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Michigan basketball accomplished plenty, but didn't win any rings

The Michigan basketball team speaks to the media after the 63-44 loss to Texas Tech in the NCAA tournament on Thursday, March 28, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif. NCAA, Detroit Free Press

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Charles Matthews watched his final free throw drop through the net toward the end of his team's worst night of the year before turning to the bench, probably for the final time.

Michigan's fourth-year junior captain walked off the floor, completely devastated, sinking deep into a chair on the bench before burying his head into a towel. He came back to school for a fourth year to win a national title.