Friday was very bittersweet for Michigan. On one hand, the Wolverines went into Illinois and whooped the Illini to claim an outright Big Ten Championship. However, the Maize and Blue lost arguably their most important bench player in the win.
Sophomore guard L.J. Cason suffered a torn ACL and will miss the rest of the year.
Fast forward to Thursday and Michigan will play its first game without Cason. To show support, his teammates were seen wearing No. 2 Cason jerseys during pregame shootaround…