Michigan Wolverines basketball dominated Michigan State en route to an 87-70 win over the Spartans Tuesday night at Crisler Center. TheWolverine.com’s Clayton Sayfie was joined by college basketball analyst and former Michigan player Ant Wright to break down the entire game, which included an iconic, 33-point performance from sophomore center <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/hunter-dickinson-48425/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hunter Dickinson</a>.



We discussed what Dickinson meant to Michigan from both an attitude and scoring output standpoint, especially in the second half when he posted 21 points. We also talked about the lift that the bench gave Michigan in the first half. Due to foul trouble, both freshman guard <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/frankie-collins-44118/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Frankie Collins</a> and sophomore forward <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/terrance-williams-111449/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terrance Williams II</a> were thrust into big roles and delivered. Collins dished out four assists and played stellar defense, while Williams connected on three triples to help the Maize and Blue lead by 16 at halftime.



Michigan will practice Wednesday and have a quick turnaround before Thursday’s home game against Iowa, which the Wolverines beat in Iowa City a couple weeks back. Thursday is also senior night, where Michigan will honor <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/adrien-nunez-1775/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Adrien Nunez</a>, <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/brandon-johns-141797/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Brandon Johns Jr.</a> and fifth-year senior guard <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/devante'-jones-147047/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">DeVante’ Jones</a>. 



The Maize and Blue finish the regular season at Ohio State Sunday, before competing in the Big Ten Tournament. Michigan’s seed for the conference tournament is not decided yet, of course, but the most likely is that they’ll wind up as either a No. 7 or No. 8 seed, avoiding a Wednesday night game but not quite getting a double bye to the quarterfinals on Friday.



The Wolverines are up to No. 32 in the NCAA’s NET rankings, after slotting 37th entering Tuesday, and are all the way up to No. 29 on Kenpom’s efficiency ratings, with the No. 20 offense and No. 82 defense in the land. The analytics site also has Michigan splitting the last two regular season games and finishing the regular season 17-13 overall and 11-9 in Big Ten play.



For more on Michigan basketball’s big win over MSU, watch or listen to the podcast episode below.



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