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… herd of old friends — including former NBA All-Star Dikembe Mutombo — Howard felt different about Wednesday’s game. Whatever was in the air though, clearly affected the Wolverines (15-9 overall…

… to worry about the outcome of the game. And, as if possessed, the Wolverines’ shooters began to take things into their own hands. Junior guard Eli Brooks lit it up from behind the arc, going 4…

…, catching stride with its shot selection. The Wildcats threatened to chip away at a 20-point Wolverine lead with an 8-0 run, but would never actualize the comeback with Brooks drilling a 3-pointer to…

… snap Michigan out of the rut. Brooks’s 3-pointer felt like more of an inevitability rather than a big-time shot by a veteran player. The game was never truly in doubt and the Wolverines…

… spark on Wednesday, it turned to an unlikely source. It was a game in which the Wolverines shouldn’t have needed a spark in the first place, for a number of reasons. But even coming off a season…

…- altering win over Michigan State, Michigan struggled out of the gate against Northwestern. The Wolverines’ early-game struggles have become all too predictable. Just four days after missing 10 of its…

… injected a jolt of life into a half- empty Welsh-Ryan Arena when the Wolverines needed it most. After Isaiah Livers’s baseline drive was cut off, the junior forward found an open Davis beneath the rim…

…. With Michigan trailing, 13-8, he rose above three Wildcats and threw down a two-handed flush. The dunk ignited an 8-0 spurt for the Wolverines — one that eventually became a 27-5 run, propelling…

… Olympics. Two others had a shot at Olympic Trials. But now, they had to decide if they wanted to remain with the Wolverines or disenroll from classes and take Olympic redshirts. Worlds ended on Sept. 22…

…’d made their decision: All four withdrew from classes to chase their dreams. And with that, the rest of the Wolverines entered uncharted territory. Though he’s just in his second year as head coach…