WICHITA, Kan. — They call the play Tennessee, Isaiah Livers said, or maybe Indiana. Or possibly Texas, he was not exactly sure.
Whatever state it was named for, it worked out perfectly for Michigan.
Livers, a former baseball player, threw a strike to Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman, a former wide receiver, who then flipped it over to Jordan Poole, the University of Michigan freshman, who then hit the biggest — and maybe longest — shot of his brief college basketball career.
Poole’s desperate 3-pointer from about 28 feet went in at the final buzzer and gave No. 3 Michigan a dramatic 64-63 victory over No.