Power Five foes.