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It all comes down to this.
Michigan basketball (22-7, 14-4 Big Ten) is one game off the Big Ten lead with two games to play and wouldn’t you know it, the No. 3 team in the league, Maryland, is coming to town Wednesday. That’s before the season-ending road matchup vs. the top team in the conference, playing at Michigan State in Breslin Center.
Michigan Wolverines center Danny Wolf (1) looks for the layup against Rutgers Scarlet Knights guard Dylan Harper (2) during the first half at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025.
Michigan must beat Maryland in order to guarantee that final game against MSU is for at least a share of the Big Ten title, and while winning the league title has been one of the top goals for head coach Dusty May and staff since they arrived last March, there are now also goals within the larger goals that the program is trying to reach.
“At the end of the day. … we have to find a way to play good basketball in the next two weeks,” May said in a recent episode of the program’s in-house podcast ‘Defend The Block’. “We’re not doing anything very well right now − the shooting, struggling to finish around the rim other than Vlad (Goldin) is definitely part of it, but we still believe there are a lot of teams that would love to be sitting in our position right now.
“There are more buttons to push … got to finish this with some steam going into NCAA’s and Big Ten tournament.”
The first question is how to stop the Terrapins?
Maryland’s muscle
Kevin Willard and the Terrapins aren’t deep, but they are as top heavy as any team in the league.
Feb 20, 2025; College Park, Maryland, USA; Maryland Terrapins center Derik Queen (25) handles the ball during the second half against the USC Trojans at Xfinity Center. Mandatory Credit: Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images
They have a pair of bigs in freshman Derik Queen and senior Julian Reese, both of whom are averaging more than 13 points and nine rebounds per contest. Then, on the outside, it’s a trio of guards in Ja’Kobi…
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Author : Detroit Free Press
Publish date : 2025-03-05 11:06:00
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