Cadeau has a \u201cspecial\u201d way of running the offense<\/a>, and that elite ability was apparent in the win at Purdue. Cadeau\u2019s fingerprints were all over the victory, leading the team with 17 points and seven assists, including six assists in the first half alone. He also made a series of clutch shots in the second half to help fend off any Purdue comeback.<\/p>\nOffensive rebounding was also a huge factor<\/p>\n
Michigan\u2019s ability to crash the glass and grab offensive rebounds proved to be a huge factor in this game, as it held a 14-4 advantage in second-chance points in the fist half. The Wolverines consistently turned offensive rebounds into quality looks, which completely quieted the home crowd. Michigan won the rebounding battle (39-31) as a whole, with Aday Mara and Morez Johnson Jr. totaling 11 rebounds each.<\/p>\n
Balanced production, depth continues to overwhelm opponents<\/p>\n
There aren\u2019t many teams in the country that can match Michigan\u2019s depth, and that was on full display at Purdue as nine different players scored \u2014 six of them reached double-figures. The Wolverines outscored Purdue, 34-15, in bench points, with Trey McKenney (13 points on 3-for-4 shooting from three-point range) and L.J. Cason (13 points) leading the reserves.<\/p>\n
Ball movement, connectivity was on full display<\/p>\n
Michigan\u2019s offense is operating at an ultra-efficient rate right now, and it\u2019s clear the ball movement is a massive part of that. The first 14 made shots by the Wolverines were all assisted, which shows just how unselfish and connected this team is playing. All in all, Michigan finished with 24 assists on 30 made field goals, resulting in an impressive 1.38 points per possession.<\/p>\n
Yaxel Lendeborg is building a legitimate Big Ten Player of the Year r\u00e9sum\u00e9<\/p>\n
Lendeborg got an earful from Purdue\u2019s crowd because of his comments that went viral on social media this week, but he was business as usual on Tuesday night, filling the stat sheet with 13 points, seven assists, two rebounds and two blocks. With the season winding down, he is mire than in the mix for Big Ten Player of the Year, and it\u2019s hard to argue after he\u2019s been seemingly unstoppable in the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
Michigan is checking off all the boxes of an eventual national champion<\/p>\n
The Wolverines are ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll<\/a> for good reason, and Dusty May\u2019s team continues to check off all the boxes of an eventual national champion. From a dominating performance in the Players Era Festival back in November to defeating a trio of top-10 opponents in recent weeks \u2014 including road wins at Michigan State and now Purdue \u2014 Michigan has the look of a team that can win it all.<\/p>\nMichigan will take an 11-game win streak into a marquee matchup with the No. 3 Duke Blue Devils on Saturday (6:30 p.m. on ESPN) at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The No. 1 Michigan Wolverines picked up a massive 91-80 road win over the No. 7 Purdue Boilermakers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[15701,15702,99],"class_list":["post-475304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-michigan-mens-basketball","tag-michigan-mens-basketball-analysis","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}