Hunter Dickinson explains his feelings after tough loss to Indiana, what it means

Michigan let another close game slip away on Saturday night, losing by one at home to Indiana. For star big man Hunter Dickinson, it was emblematic of the woes Michigan has had all year.

The Hoosiers presented an opportunity for a Quad 1 win, and a big boost to the Wolverines paltry NCAA Tournament resume. Following the loss in a game Michigan led by double digits at points, Dickinson was subdued.

Letting the opportunity slip was “the moral of the season” for Michigan, he said.

“It is extremely unfortunate that we weren’t able to capitalize on this,” Dickinson said. “This was a great opportunity for us. Great opportunity to build our resume. We need a lot of help in order to make the tournament. And this was a great opportunity that slipped through our fingers. But I feel like that’s the moral of the season so far: Just not capitalizing on those opportunities that we get. And it starts with me, as the captain on the team. We have to do better.”

Dickinson addressed offensive issues late in ‘winnable’ loss to Indiana

Michigan let one slip away on Saturday night with how they shot in the second half of their 62-61 loss to Indiana. Considering how it worked out, Hunter Dickinson couldn’t help but feel frustrated about their offense for how it cost them.

Dickinson spoke about the Wolverine’s poor execution with the media after the defeat. He said how ‘winnable’ the game against the Hoosiers only made their inability to get decent looks appear that much worse.

“It definitely is frustrating,” Dickinson said. “We weren’t really getting that many good looks at the basket the last couple of minutes. Whatever we were doing? It wasn’t working. Whether it’s just executing or running the plays right, it wasn’t a good, all-around effort by us out there. We need to execute better down the stretch if we’re gonna win a tough game like that against a really good team.”

“Obviously it was a tight game. In that term, it was tight. (But) it felt very winnable until the last shot. Even on the last shot, I felt like we had a chance to go win that. But it felt very winnable and we were up for most of the game,” said Dickinson. “For us, having it slip away like that really hurts. It felt like a really winnable game and felt like our game to win out there.”