Michigan Friday: Didn't Feel Like a Blowout

Michigan and Iowa played a close game in the first half. The second half not so much. There are a 100 things I love about this team but one of things near the top, is they always play better in the second half.

In a year where UK, UNC, and Duke are barley tournament worthy, Michigan has a nice lead in one of the toughest conferences ever. Juwan Howard is earning every coaching award available to him this post season as this is one of the best teams I've seen in the maize and blue. Yes, the Fab 5 had more talent and upside, but this team is just solid and deep.

Last night, Hunter basically shut down the best player in college basketball and Franz could get to rim anytime he wanted. I wanted…