With an entire season riding on the line Thursday afternoon, Michigan basketball will try to keep its NCAA Tournament hopes alive when it faces Northwestern in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.
Most bracketologists have Michigan in either the first four out or the next four out; nobody has the Wolverines in the field after they dropped six of their final nine games.
The good news: Michigan recently beat Northwestern, 72-63, and the Wolverines didn’t have the greatest game. The bad news: Even a win doesn’t do a whole lot for Michigan, given how bubble teams like Gonzaga are securing automatic berths and narrowing the field.