Indianapolis — Michigan returned to the scene of a catastrophic collapse.
Exactly one week after blowing a 17-point second-half lead to Indiana, the No. 11 seed Wolverines found themselves on the other end of the spectrum at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, staring at a 15-point hole 15 minutes into Thursday’s first-round NCAA Tournament game.
With the season teetering on the brink, Michigan didn’t panic or fold. Instead, the shorthanded Wolverines responded and flipped the script on No. 6 Colorado State just like the Hoosiers did in the Big Ten tournament.
“I was thinking, shoot, if they can do it to us, we can do it to them,” sophomore center Hunter Dickinson said.