I disagree, or at least tend to lean toward the positives here.
It has been discussed ad nauseam this year how UM inevitably falls into a five minute slump every game. Could be from the whistle, could be 2 minutes into the second half. It happens. I expected it. I thought this was a good game. UM kept chuggin and found their niche with 7 to go and turned on the burners and put them away. I thought it was nice to see that they decided to change course and adjust to go inside when their outside shots weren't falling.
Good fouling, good D, good ball handling. It wasn't the blowout I would have liked but it's just what they needed to get the ball rolling for the next game. And FWIW I'm watching the TEX v ASU game right now and I don't think either of these teams can hang with UM. We're looking good IMO.