With tonight being the night Michigan basketball fans have been dreading for the better part of a month, I thought it might be appropriate to lay out some reasons why the Wolverines do in fact deserve an NCAA Tournament bid.
Michigan went into the Big Ten Tournament on the outside looking in after finishing the regular season by losing six of their last nine. The general consensus was the Wolverines would need at least two wins in the conference tournament to get on the right side of the bubble.
The first game against Northwestern was probably closer than most expected, going into overtime after the Wildcats hit a shot to beat the buzzer, but the Wolverines used a late jumper from Zak Irvin to get over the hump.