Not many blogs or even Michigan newspaper reporters were writing much about the National Championship rematch prior to last nights game. Villanova who lost a ton of guys to the NBA were playing at home and ranked #8 in the country. Michigan is ranked #18 but had two head scratching performances to start the year. For example Holy Cross was beating the Wolverines at half-time after the Wolverines struggled to score 18 points.
Many had the expectation the Wolverines would struggle in this one and I was squarely in that camp. Then I turned on the TV at 6:30 and was blown away by a Michigan team that played suffocating defense and was very efficient on offense.