Both Michigan State basketball and Michigan basketball will entered the 2020-21 season as marked teams.
In the first Associated Press Top 25 poll of the season, released Monday, the Spartans and Wolverines are both ranked. MSU is No. 13 and U-M is No. 25.
The Spartans, led by Tom Izzo, lost a lot from last year's team, including All-American point guard Cassius Winston and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year Xavier Tillman. But the defending Big Ten regular season champs return Aaron Henry and Rocket Watts and will have the services of Joey Hauser, who transferred from Marquette last year.