THE ESSENTIALS WHAT #32 Michigan (17-14, 11-9 Big Ten) vs #34 Colorado State (25-5, 14-4 Mountain West) WHERE Sklar Brothers Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana WHEN 12:15 AM Thursday THE LINE Kenpom: PK Torvik: M -2 TELEVISION CBS THE OVERVIEW Michigan not only got into the field proper—congratulations on making the tournament, Indiana—but got the best first-round draw imaginable given the circumstances: they're the higher-ranked team in Kenpom as the 11 in a 6-11 matchup, and the game is in Indianapolis against an altitude school. But because we can't go into the tournament at full strength: #Michigan PG DeVante' Jones did not travel to Indianapolis because he is in the concussion protocol, according to a team spokesman. The hope is he will be available for the Round of 32 if U-M advances. — Michael Cohen (@Michael_Cohen13) March 16, 2022 Please stop blowing up the heads of our transfer point guards. About the opponent: Colorado State went 14-4 in league play and picked up good nonconference wins against Creighton (#53 in Kenpom), St Mary's (#17), and Mississippi State (#44). St Mary's was at home; the other two were on a neutral court. They swept Boise State in league play, but are 0-4 against common opponents with two losses to SDSU and two to UNLV. CSU coach Niko Medved is likely the real deal. He took over Furman after Jeff Jackson (not that Jeff Jackson) had driven it into the ground and over the course of four years took the Paladins from 3-15 in the league and #342 to 14-4 and #106. At CSU he took them from #224 on arrival to 180, 99, 76, and now 34. Look for him at a power conference school in the near future. THE US Seth's graphic [click to embiggen]: faq for these graphics Argh. THE LINEUP CARD Seth's graphic [click for big]: Adam Thistlewood's status is unknown but prognosis doesn't seem great since he's not playing much and the rest of the CSU bench is pretty bad. [Hit THE JUMP for them not again]
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