The home stretch of the college basketball season has arrived, with Selection Sunday less than a month away.
Michigan basketball (24-1, 14-1 Big Ten) couldn’t be in a better position as the final power conference team with just one loss in the nation after Arizona lost twice last week.
The Wolverines enter a brutal week with a road game at Purdue on Tuesday, Feb. 17 (6:30 p.m., Peacock), then clash with Duke on Saturday in a nonconference game in Washington, DC (6:30 p.m., ESPN).
On the heels of another 2-0 week in the Big Ten, which makes 10 straight wins overall, the Wolverines will be the No. 1 team in the nation when rankings from coaches and media come out Monday afternoon. If that holds, it would likely equate to the No. 1 overall seed in March Madness, too.
The resume Michigan has put together is now unquestionably the best in the country with one month before the NCAA tournament.
Here’s where coach Dusty May’s team stands with six regular-season games left before conference tournament play.
Michigan basketball schedule this week
Michigan basketball bracketology for NCAA tournament
Michigan basketball NET rankings: No. 1 (Last week: No. 1)
All stats as of Sunday afternoon.
KenPom rankings: No. 1 (Last week: No. 1)
All rankings as of Sunday afternoon.
Michigan basketball bracketology projections
Michigan basketball scores last week
How NCAA tournament committee selects at-large teams
Tony Garcia is the Wolverines beat writer for the Detroit Free Press. Email him at apgarcia@freepress.com and follow him on X at @RealTonyGarcia.
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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan basketball bracketology: Meet the new No. 1 overall seed
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