How Big Ten champ Michigan can avoid upset to UC San Diego

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz, Isis "Ice" Young, Kevin O'Connor and 13-year NBA veteran Marcus Morris Sr. preview the 5 vs. 12 matchup in the South Region.

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Michigan getting a 5 seed, but they just won the Big 10 tournament.

Wisconsin lost the Big 10 tournament but has a 3 seed.

I feel like there's a little bit disrespect there for the Wolverines.

Yeah, oh, by the way, I mean that like I, I'm still shook it right because as good as the SA shook it is my new main word, as good as the SEC is, the Big 10 got 8 teams in this tournament, and I still think Indiana got robbed.

I think they should have had 9 teams in, right?

So I, I'm looking at a conference that in and of itself deserves some of that conversation and to your point.

Michigan won it.

Feels like they were low lower seeded than I expected in here.

I, I, I think there's a, there's a little bit of chip on the Big 10 shoulders.

Do you see Danny Wolf as a guy able to elevate his play to help lead Michigan deep into the tournament though?

He's gonna have to.

He's gonna have to, I think the important thing for his game is picking his spots well, knowing that you're gonna be the focal point on a scout and so you can't look down behind the back pass, yeah, you know, just a little bit like we're in the tournament now so you can't be flipping it left and right.

You have to take care of the basketball, especially.

From a guard perspective in the tournament and that 12 game against UC San Diego, it's some guys that I work with at CBS that are very, very big on UC San Diego and that 12 seed, they think that that could be a potential upset if Michigan doesn't take care of the basketball.

I think Michigan is just too big.

I just, I just think the size really matters for Michigan.

If you watch them play this year, any time they had the size advantage, they dominated down low.

I really like the 4 or 5 pick and roll.

I like Wolf, been a big fan of a, a big fan of his.

If you cannot match their size you don't have a chance.