After Danny Wolf passed to Tre Donaldson, who passed to Vladislav Goldin for a fast-break dunk, Donaldson flexed in front of the Michigan bench, behind which fans in maize and blue roared in approval.

USC checks in at 78th overall in KenPom and isn’t particularly impressive on either side of the ball (95th on offense, 81st on defense). The Trojans beat up on poor non-conference opponents and blew out Washington (85-61) but lost each of their three most difficult games (Oregon by eight, New Mexico by 10, Saint Mary’s by 35).