"We're excited about the trajectory of our group. ... We avoided complacency," Michigan basketball coach Dusty May said after Saturday's lopsided win.

“We have two of everything,” May said. “And so if a guy doesn’t bring it, he’s at risk of being, I don’t want to say replaced, but relegated temporarily by a really good player. So hopefully internally that motivates us to stay on our stuff.”

During Michigan's 8-0 start, Morez Johnson Jr. has been doing it all — and perhaps even more than anyone Dusty May has ever coached before.

Michigan basketball continued its stretch of dominating opponents, opening Big Ten play with a 101-60 win over Rutgers at Crisler Center.

Michigan easily moved to 8-0 (1-0) after crushing Rutgers 101-60 on Saturday. The Wolverines were off for 10 days, but there was no shortage of energy or shotma

SportsLine's model simulated Duke Blue Devils vs. Michigan State Spartans 10,000 times and revealed its college basketball picks for the non-conference matchup at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Mich.

The tough schedule continues for Michigan on Tuesday as it welcomes Villanova in another “March Madness” type matchup.

Villanova contest will pit the top defensive rebounding team against one of the best offensive rebounding teams in college basketball.