(Photo: Robin Buckson, Detroit News)
Ann Arbor — To keep winning now, deep into the Big Ten race, churning toward the tournaments, you need all sizes and fits, all parts and pieces. Michigan has plenty, more than most, including a big piece that keeps growing.
He’s the unassuming giant, having an unexpected impact. Jon Teske stands out, not because he’s 7-foot-1, but because he’s a rare element for the Wolverines, an interior defensive force. In some ways, he’s the last key piece for this team, which has its standard array of slashers, shooters and perimeter defenders.