EAST LANSING – Michigan guard Zak Irvin had the flu.
So why in the world did he play 36 minutes this afternoon?
When he couldn’t make a single shot against Michigan State?
The Wolverines lack depth, which was a glaring problem and the major difference today at the Breslin Center.
“They are a little deeper than we are right now,” Michigan coach John Beilein said after MSU’s 70-62 victory over the Wolverines. “So they have some fresh bodies on us and it bothered us.”
When Beilein’s best option is to use a player who was sick – because Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman was in foul trouble – that says all you need to know.