THE ESSENTIALS WHAT #75 Michigan (6-10, 1-4 B10) vs #42 Ohio St (12-4, 2-3 B10) [Patrick Barron] WHERE Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI WHEN Noon THE LINE Kenpom: OSU-1 Torvik: OSU-2 TICKETS available TELEVISION Fox (streaming link) THE OVERVIEW Michigan Football just won the National Championship, as well as three straight Big Ten titles thanks to three straight victories over Ohio State, which hasn't beaten its rival in the one thing they care about since 2019. There are people walking the Earth with fully functional long-term memories who were not alive when Ohio State last beat Michigan. Also the Detroit Lions won a Playoff game for the first time since I was eleven. The sacrifice for this was Michigan Basketball, which hasn't won a game since EMU on December 16th, and hasn't defeated a Big Ten opponent at home since the overtime game against Wisconsin last February. Their losses this year have been like last year's. Since the start of December, the cagers fell to O
The question entering the Big Ten men's basketball season is which team will challenge defending champion Purdue. Michigan State has the best chance. That's according to the preseason media poll conducted by The Athletic and Columbus Dispatch. The Boilermakers return national player of the year Zach Edey. Both the Boilermakers are Spartans are loaded with experience. No. 3 Purdue, No. 4 Michigan State and No. 25 Illinois are the Big Ten's only teams in the AP preseason Top 25. Top returning players in the league besides Edey are Northwestern's Boo Buie, Illinois' Terrence Shannon, Rutgers' Clifford Omoruyi and Maryland's Jahmir Young.
The question entering the Big Ten men's basketball season is which team will challenge defending champion Purdue. Michigan State has the best chance. That's according to the preseason media poll conducted by The Athletic and Columbus Dispatch. The Boilermakers return national player of the year Zach Edey. Both the Boilermakers are Spartans are loaded with experience. No. 3 Purdue, No. 4 Michigan State and No. 25 Illinois are the Big Ten's only teams in the AP preseason Top 25. Top returning players in the league besides Edey are Northwestern's Boo Buie, Illinois' Terrence Shannon, Rutgers' Clifford Omoruyi and Maryland's Jahmir Young.
Handicapping the Big Ten race comes down to this: Purdue, Michigan State, everybody else. The Boilermakers, with reigning national player of the year Zach Edey and his strong supporting cast, are the prohibitive favorites to win a second straight regular-season championship. Michigan State is a possible challenger.