Northwestern’s 67-65 victory over Michigan on Wednesday night will undoubtedly be remembered for “The Pass.” And rightfully so. It was a play that elicited so many emotions for so many people. I’ll let Zach Pereles, Ian McCafferty, Josh Burton, Henry Bushnell, Stewart Mandel and others tell those stories.
For I, a man with a cold heart and an odd taste in basketball things, will focus not on the final 1.7 seconds, but on the preceding 59 minutes and 58.3 seconds.
Ahead of Northwestern’s game against Michigan, the central question facing the Wildcats was if, and how, they could slow down the Wolverines’ offense.