Maize n Brew · Mar 27, 2021
NCAA Tournament: Previewing Michigan’s Sweet 16 opponent Florida State
Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty ImagesFlorida State’s been a trendy pick to upset the Michigan men’s basketball team in the Sweet 16. On ESPN’s Tournament Challenge Second Chance, 35 percent of brackets have the fourth-seeded Seminoles defeating the top-seeded Wolverines — for comparison’s sake, just 12 percent of brackets have Creighton, the five-seed in the West Region, knocking off No. 1 Gonzaga.
No doubt a lot of that sentiment stems from the status of Isaiah Livers, and make no mistake: Michigan is worse without him on the court. But that can be true at the same time as this: Florida State is a really, really good team in its own right and a tricky matchup for the Wolverines.
