You realize they beat the #6 team in the nation right? Secondly, when you’re converting from a very slow pace style of game, to a faster pace, you’re going to see an increase in turnovers and fouls.
Yes, I understand the advanced stats for basketball.
Michigan is turning it over on 20% of its possessions (189th nationally) and a number of them are unforced. The correlation between tempo and turnover rate isn't really as strong as some people are making it out to be (Iowa State and Gonzaga are great examples of relatively high tempo and low turnover teams). If they don't improve they're going to lose games that they're supposed to win in BigTen play.... Conversingly, they're actually even worse at forcing them.
BartTorvik doesn't have a foul rate stat, but he does have free throw rates. Fortunately, Michigan is doing well on the defensive side despite the number of fouls, but they also rank really low in offensive free throw rate despite the opportunities they've gotten at the end of some of the close wins. The defense also hasn't been great about preventing layups despite defending 3s pretty well and trying to force long 2s.
Overall, Michigan is playing well so far. It's just that they clearly have Top 10 potential, especially as Wagner gets comfortable, and there are just some things that could and should improve over the course of the season. The next 5 games (v Gonzaga, @ Louisville, Iowa, @ Illinois, Oregon) will be additional indicators about how good this team is and could be....