Michigan Basketball Still Undefeated, Among Nation's Elite

Michigan absolutely smacked No. 9 Wisconsin on national television last night putting the entire country on alert.

A big win over Northwestern made people look.

An even bigger win over Minnesota got people's attention.

An absolute drubbing of Wisconsin got people talking — a lot.

Okay, so technically the win over Wisconsin was by 23 versus the 25-point win over Minnesota, but a 43-6 run that resulted in a 69-29 gap at one point against the Badgers showed everyone that Michigan is for real.

ESPN's broadcast team of Dan Dakich and Dave Flemming almost couldn't believe what they were seeing. They talked about the elite tier of teams within college basketball, which previously contained just Gonzaga and Baylor, and for some Iowa, now containing Michigan as well.

Gimme Zags, Baylor, Iowa and Michigan https://t.co/s38qjxu0pB

— Dan Dakich (@dandakich) January 13, 2021

The game was obviously on ESPN so it made sense for the worldwide leader to hype up the action on its network.

No. 7 Michigan is cooking No. 9 Wisconsin 👀 pic.twitter.com/AFblY3u78j

— ESPN (@espn) January 13, 2021

Obviously Tim McCormick played at Michigan, but his statement isn't hyperbole.

Michigan’s 43-6 run against top 10 Wisconsin was the most dominant stretch of basketball all year - NBA or College!

16 baskets - 7 layups, 4 dunks & 4 uncontested 3’s, only 1 midrange J.

Seven scored, near perfection on defense.

I am in awe of what I watched last night!!!

— Tim McCormick (@TimMcCormick40) January 13, 2021

Brendan Quinn of The Athletic has become one of the more trusted people on the hoops beat and he echoed something I said last night. We just don't see performances like that from Wisconsin.

This doesn't really happen to Wisconsin, man.

The Badger's last 20-point loss was Jan 16, 2018 against Purdue. That was 92 games ago. The program has only had four (4!) 20-point losses since the 2010-11 season.

Michigan currently up 38 with 10:53 left.

— Brendan Quinn (@BFQuinn) January 13, 2021

The official March Madness account certainly seems to think it'll see a lot of the Wolverines when the time comes.

WOLVERINES ARE FOR REAL 〽️

No. 7 Michigan stays undefeated after taking down No. 9 Wisconsin! #GoBlue pic.twitter.com/w66UEN37Jh

— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) January 13, 2021

Renowned college hoops reporter Seth Davis agrees with Dakich on the "tier argument".

we need to start thinking of a three-team top tier in college hoops, not just two: Gonzaga, Baylor, Michigan.

— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) January 13, 2021

It might pain Michigan State alum Justin Rose to say it, but he's absolutely right, and he's seen a lot of good basketball over the years working for WXYZ Detroit.

It’s not hyperbole when I say that watching Michigan tonight was the most dominant CBB performance I’ve ever seen in person, ever.

They have swag, tenacity, talent and most importantly, they aren’t overconfident.

The perfect amount of confidence.

This team is Final 4 good.

— Justin Rose (@JRoseDet) January 13, 2021

And finally, bracket expert Joe Lunardi now has the Wolverines as a 1-seed.

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— Joe Lunardi (@ESPNLunardi) January 13, 2021

Michigan's win over the Badgers last night made history. The Wolverines became the first team in COLLEGE BASKETBALL HISTORY to beat three ranked opponents in a row by at least 19 points. To say that U-M is rolling is an understatement.