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THE ESSENTIALS WHAT #86 Michigan (7-13, 2-7 B10) vs #18 MSU (12-8, 4-5 B10) WHERE Breslin Center East Lansing, MI WHEN 9:00 PM THE LINE Kenpom: MSU-11 Torvik: MSU-10 TELEVISION Peacock (link) THE OVERVIEW Around the same time they were buckling my daughter into the Zamboni last Saturday, and on the opposite end of the lot, the Michigan men's basketball team was doing its own kind of buckling, welcoming new football coach Sherrone Moore with a double-digit promise not to be a distraction. The 10-point home loss to Iowa undid a 10-point win at Carver-Hawkeye, easily Michigan's best con...

THE ESSENTIALS WHAT #44 Michigan (16-12) vs #64 Wisconsin (16-11) WHERE Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI WHEN Sunday, 2PM THE LINE Kenpom: M-5 Torvik: M-5 TELEVISION CBS (Stream link) THE OVERVIEW Michigan's on another February tear. They are now 5-2, the #1 team in the conference, and #11 team in the country to Torvik since they checked on the groundhog. Michigan is also coming off their biggest win of the season, a 13-grit sandpaper affair at the RAC. As is often the case, freshman progression has been the difference. Dug McDaniel has become a defensive pest instead of a liability, has foun...

THE ESSENTIALS WHAT #6 Michigan (21-2) vs #11 Wisconsin (17-6) WHERE Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI WHEN Noon Saturday LINE Michigan –5, 68% to win (Kenpom) Michigan –6.8, 79% to win (Torvik) TV FOX THE US Michigan was able to hold a Rutgers team that's officially "pesky" at arm's length in their last outing. At virtually the same time Michigan State provided a welcome batch of perspective by losing to Illinois. Also a welcome opening of the conference race, which Kenpom now projects as a three-way tie between the two Michigan schools and resurgent Purdue. The Boilers have...

THE ESSENTIALS WHAT #53 Michigan (14-11) vs #71 Wisconsin (14-10) WHERE Trohl Center Madison, WI WHEN 9 PM THE LINE Kenpom: M -1 Torvik: M –1 TELEVISION ESPN THE OVERVIEW Well: at least Wisconsin is bad. The Badgers are coming off a loss to Nebraska that seriously dents their tourney hopes; those hopes are largely because of a bunch of extremely narrow wins. The Badgers slid by Dayton 43-42,—ugh—beat USC by five, pipped Marquette, Iowa, and Penn State in OT, and have three-to-five point wins over Minnesota, Penn State (again), and Ohio State. They've also lost two OT games and four ...

Wisconsin played terribly, missing every field goal for the last 10 minutes of the game to allow a 12-point lead to fall to two. To compensate, the officiating might have set a new Trohl Center record for lopsidedness. The difference then, was Michigan, or at least most of Michigan, once again failing to score, play defense, or rebound in another close resume loss. With Terrance Williams II out with a deep knee bruise, Will Tschetter started at the four. The energy boost he provided however wore off as Wisconsin took advantage of his lack of athleticism (and some Jett mistakes) to start on a 5...