Young Wolverines Take It On The Chin

The youth and inexperience of the Michigan Wolverines reared it’s ugly head in an 80-57 loss to Purdue in the Big Ten opener for both teams.
Point guard and leading scorer Darius Morris was held out of the starting lineup for “disregarding some of the core values” according to coach John Beilein, otherwise known as conduct detrimental to the team. Morris wound up playing 32 minutes and shot 3-14 for 9 points. Michigan shot 38 percent as a team and had 14 turnovers.
Purdue jumped out to a 19-3 lead, which Michigan did recover from, only to have the Boilermakers get it together and take a four point lead at the half. The second half was all Purdue and this game turned into a route.
I’ve watched a lot of college basketball and there’s a chance Michigan could learn from this and get better, but of course the jury is still out on that. They’re young and will take their lumps, but if my memory serves me right the 1985 team lost 87-62 to Indiana in their Big Ten opener and ended up winning the conference. I’m not saying they’ll be that good but they’ve shown potential and there’s still a lot of basketball to be played.
Don’t throw in the towel on the young Wolverines just yet.