Former Trainer Rescues Wolverines from Magee Syndrome

Taking an o-fer in any sport is usually an undesireable thing.

Just ask Fletcher Magee, Wofford's record-setting marksman from the arc.

For him, the unthinkable happened in the Terriers' loss to Kentucky. Dude went 0-12 from long distance, a feat of futility that absolutely no one had ever done in the Big Dance.

 

Millimeters, dude. Maybe even biorhythms.

Had he canned only a couple of them, odds are Wofford woulda lived to play another day.

The Michigan Wolverines collectively almost know the feeling, which woulda capped a similar bitter pill in their Sweet Sixteen loss to to Texas Tech by the patootie-poundling spread of 63-44.

 

But it coulda been worse.

The Wolverines had gone a Magee-like nightmare 0-18 from the arc, which was a main cause of getting blown out by the defensively-adept Red Raiders. Only seconds remained until Magee Syndrome claimed an entire team as its next victim.

But then ...

 

That's end-of-bench dude CJ Baird, who joined the Wolverines' merry band of ballers as a student manager. He clearly figured being a walk on would be cooler than picking up towels, and a minor-legend was born.

Not only did Baird's triple here inflate Michigan's miserable arc stat to 1-19, but he'd been there and done this in the Dance the year before:

 

So yes, the Wolverines are going home, but thanks to Baird's valor and ability to flatline a brick on the neck, they'll have avoided the stigma of Magee Syndrome.

A thankful Maize & Blue Nation will surely bestow him with many free beers.