The Michigan Wolverines won the Battle 4 Atlantis the last time they participated in 2019, but four years later, they’ve already been knocked out in the opening round, falling to Memphis, 71-67.
Michigan turned the ball over way too much in this one. They did come back from a 16-point deficit in the second half to make it a one-possession game, with a Dug McDaniel jumper at the 6-minute mark making it 58-57. Michigan didn’t make another field goal until there was 37 seconds left, and the comeback attempt at the end was too little, too late.
Memphis is probably the best team the Wolverines have played so far; they were picked to finish second in the AAC in the preseason coaches poll, and with 159 votes, they got more votes than any unranked team in college basketball in the last AP Poll.