The Players Era men’s championship and $1 million in name, image and likeness (NIL) compensation are at stake on Wednesday in Las Vegas when No. 7 Michigan faces No. 12 Gonzaga in the tournament final.The Wolverines (6-0) and Bulldogs (7-0) advanced to the championship round with the highest point differentials in their two wins.Michigan followed up a 94-54 rout of San Diego State on Monday with a 102-72 blowout of No. 21 Auburn on Tuesday.Yaxel Lendeborg and Roddy Gayle Jr. led six Wolverines scoring in double figures on Tuesday with 17 points each. Michigan has four players averaging 10-plus points per game, led by Lendeborg at 15.3.A fifth Wolverine, 7-foot-3 UCLA transfer Aday Mara, is averaging close to a double-double per game at 9.7 points and 9.5 rebounds.”Our frontcourt is by far the best in the country. I believe that wholeheartedly,” Lendeborg said in his postgame interview with TNT Sports. “We’re so diverse. We have Aday standing 7-foot-3, I think he’s the best rim protector in the whole nation. We’ve got Morez (Johnson Jr.), an absolute dog on the boards, on the defensive end, and I would consider myself a point forward.”Johnson is putting up 13.5 points per game, second on the team, and he combines with Lendeborg to add 13.8 boards per contest, supporting Mara on the glass.The trio also help fuel Michigan’s stifling defense, which ranks No. 1 nationally in adjusted efficiency per KenPom.com metrics.The Wolverines are holding opponents to a 34.5% field-goal shooting, one of the best figures in Division I.Gonzaga, meanwhile, continued its outstanding offensive output through the opening stretch of its season against Maryland on Tuesday. The 100-61 romp marked the Bulldogs’ second time hitting the century mark in this regular season and the team’s fifth game with 90-plus points.”When we’re making the right basketball play, we’re fun to watch,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said following the Tuesday win. “When we don’t, we’re definitely vulnerable.”