Des Moines, Iowa — Montana associate head coach Chris Cobb called it the great unknown.
How big someone is. How quick someone is. How physical someone is. No matter how much film and scouting are done, they’re all concepts a team can’t truly understand until they experience it in person.
When the Grizzlies braced to face Michigan in the first round of the NCAA Tournament a year ago, the one factor they couldn’t prepare for — no matter how hard they tried — was the Wolverines’ defensive intensity.