After the Sweet 16 win, Lendeborg said he believed his Michigan squad was the best Michigan team ever. Jalen Rose, a major part of the legendary Fab 5 teams, responded to that claim with “You want to have that conversation? Go cut down the net.” After watching this, I think they’re taking his words to heart. After a couple Elite 8 games where we had to wait almost the entire game for 1 team to finally pull away, Michigan decided not waste nearly as much time letting their opponent hang around. It was a close game after 10 minutes and Michigan proceeded to steamroll the Volunteers. Just 5 minutes after it was 17-16, Michigan led 38-18. The game could’ve ended there. The rest was basically waiting for the victory to be official. This is the 2nd-biggest Elite 8 blowout in the shot clock era (8th-biggest ever), the biggest of the 21st century. Honestly, I’m glad they went for it. Sure, this game was massively disappointing that turned into a game of watch the clock drain, they went for it.