Michigan Basketball: 3 things we learned in win over Minnesota

Michigan basketball dominated Minnesota on Wednesday night and here are three things we learned from the Wolverines victory.

For the second straight game, Michigan basketball dominated a ranked team on its home floor and really ran away with things in the second half.

The Wolverines did that to Northwestern on Sunday, which was ranked 19th at the time, only to turn around and humiliate 16th-ranked Minnesota, especially in the second half of an 82-57 victory.

Michigan jumped out to an early lead thanks to a strong start from Hunter Dickinson, who continued to take the Big Ten by storm. The Gophers cut the lead to six but a 33-8 run and a second half that saw U-M score 1.67 points per possession blew it wide open.

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Following the win, Michigan basketball moved up to sixth in the Kenpom rankings, which comes as they have now won four of their last five games against teams ranked in the top 60.

Regardless of the metric, Michigan dominated the game. The Wolverines shot 56 percent from the field and needed to make only four 3-pointers in the rout.

The offense averaged 1.19 points per possession for the game, while holding Minnesota, a top-30 offensive team according to Kenpom to 82.6 points per possession and just 32 percent shooting.

It’s hard to think of the Wolverines being more impressive but on an individual level, nobody other than Dickinson did anything spectacular. It wasn’t a lucky shooting night or anything and it was in no way a fluke.

Michigan just blitzed Minnesota in the second half, as it has done to a number of teams recently such as Nebraska and Northwestern. This team is really good and here’s what we learned.