Winning basketball games in the Big Ten isn't easy. Michigan got a reminder of that on Wednesday night, as it nearly opened the door for four second-place teams in the conference standings.
Even with six games left, three against three of those four teams tied for second, two on the road, the door is still open. Just not as open as it would have been had Michigan basketball not been able to pull off a 16-point comeback to beat Northwestern 87-75.
The Wolverines outscored Northwestern by 28 points over the last half of the second half.