Can Michigan complete ultra-rare perfect road season vs Iowa?

As Michigan basketball rips through its 2025-26 season, the Wolverines are chasing history, too.

The achievement immediately in front of Dusty May’s group when it takes on Iowa (20-9, 10-8 Big Ten) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Thursday, March 5 (8 p.m., NBC Sports/Peacock) hasn’t been accomplished in 50 years. The No. 3 Wolverines (27-2, 17-1) are 9-0 in in Big Ten road games.

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Should U-M come out on top − KenPom projects the Wolverines to win by eight points − it will be the first Big Ten team to go undefeated on the road in league play since Bob Knight’s Indiana squad did it during its 32-0 national championship campaign in 1975-76.

Michigan players pose around head coach Dusty May during a postgame interview with Fox to celebrate the 83-71 win over Michigan State at Breslin Center in East Lansing on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026.

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“When we’re on the road and it’s just us, staff, players, I feel like we just all come together,” U-M guard Roddy Gayle Jr. said earlier this season. “There’s no extra support. We lean on each other a little more than we would at home. We know that we don’t have the crowd for Maize Rage, so we gotta lean on each other.

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“That’s when we kind of enhance our talk, our leadership, our voices and stuff like that.”

Michigan’s road wins have included trips to Michigan State, Purdue and Illinois – arguably the three most-talented teams in the league outside of Ann Arbor − and now the road slate ends in Iowa City.

Piloting the Hawkeyes

The Hawkeyes are projected to make the NCAA Tournament, likely on the 8-seed or 9-seed line, which would earn them the unfortunate assignment of a 1-seed in the second round, should they win their opener.

Bennett Stirtz, Iowa’s 6-foot-4, 190-pound senior who spent last season at Drake, will play a big part in their tourney hopes. His scoring is third in the conference, at 20.5 points per game, while he adds…

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