The game was the second largest NCAA tournament victory margin in Michigan history (surpassed by the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament victory over Virginia). It also marked the ninth straight time that John Bielien led a team victory in its first game of a postseason tournament (5 NCAA and 4 NIT). In the second round of the tournament, the team opposed Duke. Duke prevailed 73–71. In the game, Morris set a new Michigan single-season assist record with a total of 235. The matchup came in the week following the media storm that erupted as a result of comments made in the ESPN films "30 for 30" documentary "The Fab Five" by Fab Five member and former Wolverine Jalen Rose. The controversy spread to "The Washington Post" where columnist Jason Reid noted that the film went out of its way to present inappropriate racial commentary when it described Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski recruits as Uncle Toms. Among those critical of the racial commentary was Duke player Grant Hill who was cited in an Associated Press story that ran in major national media outlets. In fact, Hill blogged on "The New York Times" with a response. Hill's response was the most emailed story in "The New York Times" and was shared on Facebook by nearly a 100,000 people within its first few days. Hardaway set the Michigan freshman single-season three-point shots made record. Morris set the Michigan single-season assist record with a total of 235. His average of 6.71 per game led the Big Ten and Jordan Morgan led the Big Ten in field goal percentage. The team finished last in blocked shots and offensive rebounds in the conference. Hardaway was one of 21 players selected to the 2011 Collegeinsider.com Freshmen All-America selection on March 25. Following the season, Darius Morris sought the advice of the NBA's undergraduate advisory committee to determine his draft prospects. On 4 May, Morris announced his final decision not to withdraw his name prior to the 8 May deadline and to enter June 23 2011 NBA Draft. Morris was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 41st overall selection in the 2nd round of the 2011 NBA Draft. Following the season Hardaway was invited to the 17 – 24 June 2011 17-man tryouts for the 12-man FIBA Under-19 World Championship team by USA Basketball. The 12 selected players will compete as Team USA in the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championships in Latvia from June 30 – July 10, 2011. He made the final roster along with two other Big Ten rivals.  !colspan=12 style="background:#242961; color:#F7BE05;"| Exhibition !colspan=12 style="background:#242961; color:#F7BE05;"| Non-conference Regular Season  !colspan=12 style="background:#242961;"| Big Ten Regular Season  !colspan=12 style="background:#242961;"| Big Ten Tournament  !colspan=12 style="background:#242961;"| NCAA Tournament   The team posted the following statistics: So far two players from this team have been selected in the NBA Draft.