Can Michigan basketball get back on track vs Washington? Prediction

For the first time in this season, Michigan basketball will enter a game coming off a loss.

The Wolverines played well offensively the last time out against Wisconsin, but surprisingly it was their No. 1 defense that couldn’t come up with stops against the Badgers.

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Michigan allowed 54 second-half points including a 3-point barrage in what ended as a 91-88 home loss to Wisconsin.

Now, Dusty May’s group hits the road for a trip to the Pacific Northwest, starting with a game against Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 14 (10:30 p.m., Big Ten Network).

“I’m excited to get on the road,” May said at his weekly press conference before the team left for Seattle, the first of its two stops in the region. “See if we can get back to playing much better basketball.”

The Huskies (10-6, 2-3 Big Ten) haven’t exactly been a juggernaut this season. They’re 3-5 in eight games against power-conference opponents, but they are coming off a win against Ohio State. Prior to that, they lost tight at Purdue (81-73) and were down just six at Indiana with less than five minutes to play before the game got away from them (90-80).

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Washington is 7-1 at home, however, with its lone loss coming by two points to UCLA. Michigan hasn’t played its best in true road games this season, even though May’s group is 3-0 in those games. They needed a comeback against TCU, found itself down nine in the second half against Maryland before storming back and most recently survived a 74-72 win at Penn State when a game-winning 3-point attempt at the buzzer clanged off the back iron.

However, Michigan has done well out west under Dusty May (7-0 dating back to last season), which includes a multi-million dollar pay day over Thanksgiving week at the Players Era Festival this year.

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