Livers Out Indefinitely
Rumors about this started flying last night and now they've been confirmed:
…senior guard/forward Isaiah Livers will be out indefinitely after an MRI following yesterday's Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal game against Maryland revealed a stress injury to his right foot. Livers will wear a protective boot while he immediately begins rehabbing.
A stress injury doesn't sound good. There have been rumors that Livers is done for the season. Brendan Quinn got some pushback on that when he talked to someone inside the program:
Reached out to a number of people last night. Everyone extremely buttoned up (pretty common for U-M). All I was told was the worst-case scenario rumors are “very premature.” Maybe that’s just hopeful thinking? Could be. Don’t think anything firm will emerge until pregame in Indy. https://t.co/fqfAWb1fCr
— Brendan Quinn (@BFQuinn) March 13, 2021
It's possible he'd try to play through it for the NCAA tournament. If that's possible, and how effective he could be, are unknowns.
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March 13th, 2021 at 11:50 AM ^
If Michigan looks bad today with Livers out, and Michigan can't give the Committee a reassurance that he will be back, not sure the Committee will still give them a #1 seed -- could bump them down like Cincy and Kenyon Martin 99-00'.
March 13th, 2021 at 12:07 PM ^
I doubt it
They essentially played the entire game yesterday without his contributions and won handily. Losing badly to a 2 seed in a meaningless tournament doesn't show that the team is helpless without Isaiah
Martin was national player of the year on a mid major team, Livers is good but not the same caliber of loss to the team
March 13th, 2021 at 11:52 AM ^
It was fun while it lasted, but unless Brandon John's suddenly figures things out, this season is going to come to ugly end. There's just no quality depth on the roster.
March 13th, 2021 at 12:02 PM ^
The 4 is probably the best position for Michigan to lose someone at least. I think its really hard to break out and shine when you're playing Johns role. Maybe 10mpg split between two positions. Ive thought for awhile that Johns is a guy that if he was getting 25mpg you would really see blossom. I feel like confidence and consistency are his biggest issue as he has the skill and athleticism to provide a lot.
March 13th, 2021 at 12:18 PM ^
I would correct that to there is not enough quality depth on this roster, not that there is no quality depth. No injuries, this team goes a legitimate 7 deep with Brown and Davis. The challenge is that we very much do not go 8 deep. Once we lose any starter, and Brown has to step in the starting rotation, we have only one quality bench player in Davis and no strong backups at the 1-4. Given the positional versatility we have at two through four, if any one of Johns, Jackson or Williams were ready for a solid 20 minutes a game we would be in much better shape. We need a 7 man rotation without Livers, unfortunately what we have is a 6 man rotation.
March 13th, 2021 at 12:18 PM ^
Well, Michigan basketball and March Madness stories are forever intertwined. Obviously a huge blow, but also a chance to go down in history given the circumstances
Let's see how it plays out
March 13th, 2021 at 12:25 PM ^
Sad for him - especially after last years season was cut short too.
Hoping he can play one last time in maize n blue!
March 13th, 2021 at 12:26 PM ^
Johns had some great minutes last game.
His issue, imo, is that he has some mental lapses on the court... during the MSU game, I remember Franz angerly pointing to a spot on the floor where Johns was supposed to be not where he had set up.
If he can get dialed into the game plan he can play good minutes. Consistency has always been his biggest challenge.
If Livers is indeed out for the tourney, we're all going to have to hope that Johns has a 6 game epiphany
March 13th, 2021 at 12:28 PM ^
Most fucking snake bitten athletics program. Never catch a fucking break.
March 13th, 2021 at 12:47 PM ^
Well, I guess it explains what’s been going on with him... I hope the best for him, hope there’s no pain
March 13th, 2021 at 12:49 PM ^
Hopefully he will be back in the tournament. But I think Johns gets better the more he plays, so hopefully we see the best version of Johns.
Also in the tournament I expect Dickenson to feast, especially the first weekend. It will be more like the OOC games where these teams don’t have anyone to matchup on him. The B1G has the best 5s in the country, basically no other teams have that.
Those 2 factors give me hope they can still make a run.
March 13th, 2021 at 12:54 PM ^
Ugh just brutal. Feel so bad for him.
We can't have anything nice....now Dickenson too
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