Michigan basketball vs. Purdue prediction: Can Wolverines get revenge for road blowout?

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Through 23 games of the Dusty May era, Michigan basketball has looked somewhere between good and really good on 22 occasions.

It’s a fantastic batting percentage, but it still leaves one game the Wolverines really want to forget. When the Wolverines were down in West Lafayette, Indiana, on Jan. 24, they found themselves down by double figures before the first media timeout, which was just the beginning. They trailed by 20 points or more then entire second half in what was a 91-64 run away win by Purdue.

Wouldn’t you know it, the No. 7 Boilermakers (19-5, 11-2 Big Ten) are on tap for the return trip for what is a top-20 showdown with No. 17 Michigan (18-5, 10-2 Big Ten) Tuesday night at Crisler Center (7 p.m., Peacock).

”We don’t use the word revenge, but we have to play much better basketball,” May said Monday morning of the mentality headed into the biggest game of the season to date. “We need to make some adjustments schematically, but more importantly our mindset. That was a tough night.

Jan 24, 2025; West Lafayette, Indiana, USA; Purdue Boilermakers guard Braden Smith (3) dribbles the ball around Michigan Wolverines guard Tre Donaldson (3) during the second half at Mackey Arena. Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images

“They deserved to win how they did and I thought we deserved the result we got that night.”

Since that night, U-M has played four times and won all four contests in tight fashion, each coming by either three or four points. Michigan, which has trailed for just more than 13 combined minutes during the winning streak and never by more than five points.

That said, U-M has led each team by decent margins − eight points vs. Penn State (52-44), nine points vs. Rutgers (30-21), 14 points vs. Oregon (64-50) and 18 points vs. Indiana (43-25) − yet in each of those games, the opponent came back to either tie or take the lead in the second half.

Now, U-M is on a mission to get back more than just its pride against Purdue.

RISING UP: Michigan basketball continues…

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Author : Detroit Free Press

Publish date : 2025-02-11 11:09:00

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