3/30/2021 – Michigan 49, UCLA 51 – 23-5, 14-3 B10, Season Over This is absolutely projecting my feelings onto a sporting event determined by a lot of coinflips that went the wrong way, but in the end it felt like the weight got to them. A year of empty arenas and COVID tests. A perpetual uncertainty about what games would even be played. A three-week break in the middle of the season where they couldn't even practice together. A captain lost on the eve of the tournament. Juwan Howard losing his mentor to COVID. A fanbase that just needs something to remind them why they're a fanbase at all. pic.twitter.com/GR1t4msjeZ MichiganCFBRisk (@cfb risk) March 30, 2021 All college basketball teams played under a weight this year, of course, but Michigan's was amongst the heaviest. They soldiered through it better than anyone not named Gonzaga. They demolished the Big Ten, until things started to come undone. The thing about carrying a weight is that you can do it without loo