What do you do when you're not ready to celebrate a season that 100% deserves to be celebrated? Welcome to purgatory.

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Some quick housekeeping items at the top: Here’s my plan for year-end Michigan basketball coverage in this space over the next few weeks. This newsletter today is my equivalent of “quick reaction” off Tuesday night’s game. I’ll be doing a separate mailbag where I answer your questions about the season in general and about Tuesday’s game. I have a thread…