In the NCAA Tournament, Michigan won’t have to worry about playing on back-to-back days. And they have the talent to keep up with just about anyone in the country, evidence by their 68-62 loss to open the regular season against the consensus No. 1 South Carolina.

With a win over Wisconsin on Sunday in Indianapolis, the Wolverines captured the Big Ten’s men’s basketball tournament for the first time since 2018.

Yet, Michigan basketball took the Big Ten conference tournament title and earned a No. 5 seed in the NCAA tournament beginning this week. On Thursday they get to play UC San Diego (30-4), which was one of the hottest-shooting teams in the country from the Big West Conference.

The final college basketball game before the NCAA Tournament bracket unveiled up to the hype. No. 3 seed Michigan defeated No. 5 seed Wisconsin 59-53 to capture the Big Ten Tournament Championship on Sunday.

Tre Donaldson raced the length of the court for a left-handed layup to push Michigan over Maryland and into the Big Ten Tournament championship

Tre Donaldson uses a head of steam to drive through the lane and score the winner for Michigan with 0.4 seconds left.