For the third straight year, the Michigan men’s basketball team is off to a 7-0 start. Now, the only unbeaten team in the Big Ten attempts to keep that status into the new year, but will have to survive their toughest test in order to do so.
The Wolverines head to College Park to take on Maryland on New Year’s Eve. While the Terrapins are in somewhat of a transition phase after the graduation of Anthony Cowan and the early departure of Jalen Smith, they’re ranked 37th in KenPom — the highest of any Michigan opponent so far — and are coming off an upset win over No.