It was easily Michigan basketball’s biggest contest thus far into the 2020-21 season, the truest of barometers of where the Wolverines stand in the college basketball pecking order. Yes, beating ranked Northwestern and Minnesota means something, but a top 10 matchup against Wisconsin is another story.
Well, meet the new game, same as the last game.
Michigan basketball is establishing itself as one of the very best teams in all of college basketball, forcing what many think of as an elite Wisconsin team to look not just pedestrian, but like it isn’t even in the same league.
The Wolverines embarrassed yet another Big Ten foe, leading by as much as 40 in the second half and ultimately beating the Badgers, 77-54.
Here’s our five takeaways from the domination.