I could let this go, but a few facts stick in my craw:
1. BIG forced other teams with Covid issues to make up games, even if it meant playing a condensed schedule.
2. Howard actively stumped for Michigan not to have to make up all of their games.
3. BIG didn’t force UM to make up all of their games.
4. As a result, UI and several other teams who had games postponed through no fault of their own, wound up playing a more condensed schedule than Michigan.
If Michigan played a condensed schedule like everyone else, there is a not insignificant chance they come out at least once flat, or with tired legs, and get beat as a result. IU and PSU are certainly inferior to UM on paper, but IU was fighting for their tourney lives and beating UM would have made PSU’s season. UM definitely could have dropped one of those games on tired legs, or maybe would have ran out of steam at Wisconsin or OSU.
All that being said, onto bigger and better things. It just makes what we did all the more impressive. I like the way we are playing right now!