The Wolverines are slight favorites over UC San Diego in the NCAA tournament's first round. Here are 2 reasons each U-M could win or lose the game.

In the NCAA Tournament, Michigan won’t have to worry about playing on back-to-back days. And they have the talent to keep up with just about anyone in the country, evidence by their 68-62 loss to open the regular season against the consensus No. 1 South Carolina.

Dusty May did the unexpected when he took over the Michigan head coaching job. The Wolverines won just eight games last season under Juwan Howard and after bringing in an essentially new roster, Michigan not only competed to win the Big Ten regular season,

DENVER – UC San Diego will walk onto the floor at Ball Arena, home of the NBA champion Denver Nuggets, for the first Division I men’s NCAA Tournament game in school history on Thursday night. Standing across from them at the center circle will be the Michigan Wolverines, playing their 97th game in their 32nd tournament.

Tony and Andrew breakdown the tough first-round challenge for the Wolverine basketball program in the NCAA tournament

UC San Diego wasn’t even allowed in the NCAA Tournament until this season, has four Division II transfers in the starting lineup, and is led by a young man who only played rugby and soccer until he was 14.