Michigan Basketball: 3 things we learned against Arizona

Michigan basketball was throttled in the Championship Round of the Roman Main Event tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Wolverines were defeated 80-62 and suffered the worst loss since March 2nd against Illinois.

Well, what can I say? Arizona played a flawless game and absolutely dominated Michigan in all aspects of the game. This may have been exactly what Michigan needed, a reality check.

Yes, Michigan basketball had high expectations with two five stars, Eli Brooks and Hunter Dickinson, the reigning Big Ten Coach of the Year, and now they sit at 3-2 losing to two unranked opponents in one week.

It’s seriously quite simple and it’s the lack of inexperience and depth. Don’t get me wrong, Michigan basketball has some experience, for example, Brooks, Dickinson, and Johns but that’s about it. They’re young and clearly not on the same page on both sides of the ball.

These were some things that I thought we learned about Michigan this weekend against Arizona, and I will be blunt, it’s not pretty at all.

1. Turnovers continue to be a very important issue

I have said this in just about every article I have written for Michigan Basketball this season, but the Wolverines have yet to fix it so I will continue to talk about it and spread awareness until they do fix it.

Michigan has, to put it politely a terribly bad turnover problem.

Every single starter this game, except Devante Jones who had 5 against UNLV had at least 2 turnovers. That’s absolutely unacceptable.

Michigan continues to look just terrible with ball control and communication because they throw balls out of bounds, miss passes on transition, or even kick it out of bounce. It’s hard to watch.

I’m sure with time this issue will be fixed, but they need to speed up time quickly if they want to compete for any sort of postseason accolades this season.