If the Michigan basketball team is going to make a run at a Big Ten title this year, it will have to weather a tough stretch to do it.
U-M's toughest games are loaded from the end of January through mid-February in the conference schedule that was released today.
Beginning against Indiana at the Crisler Center on Jan. 26, the Wolverines face Michigan State twice, Indiana again, Ohio State and Wisconsin until they come up for air after Feb. 16.
The U-M vs. MSU games are closer together than at anytime in recent memory, being played in a 10-day span.