I agree they will miss Luke. But every team needs to overcome adversity. The next guy up will get playing time and when Luke comes back they will be deeper. During the post-game interview, Brad said they have been shooting lights out in practice and he wasn't too worried about shooting yet...
I'm thinking no since Northwestern is ranked below us both. Probably doesn't matter much either way right now. Michigan looks to be top tier. We won't know how good anybody is until later in the year and we get more wins and loses to compare.
I wonder why he didn't go off on Purdue. Was he trying to let the other guys find their places? He can pretty much always get his but might be smart to let the other guys figure out their places before we get to the tourney.