Michigan basketball played its best 20 minutes of the season to start its ACC/Big Ten Challenge matchup.
Its star in the post, Hunter Dickinson, set the tone with some bully ball. Its most explosive player, Jett Howard, rained in multiple 3s, as did transfer point guard Jaelin Llewellyn.
Kobe Bufkin had timely buckets including a scoop and score to end the half and send the crowd into a frenzy with an 11-point leading going into the break. The only problem — there was still another half to play.
No. 3 Virginia blitzed Michigan out of the break, making six of its first seven shots to trim the lead to two.