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Here are five reasons Michigan Basketball is a dark horse national championship contender

Kellen Voss covers the Michigan men's and women's basketball teams and writes recruiting articles, plus occasional football articles with Maize n Brew. You can follow him on Twitter @Kellen__Voss.

Exactly a year ago today, the Michigan men’s basketball team was 8-18. The Wolverines were basement dwellers in the Big Ten and didn’t win a game after Feb. 7, finishing the regular season with an 8-24 overall record and a 3-17 Big Ten record, breaking the program record for losses in a single season. Juwan Howard was fired after Michigan posted its fewest conference wins since going 2-12 in 1966-67.