On Wednesday, the Big Ten unveiled the 2021-22 basketball conference schedule and once again, the Michigan Wolverines are faced with the task of taking on the best the conference has to offer as they defend their regular season conference title from a season ago.
Michigan will have two games against the rival Michigan State Spartans, Ohio State along with two against 2021 NCAA tourney entrants, Illinois and Purdue.
The conference schedule opens up with two December matchups, the conference opener at Nebraska on Dec. 7 and the final one in the calendar year at home vs. Minnesota on Dec.