As its season teetered, the question haunted Michigan basketball for the better part of three months. Media members repeatedly lobbed the inquiry at head coach Juwan Howard, at his assistant coaches, at his players before and after nearly every game.
They wondered how this group of Wolverines — once ranked in the top 10 and selected as preseason favorites to win the Big Ten — could find consistency so hard to achieve. How was it possible that a team with an All-American candidate in Hunter Dickinson, a coveted graduate transfer in DeVante’ Jones, an established leader in Eli Brooks and the No.