The Michigan Wolverines are on a roll right now, having won their last three games against Michigan State, Rutgers and Wisconsin, all Big Ten teams currently projected to make the NCAA Tournament.
The Wolverines still have some work to do to get into the tournament; most bracketologists have them on the outside looking in. It really hurts their case they are 3-10 in Quad 1 games and have losses to bubble teams like Wisconsin, Penn State and North Carolina.
In order to earn a tournament bid — which they’d have a lot better chance of if they beat Illinois and Indiana this week and won a game in the Big Ten Tournament — the Wolverines need to keep playing great on both ends and rely on Kobe Bufkin, who is easily Michigan’s most improved player and has probably been their best player in the month of February.