Michigan's Moritz Wagner, Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman and coach John Beilein react to their 92-88 defeat to Purdue on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018 in West Lafayette, Ind. Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press
A year ago, Northwestern was a March darling.
The Wildcats, of course, made the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history and then scored a last-minute opening-round victory.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus was there. The Big Ten literally made a movie about it. It was a big deal in Evanston, Ill. But now, things are a bit different.
Michigan (17-6, 6-4) returns home Monday night (7 p.