All eyes were on Michigan basketball's freshman point guard Dug McDaniel, making his first career start Saturday at home.
The question was how would he fare as the team's primary facilitator in place of Jaelin Llewellyn, who was ruled out for the season after he tore his ACL earlier this month. A Michigan guard playing an elevated role did show out, but it wasn't the first-year player — it was sophomore Kobe Bufkin.
Bufkin, who scored a career-high 15 points last Thursday in the Big Ten-opening road win over Minnesota, nearly matched that in the first half (14) and set a new high with 22 points.