This week was full of surprises in the sport -- and Arizona's first loss was hardly the headliner, even if it had the most profound impact on this week's rankings. Illinois dropped two-straight, UConn lost at St. John's and Duke lost at UNC, resulting in two new teams -- Florida and Houston -- vaulting in to the new-look top five.

The Wolverines are expected to be in three coin flip games over the next two weeks. This, at least on paper, should not be one of them.

Get MHSAA live updates and final scores as the 2026 Michigan high school basketball season continues on February 13

The Michigan men’s basketball team, ranked No. 2 nationally, is one of two teams to be featured in the upcoming docuseries, “Made for March.” Michigan (23-1) and No. 9 Kansas are the focus of the four-part series that debuts on Paramount+ on April 4.

Michigan basketball took an early blow, faced its largest halftime deficit of the season, yet still found a way. The second-ranked Wolverines roared back to life Wednesday, needing a monster second-half run to come from behind and beat Northwestern,

Michigan basketball's only national title came in 1989. Can the Wolverines win their second this year?

Michigan stayed atop the Big Ten and Ohio State proved it is an NCAA Tournament threat with an important win

Dusty May and Michigan's exploitable three-point defense can be its undoing in the 2026 Big Ten Tournament