ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The No. 2-ranked Michigan Wolverines men’s basketball team will ring in the new year against the No. 24-ranked USC Trojans on Detroit Pistons night in Ann Arbor.
The game will take place on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, on Peacock at 7 p.m., as Michigan looks to improve to 13-0 on the season, with Big Ten play reigniting in front of a sold-out crowd at Crisler Center.
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The matchup reunites Michigan with former Wolverines forward Terrance Williams II, who played four seasons in Ann Arbor and contributed to the 2021 Big Ten title and NCAA Sweet 16 appearances in 2021 and 2022.
This game marks the Wolverines’ fifth consecutive sellout at Crisler Arena, underscoring the team’s strong fan support.
Michigan remains one of six undefeated teams nationally, joining No. 1 Arizona, No. 3 Iowa State, No. 11 Vanderbilt, No. 13 Nebraska, and Miami (Ohio) on the list.
The Wolverines are off to one of the most dominant starts in modern college basketball history, with nine wins by 20 or more points.
This includes six victories by 40 or more points, one by 50+, and two wins over Top 25 opponents.
Six of Michigan’s last eight wins have been by 30 points or more.
Their 41-point win over McNeese (112-71) on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, gave them six victories by 40+ points this season, the most in Big Ten history.
Michigan has scored 100 or more points in six of its last seven games, averaging 101.1 points per game during that stretch.
The Wolverines rank third nationally with an average of 96.8 points per game this season.
Michigan’s scoring average is 7.4 points higher than the next Big Ten team, USC, which averages 89.4 points per game.
The men in maize have recorded 20 or more assists in five of their last six games.
Michigan ranks second nationally with 21.6 assists per game, trailing only Texas A&M.
Point guard Elliot Cadeau has been a standout in December, posting four double-figure scoring games in five contests.
Cadeau shot 52.3% from the field and 57.1% from three-point range, increasing his scoring average to 9.8 points per game.
He is the only Wolverine to make at least one three-pointer in every game this season.
His 22 made threes already exceed half of his total from last season at North Carolina.
Trey McKenney has scored in double figures in six of his last seven games.
L.J. Cason has made 10 three-pointers in his last five games after making three in his first six.
Cason has hit a career-best three three-pointers in a game three times during this stretch.
Aday Mara has recorded a block in every game this season, with 10 multi-block performances and eight consecutive games with two or more blocks.
Mara leads the Big Ten with 2.58 blocks per game, ranking 11th nationally.
Morez Johnson Jr., averaging 13.6 points per game, opened his Michigan career with a career-high 24 points against Oakland University, shooting 10-for-11.
Johnson Jr. matched that scoring output with 24 points in the recent game against McNeese.
Yaxel Lendeborg has been highly efficient inside, shooting 77.8% on two-point attempts (42-for-54) and leads Michigan with 15.7 points per game.