Another game, another blowout. Same old, same old for the No. 2 Michigan Wolverines, who throttled the Villanova Wildcats, 89-61, on Tuesday night at Crisler Center.

The days of consistent dominance ended when Hall of Fame coach Jay Wright retired in April 2022. After a tumultuous three-year Kyle Neptune tenure where Nova didn’t make the NCAA Tournament once, Kevin Willard controversially left Maryland to take over at Villanova after the Terrapins lost in the Sweet Sixteen. Willard has the Wildcats ranked 35th in KenPom, with Villanova’s lone loss coming into this game coming at the hands of a good BYU team by just five points.

Michigan is ranked No. 1 in every poll/statistical ranking in the country except the AP Poll, and they looked like it against Villanova. In the words of Stone Col

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