Michigan State and Michigan are predicted to be the top two basketball teams in the Big Ten this season.
In a media poll of 28 writers — two for each team in the conference — the Spartans are the overwhelming favorite to win the Big Ten, with the Wolverines finishing second in the standings.
Michigan State, which won last season’s Big Ten regular-season title, received 22 first-place votes, and wasn’t picked lower than No. 2 on any ballot.
Michigan, winners of the past two Big Ten tournaments and last season’s national runner-up, was tabbed by all 28 voters to finish between first and fourth, placing No.