Michigan (25-11) vs. Louisville (25-8)
Free Press sports writer Mark Snyder scouts Sunday’s second-round NCAA tournament game (12:10 p.m., CBS) between Midwest Region No. 7 seed Michigan and No. 2 seed Louisville:
Backcourts
Derrick Walton Jr. and Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman played off each other as well as they ever have. Early in the game against the Cowboys, Walton deferred and Abdur-Rahkman attacked, then Walton took over with his wild second-half shooting. From late January to late February, no player was hotter than Louisville’s Donovan Mitchell, averaging 22 points per game, earning him first-team All-ACC honors.