(Photo: Robin Buckson, Detroit News)
James Hawkins of The Detroit News breaks down Thursday’s first-round NCAA Tournament game between Michigan and Montana (9:20 p.m.; TNT/950).
Backcourt
While junior guard Zavier Simpson has his limitations as a spotty shooter, he has been getting it done on both ends for Michigan so far this postseason. In three games in three days at the Big Ten tournament, he held Iowa’s Jordan Bohannon, Minnesota’s Dupree McBrayer and Michigan State’s Cassius Winston to a combined 19 points on 30.4 percent (7-for-23) shooting all while racking up 31 points and 30 assists.