The 6-seeded Michigan Wolverines will not be playing in the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament, falling to 3-seeded LSU in Baton Rouge, 66-42.
The Wolverines got dominated in the paint, got themselves into a double-digit hole fairly early on and couldn’t dig out. Sophomore guard Laila Phelia led the Wolverines with 20 points, but U-M couldn’t match LSU’s energy on the boards and couldn’t create many quality shots before this one turned into a blowout.
Here are some takeaways from the loss.
Not a great start offensively
You need to get off to a hot start to pull of upsets in the tournament, and the Wolverines did not do that.