Michigan Basketball: 3 takeaways from demoralizing UNC loss
By Nick Popio
3. The offensive woes continue to rare their ugly head
For the fourth straight affair and sixth time out of seven tries, Michigan basketball had more turnovers than their opponent.
It’s a strikingly, disturbing stat that is affecting how this group operates. There is no flow on the offensive side of the court because of this and, in turn, they can’t even run their basic sets to accumulate points.
Michigan has also shot over 40% only once from deep thus far this season. The Wolverines made a season-high 10 3-pointers in the opener and haven’t scratched that surface since then.
For the year, so far they are shooting under 30% and are missing guys they depended on like Chaundee Brown, Isaiah Livers and Franz Wagner to nail a triple when they needed them.
#Michigan is jut not a very good basketball team right now. There's talent there, but they have a lot of jelling and figuring out to do.
— Brandon Brown (@BSB_Wolverine) December 2, 2021
It doesn’t help that the newcomers like Caleb Houstan and DeVante’ Jones have sternly underwhelmed thus far as well.
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Houstan has played nowhere near his five-star rating and Jones is having a hard time assimilating to the step-up in competition from the Sun Belt to the Big Ten conference.