Michigan Tries Their Best to Lose to Indiana

I'm sure all you're going to hear about is how Michigan won in Bloomington for the first time since 1995 and blah blah blah. But let's face it here: Michigan was losing by 20 to Indiana in the second half. And not to your father’s or even your barely older brother’s Hoosiers. These are the now 5-9 Hoosiers. These Hoosiers lost to Lipscomb just over a week ago. They returned just one scholarship player after their mass exodus this summer, and he was averaging about 1.3 points per game. Indiana is so bad, the university could field a comparable team of janitors and lunch lady’s. And while Michigan’s comeback from 20 down with 18 minutes left and from 11 down with around 4 minutes left is impressive, I don’t think it outshines the big huge giant elephant in the room, which is the massive and inexplicable deficit they faced. I have been thus far impressed with Michigan. The win over Illinois was hard-fought and the two huge upsets over UCLA and Duke cannot be understated. But if Michigan wants to be taken seriously and compete in the Big Ten they have to avoid losses to bottom-feeders like Indiana. I know the fan base all thinks they’ve punched their ticked to the dance already (which is crazy-talk), but they will have to play much better in the Big Ten and particularly on the road if that is to happen.