It's not often a record-setting performance — in the postseason, nonetheless — flies under the radar.
Yet if someone asked people what they remembered the most about Michigan basketball's 79-66 win over Maryland on Friday afternoon in Indianapolis, the answer would likely be the ejection of coach Juwan Howard and the sideline confrontation between Howard and Maryland coach Mark Turgeon — and not Mike Smith's 15 assists, which set a Big Ten tournament record.
"The problem was we couldn't guard them," Turgeon said. "The little point guard was terrific. He was terrific the whole game.