He ambled through pregame warmups like a player expecting to spend the evening on the sideline, stretching and jogging and doing nothing that required him to break a sweat.
But when the game began Tuesday — as Michigan basketball hosted Maryland at Crisler Center — center Hunter Dickinson assumed the spotlight he has grown accustomed to owning.
An emphatic 83-64 win over the lowly Terrapins felt restorative for a team that played just three games in the last four weeks. Led by Dickinson, who poured in a game-high 21 points and six rebounds, the Wolverines had four players reach double-figure scoring in the type of balanced attack needed to succeed in the Big Ten.