ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The 22nd-ranked University of Michigan men’s basketball team (22-9) starts its second season heading to Indianapolis, Ind., for the 2025 Big Ten Tournament at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. With a double-bye, the Wolverines advance straight to the quarterfinal on Friday (March 14) and will face No. 20 Purdue (22-10) at approximately 9 p.m. on Big Ten Network.
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• U-M has a 29-23 record at the Big Ten Tournament. The Wolverines have won three titles (1998, 2017, 2018), including winning as the lowest seed (No. 8 in 2017).
• U-M won four games in four days twice to win back-to-back titles (2017, 2018). The Wolverines hold the record for consecutive wins at 10 (2017-19).
• Michigan earned the No. 3 seed after tying with Maryland for the runner-up spot (14-6) but lost the tiebreaker due to the Terrapins’ 71-65 regular-season win at Crisler Center. Michigan State secured the No. 1 seed after winning the league by three games (17-3), while UCLA (13-7) claimed the No. 4 seed.
• Michigan secured a double-bye for the third time. U-M had a double-bye in 2019 (runner-up), 2021 (quarterfinal) and now this season. The Wolverines have earned 15 single byes.
• With the Big Ten’s expansion to 18 teams, only 15 qualified for the Big Ten Tournament. Non-qualifying teams include Nebraska, Penn State, and Washington.
• In the bottom quarter of the bracket, No. 11 seed Rutgers plays No. 14 seed USC on Wednesday, with the winner advancing to face No. 6 seed Purdue on Thursday. The winner of that matchup will take on No. 3 seed Michigan in the quarterfinals.
• During the regular season, Michigan split its series with Purdue, falling 91-64 (Jan. 24) in West Lafayette, Ind., before securing a comeback 75-73 win (Feb. 11) at Crisler. The Wolverines also completed a season sweep of Rutgers, winning 66-63 (Feb. 1) in Piscataway, N.J., before securing a dramatic 84-82 victory (Feb. 27) in Ann Arbor, where Nimari Burnett hit a game-winning three-pointer on a broken inbounds play. Against USC, Michigan won 94-75 (Jan. 4) in its lone regular-season meeting during a West Coast road trip.
• Vladislav Goldin earned a spot on the Big Ten’s first team from the media and a second-team spot from the coaches. Danny Wolf was named to the second team by the coaches and the media. In addition to their conference accomplishments, U-M’s “Area 50-1” was honored by the Associated Press, with Wolf earning a spot on the All-Big Ten first team, while Goldin was named to the second team.
• In his last seven games, Goldin has six 20-plus-point games, four 10-plus-rebound games and three double-doubles, averaging 20.6 ppg and 9.1 rpg. Goldin is shooting 64.2 percent — tops in the Big Ten and sixth nationally.
• Wolf (12.9 ppg and 9.7 rpg) is second in the Big Ten with 13 double-doubles (Maryland’s Julian Reese, 14). Wolf, who leads the Big Ten in rebounding, has 16 of U-M’s 23 10-plus rebound games. With 114 assists, Wolf (3.7 apg) trails Tre Donaldson (122; 3.9 apg) for the team lead.
• Wolf has 45 of his 114 assists to Goldin — the most between any two Wolverines.
