Michigan, a 5 seed, will open its NCAA Tournament against 12 seed UC San Diego on Thursday night in Denver (10 p.m. ET, TBS). To get you ready for the game, here are five stories from this season, including an in-depth profile on head coach Dusty May, stories on Michigan’s star players, Danny Wolf and Vladislav Goldin, and more.

The No. 14 Michigan Wolverines and UCSD Tritons square off in the NCAA Tournament opening round. Thursday's matchup is the first of the season between the two teams.

Yet, Michigan basketball took the Big Ten conference tournament title and earned a No. 5 seed in the NCAA tournament beginning this week. On Thursday they get to play UC San Diego (30-4), which was one of the hottest-shooting teams in the country from the Big West Conference.