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Michigan basketball at Iowa: Three things to watch, prediction

Michigan coach John Beilein previews matchup against Iowa. Recorded Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press

Michigan basketball has lost three of its past four games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

That will have to change this Friday if the Wolverines want to stay atop the Big Ten standings.

No. 5 Michigan (20-1 overall, 9-1 Big Ten) will play Iowa (16-5, 5-5) for the only time this season on Friday in Iowa City (7 p.m. ET, FS1).

It'll be another hostile road environment. But these are the types of games Michigan will have to win down the stretch if it wants to keep pace with Michigan State.