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Wojo: Wolverines are ready to take the next step

Kansas City, Mo. — They believed everything was possible, right up until the final shot fell short. And of all the lessons the Wolverines will extract from their rollicking run, that’s the one that should stick.

They flipped the scripts on impossibilities, from a team meandering through the season to a team with legitimate Final Four aspirations. From a program trying to recapture its identity, to a program that appears back on the rise.

In the immediate aftermath of the 69-68 loss to Oregon in the Sweet 16, players buried their heads in towels and spoke in low, halting tones.