The No. 3 Michigan Wolverines picked up right where they left off in Las Vegas, routing the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, 101-60, to start conference play with a resounding victory.

This is not the same Rutgers team from last season that featured two Top-5 NBA draft picks in Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey, and that team didn’t even make the NCAA Tournament. Steve Pikiell’s Scarlet Knights entered this game ranked 126th in KenPom with a 5-4 record, and Rutgers was picked to finish second-last in the Big Ten in the annual preseason media poll organized by the Columbus Dispatch and the Indianapolis Star.

Coming off a Players Era Festival that Michigan won in dominant fashion — and looked every bit like a National Championship contender — the Wolverines were not rusty at all. A dominant first half h

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