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.

One game aside, Michigan has been nearly flawless in the 2025-2026 college basketball season, putting them in position to enter the annual Big Ten Tournament as the No. 1 seed. Dusty May’s lightning-quick program rehabilitation has seemingly already reached its peak, but the Wolverines’ job is not done yet.

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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.

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?

Rivals are meeting as top-15 teams for the second time in two weeks.

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