Big Ten Tournament Scarlet Knights put dagger through Michigan

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00:01Chicago, both teams knew the stakes, as Michigan basketball associate coach Phil Martelli said.

00:07A win kept them on the bubble, a loss meant no NCAA tournament.

00:14By his criteria, then, the Wolverines' dream ended Thursday afternoon at the United Center.

00:21UM went 1-for-17 from the floor to start the second half as Rutgers dominated the back end

00:26of a 62-50 victory in the second round of the Big Ten tournament.

00:33After Hunter Dickinson made a three-pointer with 15-01 left,

00:38Michigan didn't make another field goal until one minute remained, another Dickinson triple.

00:45By then, a close game had become a double-digit deficit.

00:50The Scarlet Knights didn't play exceptional offense in the second half, making just 51.

00:559% of their field goals.

01:00But that was considerably more than Michigan, which saw its offensive firepower frustrated

01:06and stifled during an early exit in Chicago.

01:09Dickinson led the Wolverines with 24 points, his teammates combined for 26.

01:14Michigan vs. Rutgers, the first half as Phil Martelli promised earlier this week, the Wolverines leaned

01:24on their big man early and often.

01:31Hunter Dickinson got the scoring started with a finish in the post over Clifford Omorui

01:35and shut down the Scarlet Knights big with a block on the other end.

01:42At the first media timeout, UM led 9-2, paced by four points from Dickinson and his nice feed

01:49to Kobe Bufkin on a backdoor cut.

01:52Rutgers came out of the first timeout in a zone, and that slowed UM's hot start.

01:56But good burst from Kobe Bufkin got him to the rack for a bucket, and Dickinson finished another

02:05post-touch.

02:07Defensively, UM kept the Scarlet Knights off the glass and maintained their lead despite a

02:111-for-7 start from deep.

02:13Though Rue got closer during a stretch with backups on the court, a Dickinson in one, his

02:21strong post-defense on Omorui and a transition block kept UM ahead.