Michigan Basketball: 3 questions facing the Wolverines in the Big Dance

Long Lay-off 

Michigan last played on March 4^th, a whole week before Selection Sunday. That is a full 11 days since they have had a meaningful game on the court. When Michigan last made an appearance on the court, they made quite an impression on everyone. Michigan left the Big Ten Tournament hitting shots almost at will.

Often times, when teams have a long layoff it takes a little bit of game action for them to get their feet back under them. Michigan is always going to play hard for Beilein, it just may take a little while for them to get acclimated to game action again. Once the shots start falling and Michigan gets back into game action they will be okay, but are they going to have the hangover effect in the NCAA tournament?

Michigan is not immune to the hangover effect. In their opening game of the Big Ten Tournament against Iowa, Michigan was sluggish and did not appear ready for Iowa mentally at the onset of that game. In the NCAA tournament, most of the teams are good enough to latch on to this and make some shots to either jump out to an early lead or keep themselves in the game long enough to give themselves a chance. Montana is good enough to beat Michigan if the Wolverines struggle out of the gates. The Wolverines must be consistent if they want to make it far in the tournament.