Mark Snyder
WASHINGTON -- The Michigan basketball team woke up early to make it to the Big Ten tournament on Thursday.
Now, the Wolverines plan to stay.
Taking a morning flight to D.C. after enduring a plane crash Wednesday, the No. 8-seeded Wolverines had the same aggressiveness from the past five weeks and pounded No. 9 Illinois, 75-55, at the Verizon Center.
Derrick Walton Jr. scored 19 points, which included a few late three-pointers, and the Wolverines (21-11) never trailed.