Thursday, January 29, 2009

At the sports desk: favorite teams update

The University of Michigan's men's hoops team faces a bit of a crisis now too, as it lost again last night at Ohio State, 72-54. Bad shooting and too many turnovers doomed the Wolverines, who have lost 4 out of 5. Give some credit too, though, to Ohio State, which has a very tall, athletic bunch which plays tough defense. I expect them to be an NCAA tournament team.

But the Detroit Pistons managed to beat a hot (they'd won 10 of their last 12) Minnesota Timberwolves team on the road, 98-89. It's hard to get a read on this Pistons team--they're very inconsistent. Now their next two games are against Boston and Cleveland. They'll have to man up...