Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college basketball (dancing shoes sold separately at Morehead State, Winthrop, Liberty and Loyola):
MICHIGAN’S WOBBLY WEEK HELPS THE BIG TEN
After appearing bulletproof for weeks, Michigan (1) helped out its fellow Big Ten members by dropping two of its last three games.
One was to Illinois (2), helping the Illini lock up the fourth No. 1 seed. (The other three are Gonzaga, Baylor and the Wolverines. There is no tangible drama left in that chase as we head toward Selection Sunday.