INDIANAPOLIS -- Michigan and Oklahoma State -- teams that certainly have faced adversity this season -- meet Friday in Midwest Regional opening-round action in Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
No. 7 seed Michigan (24-11) survived a scary travel experience this past Wednesday when its plane slid off the runway in Michigan as it attempted to take off, bound for the Big Ten tournament in Washington, D.C.
While no one was seriously injured, it was emotionally harrowing. The team flew to Washington on Thursday, then beat Illinois, top seed Purdue and Wisconsin to win its first Big Ten tournament championship since 1998.