Call it Pierogi Pike, the Rust Beltway, or Auto Alley.
Regardless, step aside, Tobacco Road.
The best stretch of men’s college basketball in 2021? It runs from U.S. 23 to shining 23, from Ann Arbor to Columbus, with can’t-miss stops in Toledo and Bowling Green in between.
Seriously, we’re living on the hoops equator.
Here, there, everywhere is a winner: Toledo and Bowling Green are tied atop the Mid-American Conference and are two of the top mid-major teams in the country, seventh-ranked Michigan has the look of a national title contender, and No. 21 Ohio State isn’t half bad itself.