Talk about a tale of two halves. And a heart attack inducing finish.
Michigan has had an emotion-filled last week or so of basketball, which tends to be the case in the Big Ten conference. It was apparent that it wore on them early on in the showdown with Maryland on Monday night at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, which resulted in a 68-67 win.
They were down big, then went up by a decent margin, blew a late lead and trailed in the final seconds before Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman got to the free throw line for his 999th and 1000th career points to give the Wolverines a one-point win.