page_title: Isaiah Livers
section_title: Freshman
hierarchical_section_title: Isaiah Livers / College career / Freshman
caption_attribution_description: English: w:Isaiah Livers playing for the w:2017–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team at w:Allstate Arena
context_page_description: Isaiah M. Livers is an American college basketball player for the Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten Conference. He attended Kalamazoo Central High School where he won the Mr. Basketball of Michigan. He was part of the 2017–18 team that won the 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament and reached the Championship Game of the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
context_section_description: On January 2, 2018, Michigan defeated Iowa 75–68 with Livers contributing a career-best 13 points, which was considered a breakout performance. It was the first of three consecutive double-digit efforts off the bench for Livers. This resulted in Livers replacing Duncan Robinson in the starting lineup for Michigan when they faced Michigan State in their rivalry game on January 13. Michigan defeated the (#4 AP Poll/#4 Coaches Poll) Spartans for their first victory on the road against a top-five ranked team since January 25, 2014, ushering their way into the 2017–18 basketball rankings. On January 15, Michigan defeated Maryland 68–67 as Livers heaved an inbounds pass from under the basket across midcourt with three seconds remaining to Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman who drew a foul for the game-winning free throws with 1.2 seconds remaining. Livers rolled his ankle in the second minute of the game against Northwestern on February 6 sidelining him for the rest of the game, which Michigan went on to lose. He missed the next game against Wisconsin before returning to the starting lineup on February 14 against Iowa. Livers was again the inbounds passer from the defensive baseline with 3.6 seconds left in the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament second round game against (#21 AP Poll/#19 Coaches Poll) Houston on March 17, 2018 when Michigan ran a set play that set up Jordan Poole for a buzzer beater three point shot resulting in a 64–63 win and a trip to the Sweet Sixteen. The team lost in the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game to (#2 Coaches Poll/#2 AP Poll)  Villanova.
caption: Livers for the 2017–18 Michigan Wolverines
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