Over 90 hours this past weekend, the Big Ten watched as one of its most promising men's basketball seasons ever unraveled into March Madness embarrassment.
Michigan, at long last, stemmed the bleeding on Monday night. Barely.
The top-seeded Wolverines fended off LSU, 86-78, in large part thanks to the game of Chaundee Brown's life. The Wake Forest transfer came off the bench to score a season-high 21 points, and sparked a pivotal 9-0 second-half run that gave Michigan the lead for good.
Brown didn't score a single point in Michigan's first-round victory over Texas Southern.