Thursday's clash between Michigan and Rutgers takes us back to the wild world that was March 2020
CHICAGO (Ill.) — It's Thursday at the Big Ten tournament and the first game is Michigan vs. Rutgers. The players are on the court warming up, the b...
CHICAGO (Ill.) — It's Thursday at the Big Ten tournament and the first game is Michigan vs. Rutgers. The players are on the court warming up, the bands are playing, the crowd is flowing into the United Center. All is well. These are two teams fighting to get off the NCAA tournament bubble and each desperately needs a win. 'They understood the magnitude of this game,' Michigan coach Juwan Howard will say later. 'Rutgers was aware of their situation as well.' But wait a second. Weren't these same two teams scheduled to face each other in the first game on Thursday of another Big Ten tournament? Right.