Just when everything seemed to be going right for the Michigan basketball team, starting shooting guard Eli Brooks suffered a broken nose.
It happened in the win against Purdue last weekend, but it ended up proving quite costly to the Wolverines, who just weren’t the same team without Brooks in an 81-74 loss at the hands of Wisconsin Thursday night at the Crisler Center.
The defense which hadn’t allowed 70 points or more in eight straight outings, was torched by the Badgers, who knocked down 11 3-pointers, while holding the Wolverines to just three.