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Five takeaways from Michigan’s loss to Purdue

Michigan lost its first home game of the season on Tuesday night, dropping a 70-69 thriller to No. 5 Purdue. Here are five takeaways from the loss.

Michigan lost its first home game of the season on Tuesday night, dropping a 70-69 thriller to No. 5 Purdue.

The game turned on two late calls, both of which went the Boilermakers’ way: an out of bounds call which was overturned to give Purdue a chance to  win it with 5.8 seconds left and a foul called on Moritz Wagner with four seconds left, giving Isaac Haas a chance to put the Boilermakers in front. He did just that, and Charles Matthews’ heave at the buzzer missed. Here are five takeaways.

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