On Wednesday, Michigan basketball traveled to Rutgers and eked out a 68-64 victory over the Scarlet Knights. It was a rare road win for the Wolverines, only their second, and one that nearly slipped through their fingers.
The Scarlet Knights are 13-16, and 2-14 in the Big Ten. True, this is the best team Rutgers has fielded since joining the Big Ten. However, that’s only because this squad is the first to win more than 10 games.
A win is a win is a win, as they say. But it brings up a problem that has plagued the post Burke/Stauskas/Hardaway era of Michigan basketball.