NCAA Tournament March Madness

#1 Michigan

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Projected seed: 2

Michigan’s résumé is built on eye-catching neutral-site blowouts of Gonzaga, Auburn and San Diego State and reinforced by statement home victories over Villanova and USC that show the team can impose itself on both neutral and friendly floors. The most damaging result is a home setback to Wisconsin and a couple of razor-thin finishes, like the neutral escape against Wake Forest and the tight road decision at Penn State, introduce questions about consistency that the committee will not ignore. A demanding stretch ahead that features road exams at Oregon, Purdue, Michigan State and Illinois, a neutral clash with Duke and marquee games against UCLA and Indiana gives Michigan clear opportunities to validate those big wins or to expose the cracks, which is why the team is slotted high on bracket lists.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Oakland126W121-78
11/11(N)Wake Forest61W85-84
11/14@TCU53W67-63
11/19MTSU124W86-61
11/24(N)San Diego St45W94-54
11/25(N)Auburn34W102-72
11/26(N)Gonzaga5W101-61
12/6Rutgers154W101-60
12/9Villanova24W89-61
12/13@Maryland127W101-83
12/21La Salle231W102-50
12/29McNeese St67W112-71
1/2USC50W96-66
1/6@Penn St105W74-72
1/10Wisconsin39L91-88
1/14@Washington49W82-72
1/17@Oregon9092%
1/18@Oregon9092%
1/20Indiana3892%
1/23Ohio St3591%
1/27Nebraska1583%
1/30@Michigan St1259%
2/5Penn St10598%
2/8@Ohio St3578%
2/11@Northwestern6088%
2/14UCLA4093%
2/17@Purdue351%
2/21(N)Duke463%
2/24Minnesota8397%
2/27@Illinois653%
3/5@Iowa1866%
3/8Michigan St1279%