Dusty May states the obvious on what went wrong in brutal loss to Illinois

The Michigan Wolverines, in their first year under Dusty May, have truly gone from worst to first, well, almost first. In the last bit of the regular season, the Wolverines are just trying to stay in stride with Michigan State to try and, at the very least, get a share of the Big Ten regular season title. However, the Wolverines faltered on Sunday, losing to Illinois 79-73.

There was not a huge difference in the way Illinois and Michigan shot the ball, with the Fighting Illini shooting 46.6% from the floor and the Wolverines shooting 45.9% from the floor. However, there was one big difference in the stats, and that was rebounding.

Illinois out-rebounded Michigan 43 to 32 with 19 offensive rebounds, giving them second chances on a lot of possessions. After the game, May spoke to the media and stated the obvious when talking about what led to the Wolverines falling to the Fighting Illini.

Illinois does have a lot more big men on their roster, but to be out-rebounded by 11 rebounds seems to be something that could plague the Wolverines come time for the NCAA Tournament. Illinois also just shot way better from beyond the three-point line than Michigan did.

The Fighting Illini shot 37.8% from deep range, while the Wolverines shot just 22.2% from deep. Free throws were also an Achilles heel for Michigan as they shot just 68$% from the line while Illinois shot 73.3% from the line.

Michigan has to find ways to get on the boards more when it comes to rebounding. Vladislav Goldin is doing his best to get as many rebounds as possible as he finished with seven on Sunday, but the rest of the Wolverines need to find ways to box out better than their opponent.

Michigan has to win their final two games of the season, which includes a game against Michigan State in their final regular season game. The Wolverines have to hope that the Spartans potentially drop their other game left in their regular season.