Illinois 97, Michigan 68
For about 15 minutes it seemed as if Michigan would be able to go on the road, without Dug McDaniel, and hang around with a respectable showing against a good opponent. Michigan had traded punches with Illinois throughout the first half and then used a 8-1 spurt to trim the Illini lead to 28-25 in Champaign. There was 4:48 left on the clock and you might have thought that perhaps Juwan Howard's squad could get to the locker room feeling like they had a legitimate chance to win. Then the levee broke, the game taken over by the singular dominance of Terrance Shannon Jr., Illinois' prim...