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Kornacki: Dissecting Friday's Critical Final Minute

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- This game came down to eight free throws by the Wolverines in the final 29 seconds, and you could feel the tension every time Duncan Robinson, D.J. Wilson and Derrick Walton Jr. toed the line.

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Teammates pulled them aside or University of Michigan head coach John Beilein would cup his hands and shout encouragement while standing at the end of the bench. He instructed one of those shooters to think of his mother, and it had a calming effect.