Michigan basketball tripped up in OT against Wisconsin, 65-62

The last time the Michigan basketball team played back-to-back overtime games was in 2000. They won both. Not this time. A desperation heave at the end of regulation by Wisconsin’s Ben Brust sent the game into overtime. Brust would then deliver another 3-point dagger at the end of the shot clock in overtime that proved to be the last bucket of the game, sending the Badgers to a 65-62 win over the #3 ranked Wolverines. Tim Hardaway’s big game wasn’t enough How They Lost Fans will debate whether Michigan, who had 2 fouls to give at the end of regulation, should have been hacking. Before the ball was inbounded, maybe so. Once it’s in play with only 2.4 seconds on the clock you have to play defense and hope for the best. Brust was able to deliver a running, twisting, 45-foot miracle to keep Wisconsin alive. If it takes a shot like that to go in then there just isn’t much you can do. Michigan (21-3, 8-3) fell at the hands of a Josh Gasser buzzer-beater 2 years ago at Crisler and experien...