If you’re tuned into college basketball, you’re likely familiar with the narrative that elite guard play is essential to finding success in March.
Unfortunately for the Michigan Wolverines, the backcourt has been anything but elite in recent weeks.
With the Big Ten Tournament scheduled to get underway this week and the NCAA Tournament next week, Michigan is going to need much more production from guards Tre Donaldson, Nimari Burnett, Rubin Jones and Roddy Gayle Jr.
“We’re just letting (the guards) know that we believe in them and we need them,” head coach Dusty May told the media earlier this week.