Wolverines raring to 'get after it,' shake free from rare losing stretch

Ann Arbor — This is unfamiliar territory for Michigan’s veteran players.

Junior forward Isaiah Livers and junior guard Eli Brooks had never experienced a losing streak during their college careers until this season.

Senior guard Zavier Simpson and senior center Jon Teske haven’t been a part of a Michigan team that has lost back-to-back games since they were both freshmen.

Franz Wagner (Photo: Robin Buckson, Detroit News)And for the first time since they have been with the program, all four upperclassmen have run into a rough patch where the team has lost three of four games.

That’s the situation Michigan is in after it suffered a crushing overtime defeat to Oregon last weekend in a game that…