In the NCAA Tournament, Michigan won’t have to worry about playing on back-to-back days. And they have the talent to keep up with just about anyone in the country, evidence by their 68-62 loss to open the regular season against the consensus No. 1 South Carolina.

Yet, Michigan basketball took the Big Ten conference tournament title and earned a No. 5 seed in the NCAA tournament beginning this week. On Thursday they get to play UC San Diego (30-4), which was one of the hottest-shooting teams in the country from the Big West Conference.

With a win over Wisconsin on Sunday in Indianapolis, the Wolverines captured the Big Ten’s men’s basketball tournament for the first time since 2018.

Fifteen of the Big Ten's 18 teams earned spots in the five-day event at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Here's the schedule, bracket, TV.

Two National Championship Game participants from the last three years will help kick off the 2025 NCAA tournament. The North Carolina Tar Heels and San Diego State Aztecs are among the eight teams headed to Dayton for the First Four on Tuesday and Wednesday.