When Elliot Cadeau was in the game, he made things look easy against Cincinnati.

In the junior guard’s team-leading 31 minutes Friday, he recorded seven assists to just two turnovers and got to the line 15 times. He was the engine that drove the No. 7 Michigan men’s basketball team’s offense.

But when he wasn’t in the game, the Wolverines looked different. Cadeau is the only established true point guard on Michigan’s roster. And without him on the floor against the Bearcats, the Wolverines’ offense looked more clunky, sluggish and turnover prone.

“Most of our turnovers, we were trying to get entries with our non-point guards in,” Michigan coach Dusty May said Monday. “They’re being pressured up top, over-pressured, and at that point we should open up some space and just try to drive t

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