After just three days off, Michigan basketball took the show on the road, going from the Big Ten Tournament (where the Wolverines won the championship) to the NCAA Tournament where the 5-seed would face 12-seed UC San Diego in the Tritons' first-ever appearance in March Madness.
The Wolverines got out to a rollicking start, taking a 10-point lead to start the game and stretching it to 14 at halftime. But turnovers and scoring droughts in the second half allowed UCSD to take its first lead with just minutes remaining in the game.
Michigan got just enough juice to hang on and win, 68-65, but it was something of an uninspiring effort given that it had a 15-point lead at one point in the second half.