After four non-conference games in which Michigan barely broke a sweat (and one weird overtime game against KenPom No. 294 Oakland), the Wolverines enter conference play unbeaten and on the cusp of the AP Top 25, 15 votes shy of Louisville. But the real test begins now.
Penn State isn’t one of the favorites in a Big Ten that has appeared stacked from top to bottom. The Nittany Lions project very much as a bubble team, if that, when March rolls around.
Still, Big Ten basketball is here. And Penn State, which comes to Crisler Center Sunday afternoon, is the toughest opponent Michigan will have seen so far.