Before the start of the 2017-18 season, the projected starting lineup for Michigan basketball was pretty simple to predict based on the players that returned.
Sophomore and transfer guard Jaaron Simmons and Zavier Simpson splitting minutes at point guard, senior guard Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman and transfer guard Charles Matthews at the wings, senior forward Duncan Robinson at the four and junior forward Moritz Wagner playing the big man role for John Beilein.
What Beilein and everyone else didn’t know a lot about was where this team was going to get its depth.
There was plenty of raw talent on the bench but without playing time in real college basketball games, it was hard to tell how U-M would give some of their starters a breather with quality minutes.