Michigan Basketball vs. Rutgers: Takeaways

Michigan basketball played perhaps its worst game of the year against Rutgers, but still came out with a win. Here’s what we took away.

Wednesday night’s game between Michigan and Rutgers can be summed up with one word: “clang.”

The sound of clanging was heard all night long as both teams couldn’t avoid thumping shots against the backboard and rim. It was just a really ugly game. Michigan won 68-57, but watching the game made it seem like both teams scored a total of 17 points combined.

It took Michigan over 15 minutes to take the lead from the Scarlet Knights, who are not only the worst team in the Big Ten, but one of the worst power-conference teams in all of basketball. Rutgers is the kind…