Fab Five: Takeaways from Michigan's loss at Illinois

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Michigan basketball head coach Juwan Howard's 2022 team includes seven newcomers. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)

Michigan Wolverines basketball fell to Illinois in Champaign Friday night, 68-53, playing without sophomore center Hunter Dickinson, a 2021 second-team All-American, and senior forward Brandon Johns Jr., the team's most important bench piece. Here are our five biggest takeaways from the game, with analysis.