I am tempted to use a photo of Michael Barrett’s strip-sack against Taulia Tagovailoa, as football gives me happy feelings and basketball...does not. The Michigan Wolverines have plenty of basketball games left on the schedule, but in many ways it feels like this is a lost season already.
That is a bummer because the Big Ten is very weak this year. A double-bye in the conference tournament does not seem hard to earn, yet Michigan is nowhere close to a top-four spot, and actually will likely end up playing on Wednesday in Minneapolis. With losses against the two worst teams in the conference per Kenpom, postseason hopes are all but gone.