Michigan Wolverines basketball coach Dusty May explains why the Wolverines’ dominance proves they deserve the No. 1 ranking.

Michigan basketball continued its impressive start to the 2025-26 season on Tuesday night. After scoring over 100 points in the previous three games, the Wolver

"As soon as you get a little bit tired, there's a sub coming," Michigan basketball guard Elliot Cadeau said. "And that sub is just as good as you."

Wildcats head coach Kevin Willard speaks up on the stout defense of Michigan following Villanova baskebtall's loss on Tuesday.

With a 9-0 record and winning many of its games in blowout fashion, Dusty May's Michigan Wolverines likely couldn't have envisioned a much better start to the 2

The Michigan Wolverines have been better than expected to start the season, with wins over ranked Auburn and Gonzaga, and a blowout victory over Villanova on Tuesday.  Meanwhile, UConn rises to No. 2 in the championship futures and remains odds-on Big East favorites after its win over national champion Florida at the Jimmy V Classic.

Five weeks into the college basketball season, with most of the nonconference slate already behind us, 357 of 365 Division-I teams have lost at least one game. That includes everybody from No. 5 UConn — the highest-ranked one-loss team in the country — to South Carolina State, Maine and Gardner Webb, the three remaining winless teams.

The 7-1 Wildcats (No. 35 in the NCAA’s NET rankings) haven’t lost since a season-opening setback against BYU (No. 10 in the AP poll) in Las Vegas, 71-66. Villanova hasn’t been seriously challenged since.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/high-school as Michigan High School Boys Basketball Final Scores, Results - December 9, 2025. The 2025 Michigan boys high school basketball season continued on Tuesday, and High School On SI has a list of final scores from the night's slate of action.