Michigan basketball has been playing as well as any team in the Big Ten conference of late. But one team right there with the Wolverines has been the Wisconsin Badgers, who have won four of five games and will invade Crisler tonight.
In the Big Ten standings, in the race to get a better seed for the NCAA tournament, this game is huge. A win would give both teams a better chance of finishing in the top four. It would also give the winner the tiebreaker in a jam-packed race.
It’s conceivable that Michigan basketball could go into the Big Ten tournament as the No.