No. 6 Michigan returns to the Fort Worth, Texas, area for the first time in a dozen years as it visits TCU on Friday night.The Wolverines (2-0), fresh off an 85-84 overtime victory over Wake Forest on Tuesday, are the highest-ranked nonconference team to visit the Horned Frogs (2-1) since No. 1 Kansas on Dec. 1, 2003 when TCU was a member of Conference USA.Michigan last played in Tarrant County during the 2013 NCAA Tournament, defeating Kansas in the Sweet 16 and Florida in the Elite Eight at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.The stakes aren’t quite as high this time around as the programs close out a home-and-home series. Michigan won 76-64 last year in Ann Arbor.This season, Michigan boasts one of the most talented rosters in the country and is looking to stack another early victory over a Power Four program.The Wolverines didn’t play the prettiest game against Wake Forest as they went just 4 of 25 from 3-point range. But they found a way to win the game that was played in Detroit.Aday Mara finished with a team-leading 18 points, 13 rebounds, six assists and five blocks. Elliot Cadeau added 17 points, highlighted by the game-winning free throw late in OT.Yaxel Lendeborg, a preseason All-America forward, was limited to nine points. But, as coach Dusty May said afterward, Lendeborg is “gonna play much better than he did tonight.” He averaged 17.7 points and 11.4 rebounds a game last season at UAB.Overall, May said his Wolverines are still figuring things out.
