Well that was an inauspicious beginning to a big sports weekend. Michigan basketball fell to South Carolina 61-46 in Columbia for its first loss of the season.
The Gamecocks came into the contest ranked 56th over at KenPom and project to be a tournament team, but they’re not nearly as good as Michigan basketball helped them look Wednesday. I don’t recall an offensive performance as futile and ugly as today’s under John Beilein.
I’m gonna list all of the following stats twice to allow you to process them: the Wolverines shot 19.2% from the field (the Wolverines shot 19.