Ann Arbor — Bigger isn’t always better.
With junior guard Eli Brooks out with a broken nose, No. 19 Michigan deployed a new starting lineup that featured senior guard Zavier Simpson, freshman wing Franz Wagner, junior forward Isaiah Livers, sophomore forward Brandon Johns Jr. and senior center Jon Teske.
The experiment didn’t go so well.
Michigan fell into a 14-point first-half hole and could never recover as it saw its five-game win streak end Thursday with an 81-74 loss to Wisconsin at Crisler Center.