Most of the headlines about Michigan Basketball (4-6 Big Ten, 14-9 overall) have not been encouraging of late. “On the bubble” seems to be the most-used phrase to describe the team’s chances of reaching the NCAA tournament this year.
How could this have happened?
For a team that made it to the NCAA championship game as recently as 2013 and then won the Big Ten championship a year later, to be “mired in mediocrity” (another phrase that’s getting used a lot) seems unthinkable.
Does an assistant coach really have to write the words “street fight” on the locker room bulletin board to get the team fired up to play defense against Illinois?