THE OVERVIEW
Michigan draws 9-seed Weird Maryland in their first Big Ten tournament game after the Terrapins held Michigan State to seven points over a 17-minute period spanning halftime. Sometimes you eat the midrange, and sometimes the midrange eats you.
Michigan had a season sweep of the Terrapins, winning 84-73 at home that was the game where Maryland was 11/13 from 3 in the first half and 87-63 on the road. At that point they were 2-6 in conference play and nowhere near the tourney. Now they re in… for reasons? The Terps have wins over Nebraska (2x), MSU (2x), Minnesota (2x), Purdue, and Rutgers. They ve lost to Wisconsin, OSU, PSU (2x), and Northwestern. Just after it seemed like they d found some footing during a five-game win streak where the closest game was an eight point win over, uh, Nebraska, Maryland closed the regular season with losses to Northwestern and Penn State.