What happened with the Michigan scandal?

Question

I am to young to have been around when the michigan scandal(when Webber was their)that got their basketball team on probation happened. What was that about?

Answer 1

The Wolverines made it to the NCAA title game again, this time as major celebrities and serious contenders for the championship. They once again won their first five tournament games to advance to the National Championship. This time they hung right with North Carolina's Tar Heels in a title game that went back-and-forth all night. Michigan trailed by two points in the closing seconds. Webber managed to corral a rebound off a missed Tar Heel free throw. Dribbling up court desperately, he called a timeout, apparently hoping to set up a shot to tie or win the game. The Wolverines, however, already had used their last timeout. North Carolina made the two technical free throws and retained possession of the ball. Michigan lost the game, sending Webber down in history with players who had made the greatest mistakes in sports. "I don't remember," Sports Illustrated quoted him as saying after the game. "Just called a timeout, and we did not have a timeout. And I cost our team the game." North Carolina coach Dean Smith pointed out that his team could have fouled the Wolverines repeatedly to prevent them from getting off a shot and without putting them on the free throw line. That point was lost in the days that followed the game, however, and Webber's mistake became a national topic of discussion.
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Answer 2

I just bought land with a view of Lake Michigan( looking ahead to 2012) in Iowa.