An 11-point deficit had been erased. The fifth-ranked Johnnies now had the lead and the Garden was rocking like it was last March. Just over eight minutes remained. Then, in a flash, the game was ...

The Johnnies found a way to win that game. Saturday night, they lost, but there were reasons to be encouraged by the 96-94 overtime setback to Michigan at the Garden. There was progress — in the ...