(Photo: Carlos Osorio, Associated Press)
Ann Arbor — It was a season opener for Michigan against Appalachian State on the Big Ten Network, so what could go wrong?
Plenty, of course.
And whether it was for old time’s sake or simply due to the newness of it all, we probably should’ve expected something like this from Juwan Howard’s head coaching debut
It took a dramatic turn from a rollicking start to a rocky finish before it finally ended with a sigh of relief. And a grinning head coach shaking his head during a postgame interview at center court, summing up the night like this: “That’s a part of growing.