Michigan basketball chasing program milestone against Minnesota at Crisler Center Pool(e) Party

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – No. 3-ranked Michigan Wolverines (25-2, 15-1 Big Ten) returns to Ann Arbor to host Minnesota (13-14, 6-10 Big Ten) at a sold-out Crisler Center Pool(e)Party.

Tipoff is scheduled for 8:30 pm on Tuesday, Feb. 24, on the Big Ten Network, and followers are inspired to come back dressed of their favourite pool apparel.

With two weeks left within the common season, Michigan has two alternatives to clinch at least a share, or probably the outright Big Ten regular-season title.

A convention title could be Michigan’s sixteenth and the program’s first since 2021.

Michigan leads the all-time collection against Minnesota, 99-71, and is one win shy of its one centesimal victory within the matchup.

The Wolverines have beforehand reached the 100-win mark against three convention opponents: Iowa, Michigan State, and Northwestern.

Minnesota beat Michigan twice in current conferences, together with a 73-71 upset at Crisler Center on Jan. 4, 2024, and an 84-81 time beyond regulation win on a last-second shot at Williams Arena on Jan. 16, 2025.

The males in maize are 59-22 at residence against the Gophers, though Minnesota has received two of the final three video games inside Crisler Arena.

Last season’s assembly led to dramatic style when Dawson Garcia hit an extended buzzer-beater with seven seconds left and no timeouts to pressure time beyond regulation and raise Minnesota to an 84-81 victory.

Despite sturdy performances from Danny Wolf and Vladislav Goldin, the Wolverines couldn’t shut out the sport.

Michigan’s 25-2 document this season options dominant margins of victory: 21 video games by 10-plus factors, 13 by 20-plus, 10 by 30-plus, seven by 40-plus (a Big Ten document), and one by 50-plus. The begin marks the very best in program historical past; Michigan beforehand went 24-3 on 4 events, together with the 2018-19 squad that superior to the Sweet 16.

The Wolverines’ “Big Three” — Yaxel Lendeborg (14.6 factors, 7.5 rebounds), Morez Johnson Jr. (13.5, 7.3), and Aday Mara (11.2, 7.0) — account for greater than 40% of the group’s scoring and over half its rebounding.

Lendeborg has 5 consecutive video games in double figures and has made 9 of his final 37 three-pointers in that span.

Johnson Jr. has scored in double figures in 9 straight video games and added three extra double-digit rebounding video games in that stretch.

Mara leads the group with 73 blocks (2.73 per recreation) and has recorded at least one block in each contest.

guard Elliot Cadeau he has posted 5 or extra assists in 9 straight video games and reached 150 assists this season, changing into the twenty fourth participant in Michigan historical past to document 150 or extra assists in a single season.

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