Michigan’s Moustapha Thiam Update Answers What Happened, Why He Isn’t Playing

The Michigan Wolverines are opening their college basketball season — and their national title defense — on Monday night. They’re taking on Oakland University, another school in the state of Michigan. The Wolverines have a lot of new players, and one debut was particularly anticipated: Moustapha Thiam. Michigan fans will have to wait to see Thiam, though. When they turned on the game, they saw that Thiam wasn’t playing. It was definitely a bummer not to have the big center out there. Why Isn’t Moustapha Thiam Playing? Thiam is out not due to injury but due to illness.