After two games where Marquette was lackluster in the first half and amazing in the second half, Marquette was bad in the first half and the second half didn't matter on Thursday night. Michigan outscored Marquette 35-11 to close the first half up 50-26 and was never really threatened after the break before winning, 79-61, in the semifinals of the 2K Classic.
I guess, if you wanted, you could claim that Marquette trimming the lead from 29 early in the second half to just 12 points right before the under-4 timeout counts as threatening the Wolverines. However, when the final margin ends up at 18, do you really feel comfortable saying that?