A familiar scene was playing out at the Crisler Center between the No. 24 Michigan Wolverines (5-3) and the San Diego State Aztecs (5-3).
The Aztecs were, once again, unable to make a shot and picked up five fouls within the first eight minutes of the game.
Meanwhile, the Wolverines were making mincemeat of the vaunted SDSU defense, dropping three-point buckets with ease and boxing out Aztec shooters whenever they dared enter the paint.
A broken wrist already knocked out junior guard Lamont Butler while senior Tahirou Diabate didn’t make the trip for… “medical reasons”.
Even though the Aztecs hung with the Wolverines for as long as they could, a constant volley of three-pointers and a full-court press reinforced with adamantium sank the Scarlet and Black 72-58.