Olivier Nkamhoua one of Michigan basketball’s best players will miss the rest of the season due to wrist surgery.
The basketball team at Michigan has had a difficult season. To put it mildly, that is. Overall, the Wolverines are 8–18. They are in last place and have a record of 3–12 in the Big Ten.
For a Michigan basketball team that not too long ago made five straight Sweet 16 visits, including in 2021 and 2022, it has been an incredible fall.
But now, that seems like a very long way off. This season, Michigan basketball has dropped numerous close games with leads at the half. The Wolverines’ situation took a turn for the worst on Wednesday when it was announced that Oliver Nkamhoua would need wrist surgery to miss the remainder of the season.
Nkamhoua is the Wolverines’ second-leading scorer at 14.8 points per game in addition to averaging 7.1 rebounds and 0.8 blocks. The former Tennessee transfer has started every game this season for Michigan basketball, which now has a huge void in the lineup.
Nkamhoua also insisted that Michigan had to lose its final game for the season to be declared finished. Although although it is technically true, it is hard to have any faith in this team, especially in light of the recent announcement that Nkamhoua will miss the rest of the season, which will probably force Will Tschetter into the starting lineup.
Recovering from the defeat will be difficult considering Nkamhoua has scored more than 20 points four times this season. He’s also scored ten or more goals in twenty-one of the twenty-five games.
Northwestern is the opponent of the Wolverines’ away game on Thursday night. They have five games remaining in the regular season before they play at least one game in the Big Ten tournament.
