For the second straight weekend, Michigan basketball will take on a cupcake in non-conference play as the Wolverines will close out the month of December against UMass-Lowell.
The River Hawks are slightly better than Presbyterian, the team Michigan basketball throttled last Saturday. UMass-Lowell is ranked 269th in the Kenpom rankings, which is much higher than Presbyterian, which was near the bottom.
One of the most interesting things about this matchup, though, is that it’s the first game for the Wolverines since Isaiah Livers was injured. It was announced that he would miss significant time and so we will get our first chance to see who Juwan Howard inserts into the starting lineup.