Michigan and Louisville tip at 7:30 p.m. tonight (ESPN) at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville. The Wolverines are 4.5-point underdogs but will be looking to build off of their momentum from the Bahamas last week.
Read all of our pre-game content and then dive into the discussion below.
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Pre-Game Reading
- Game 8: Michigan at Louisville Preview
- Six years later, Spike Albrecht’s performance lives on
- By combining old ways with new, Juwan Howard has Michigan humming
- Eight observations from watching Michigan at the Battle 4 Atlantis
- Film Room: Breaking down Michigan’s NBA concepts in early season wins
- How Jon Teske dominated the Battle 4 Atlantis with his defense

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umhoops
Officials for Michigan-Louisville: Ron Groover,Jeffrey Anderson and Roger Ayers.
bobohle
Go blue and wear maize tonight.
MichiganMan2424
According to KenPom, Ayers is one of the most foul averse refs in the country (link, granted this is 5 years old now) and also consistently one of the best (link, although the methodology here is flawed since it’s based off of which refs get assigned the best games as the measure of best.)
umhoops
Yep, all three are big game refs.
ReegsShannon
Want this win so bad. You don’t get many chances to play for the #1 ranking unless you have MSU or ACC bias on your side