Michigan senior Charles Matthews hit a half-floater from the baseline as time expired to break a tie in a strange contest in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Tuesday night. While some might say Minnesota battled valiantly in the last 4 minutes of the game to tie a more talented team on the road and should be commended for hanging tough and covering the spread submitted by Vegas, the words about moral victories ring hollow.
This was not a game that Minnesota played over their heads in. In fact, they shot 40.4% from the field, a number below their 8-game conference average of 44%.