SI Weekend Roundup: Michigan’s Big Ten Title Feels Sweeter Thanks to Morez Johnson Jr.’s Illinois Exit

The Wolverines' size, toughness and frontcourt dominance—led by the transfer—overwhelmed the Illinis in a decisive Big Ten statement.

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