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Michigan's elite defense doesn't disappear when shots aren't falling

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"Defense is all about heart and desire. You have to want to play defense and you have to want to stop the other team." — John Stockton. But what about when your shots aren’t dropping?

Michigan wants to play defense. | Icon Sportswire/GettyImages

Michigan has the best defense in college basketball.

Chris Peterson wrote in his piece, More mind-blowing stats for top-ranked Michigan basketball, “Michigan basketball has the No. 1 adjusted defensive efficiency and that the gap between the Wolverines and the No. 2 team is 4.