What a bizarre, yet entertaining game we were gifted in Thursday’s opening matchup of the South Region. An up-and-down 11-seed Michigan team came back from 15 points to pull off the first-round upset over the six-seed Colorado State Rams. While the upset may or may not have come as a surprise, the way that it happened sure was head-scratching.
You won’t believe these stats:
- Michigan made zero threes. in the first half and didn’t make one until the 17:07 mark of the second half.
- Colorado State did not attempt its first free throw until the 12:29 mark of the second half.
- The Wolverines’ starters scored 71 of the team’s 75 total points (four bench points).
- Colorado State took a 28-13 lead and was then outscored 62-35 the rest of the way.
THE WOLVERINES ARE MOVING ON 〽️
(11) Michigan takes down (6) Colorado State to advance to the Round of 32 #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/Ke7oO4nNRM
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 17, 2022
With a 75-63 win, the Wolverines (-2.5) stay alive and get another chance to right their wrongs of the disappointing regular season. They’ll face the winner of the Tennessee-Longwood matchup. Meanwhile, the CSU loss drops the Mountain West to 0-2 to begin the tourney. The conference is down to San Diego State and Boise State to end its losing streak.
