There’s probably a story here that we might not leave; whether it’s injury, sickness, or something else. He’s been the most productive freshman to date.

I want to take the moral victory and encouraging signs of a team that will hopefully compete in the MAC. But I am just still mad we let that one slip away. Good grief let's count all the stupidity:

Game tied with a minute to go and we have a terrible possession where we burn clock for no reason, should have just ran the normal offense and score well above 30 seconds so they can't hold for last possession. Ultimately turn it over at the end of shot clock. Really awful.

Then...We get a stop and spazz hurry a shot with about 5 seconds still on the clock.

Then...How has no one mentioned the ultimate brain fart from Devon Baker? He clearly forgot the game was tied and thought we were trailing and committed an obvious foul after the rebound...the type you expect to see when you're desperate & down.

Then...We get an absolute gift of the most wide open easiest shot in history and Roderick doesn't come even remotely close to making. Wilson put back luckily gets Roderick & Baker off the hook and basically makes it as though Baker never tried to literally hand Michigan the game with the foul.

Then in OT, we get the ball down 2 with 40 seconds to go. After the disappointing first 3.5 minutes of OT this is very fortunate. We hurry a shot but get an offensive rebound.

Then...(this one is most upsetting to me), we get the ball back out to reset with a full 18 seconds still on the shot clock and Clayton acts as though there is about 0.5 seconds left in the game...feverishly hoists a very contested shot rather than even consider resetting and running some ball movement. Again, we are only down 2.

Then...Michigan gives us a chance with a missed free throw. Down 3 and the next 3 UM fouls are a 1 and 1. If you let the clock get under 10 or so of course they will foul. So what do we do but stand there and let the clock get under 10 seconds before we do anything. UM predictably fouls.

Then...Roderick takes a zero confidence free throw for the miss. Even if he had made it...we were pretty well screwed because we forfeited most the game clock before they fouled us.

I didn't get to listen to the post-game but I hope coach takes some responsibility for the poor execution at the end. Several different moments with the wrong approach in my opinion, but I'm just a random guy on the internet. Strong showing overall but really disappointing execution in the final moments. Good learning experience for this time of year.

I know it's not a popular sentiment but Wiz did give us some decent minutes and played with much more energy that I have seen in previous outings.

Pretty much all of this. Only thing I didn't mind was Hunter's pull up three with five seconds left. Take a semi-open look while the defense is disorganized, and give yourself a chance at an offensive board and putback.

I agree, I liked the shot from Hunter. Michigan didn't have their defense set yet and you have the chance for an offensive board and put back to win.

What sticks with me were all the free throw misses. Free points, we gave a lot of them away. It made a difference.

And if I remember correctly, Boals took him out after that decision. And I remember thinking at the time that he took him out because of that decision.

4 points and 4 fouls. I didn’t mind the fouls. He was aggressive on defense. It was certainly an improvement over his play vs Detroit.

Still much season left but who recently compares to his regression from the start of his career until now? I can't really think of any.

I was going to say Tettleton in football, but he was still a very good quarterback by the end, just not one who could physically take over a game given his reticence to run.

I didn’t think “touch” was a skill you could have and then lose. It seems it happened to Ben Roderick. He does everything he did before, but the ball just doesn’t go in.

Ivo.

I always kind of have a soft place in my heart for the designated fouler. In pickup games that was always my forte along with trash talking. ;-)

That bank shot was one of those shots where I was yelling out loud "NO NO NO NO....HOW THE HELL DID HE JUST MAKE THAT?"

That shot combined with the 2 clutch free throws were almost as miraculous as the end of regulation.

I'm as tough on Roderick as anyone, and yes he seemed to fold a bit at the end of the game at Michigan, but we would not have found ourselves in OT without his two big three pointers in that game.