11 plus minutes in on Sunday, Central Florida led 28 to 16.

The nights were 11 of 16 from the floor at that point, while Michigan was just 6 of 17.

Isaiah Livers was scoreless after back-to-back 20-plus point performances.

Franz Wagner, who was such a spark plug early in the first half and the second half against Ball State,

he was on the

bench with two quick fouls.

It would have been tough to craft a worse start for the Wolverines.

Then the lineup of Mike Smith, Terrence Williams, Sean D. Brown, Brandon Johns, and Hunter

Dickinson.

Four new players to this team and a junior in Brandon Johns who hasn't played more than 15

minutes in a game this season,

that quintet sparked a remarkable surge.

Michigan outscored the night's 22 to 6 in the final 8 plus minutes of the half,

with that 5 on the floor for much of it.

Then Michigan scored 40 of the first 52 points in half number two, including a 20 to nothing run

over six plus minutes that pushed Michigan's lead from 6 to 26, and this game from close

to a laffer. It's crazy to have a game where 10 minutes in, you're saying, just find a way to come

back, scratch this thing out, and get to 4-0, and then at the buzzer, you're saying, just find a way to come back, scratch this thing out, and get to

4-0. And then at the buzzer, you're thinking, wait, Michigan only won by 22. That doesn't feel

indicative of the way this game went. Michigan fell behind early. And then the maize and blue flat

out dominated the knights. And it came from largely the bench.

Some may say it came from unlikely suspects,

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