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The 2022 men's NCAA tournament doesn't get underway until the 15th of this glorious month, but March Madness begins during the fortnight of conference tournaments mislabeled as Championship Week...
Get a recap of the Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Michigan Wolverines basketball game.
After roughly a month of defensive improvement, Michigan came crashing back to earth in a loss against Illinois yesterday. Brad Underwood's team put on an offensive clinic that Phil Martelli and staff seemingly had no answer for. You may recall Brian's column from a year ago entitled The Book, which more or less conveys a schematic/personnel adjustment to bottle up a certain player/play-type that becomes a blueprint moving forward. So what does The Book look like against Michigan? Let's take a look below. Trap Coverage Early on in the game, Michigan went with trap coverage...
Cockburn scored 27 points and Alfonso Plummer had 26, helping Illinois beat Michigan 93-85 on Sunday.
It started as The Alfonso Plummer Game and it ended as the Michigan Can't Defend A Ball Screen Game. Either way you look at it, due to a convergence of factors, Michigan's defensive effort today against Illinois at Crisler Center was wretched. In the process, it doomed the home team to a 93-85 loss on Sunday afternoon, despite a valiant comeback late that came up just short. With only three games left in the season, the 15-12 Wolverines are now likely in need of two wins in the final week of the regular season to feel good about the NCAA Tournament entering the B1G Tourney in Indiana...