If Michigan is going to turn its season around and reach the NCAA Tournament, it’s been obvious for a while that it will need its heralded group of freshmen to grow up in a hurry and figure out how to win in the Big Ten. The Wolverines made some serious progress in that regard last week as Caleb Houstan, the top-ranked freshman of the bunch, enjoyed the best week of his college career in the Wolverines’ victories over Maryland and Indiana.
The 6-foot-8 small forward scored 16 points in an 83-64 win over Maryland and reached a new career-high with 19 in Michigan’s 80-62 win at Indiana on Sunday to earn CBS Sports/USBWA Freshman of the Week honors. The win over the Hoosiers stands as the Wolverines’ only Quad 1 victory, and it bumped them up 16 spots to No. 38 in Tuesday’s NET ranking.
It’s no coincidence that the big victories coincided with Houstan’s breakout week, as the former No. 11 overall prospect from the…
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