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 against a side ballscreen from Frazier/Kofi. Eli makes a great low-man rotation to beat Kofi to the spot before the catch. That forces Cockburn to swing-through, allowing Diabate to give help. But it simply doesn't matter because a 5'11 low man isn't going to deter a legit seven-footer. Icing Ballscreens After Illinois easily handled the trap approach, the Wolverines started hav