College Park, Md. — The players like to repeat the same line over and over, Marco Rubio style, saying fatigue is no excuse.
But, clearly, fatigue is catching up with Michigan.
Just ask John Beilein.
"They've been playing a lot of minutes," Beilein said.
For a number of reasons — chief among them, the extended absence of star guard Caris LeVert, who might just be done for the season — Michigan's starting five are being leaned on about as heavily as any lineup in the Big Ten.
Derrick Walton Jr. is averaging 35.