COLUMBUS, Ohio – Michigan and Ohio State have played each other 185 times in basketball, but never once when both teams were ranked in the top five. That finally happened on Sunday in Columbus, and the game lived up to the hype. No. 3 Michigan came away the winner in a well-played game on both sides, winning 92-87 over the No. 4 Buckeyes. The game between two projected No. 1 seeds featured 17 lead changes and 11 ties and was pretty much a one-possession game throughout. Both teams shot 53 percent from the field. “It was like a boxing match,” Michigan coach Juwan Howard said. “One team delivered a blow. The other team delivered another blow. It went back and forth. Our guys showed their mental toughness through some of those ups and downs.” Hunter Dickinson, Michigan’s 7-foot freshman center, has a size advantage inside and took advantage of it,…
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