Michigan reaffirms No. 1 ranking by dispatching No. 7 Purdue

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WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA -- Michigan's week started with the Wolverines moving to No. 1 in the AP poll for the first time since the 2012-13 season. With games at Purdue and vs. Duke in a five-day span this week, however, there was some concern their time on top could be short-lived.

But they looked every bit of the best team in the country on Tuesday at Mackey Arena, comprehensively dispatching No. 7 Purdue, 91-80. Michigan led for the final 33 minutes and its lead expanded to as many as 20 points late in the first half.

"We needed to deliver a lot of punches, whether it was the first or second," coach Dusty May said. "We knew…