Michigan basketball didn’t have Zavier Simpson. Nor did it have Isaiah Livers.
No matter.
The Wolverines (12-8, 3-6 Big Ten) earned their first true road victory of the season at Nebraska on Tuesday night, using a second-half run to pull away in a 79-68 win that ended the program's longest losing streak since 2015.
Michigan’s season reached a crossroads at the beginning of the week, when the program announced Simpson — the team’s senior point guard and co-captain — had been suspended for a violation of team policies.