3 Biggest questions for Michigan Basketball heading into 2020-21

We are just over five weeks away from the start of the new Michigan basketball season. The Wolverines have the talent to be a contender, but with the start of every new season comes new question marks and concerns.

Long time leaders Xavier Simpson and Jon Teske are gone. Cole Bajema, Colin Castleton, and David DeJulius transferred out of the program, and Michigan basketball will welcome in six new additions to the team this year.

With that much roster turnover, there will be growing pains and questions to be answered.

Here are Michigan’s roster changes from last year.

Roster Losses

Xavier Simpson: Graduated

Jon Teske: Graduated

Cole Bajema: Transferred to Washington

David DeJulius: Transferred to Cincinnati

Colin Castleton: Transferred to Florida

Roster Additions

Mike Smith: Transferred from Columbia 

Chaundee Brown: Transferred from Wake Forest

Hunter Dickinson: Freshman

Terrance Williams: Freshman

Zeb Jackson: Freshman

Jace Howard: Freshman

This is only year two of the Juwan Howard era but it’s a very important one. Michigan basketball will get the chance to prove that year one was a bit of a fluke and despite a bunch of newcomers, Isaiah Livers and Franz Wagner are ready to lead and take this team to another level.

If Michigan expects to be near the top of the Big Ten standings come March, they will have to fit in all of these new pieces and get a ton of production from the veterans on this team.

As we continue to preview the upcoming 2020-21 season, here are three big question marks that Michigan basketball has heading into the new season.