ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The No. 4-ranked Michigan Wolverines men’s basketball team (16-1, 6-1 Big Ten) will return to Ann Arbor for a three-game homestand, beginning Tuesday against Indiana (12-6, 3-4 Big Ten) at a sold-out Crisler Center.
In celebration of MLK Day, tipoff is set for 7 p.m. Jan. 20 on Peacock.
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Indiana arrives in Crisler Arena having lost its last three games.
After opening the season 7-0, the Hoosiers have gone 5-6 over their last 11 contests.
Indiana is led by Darian DeVries, who was named the program’s 31st head coach following the retirement of former Detroit Pistons head coach Mike Woodson.
DeVries arrived in Bloomington after a one-year stint at West Virginia (2024-25) and six seasons at Drake (2018-24), compiling a 150-55 record and posting six consecutive 20-win seasons.
Indiana’s offense relies heavily on the three-point shot, with 50 percent of its field-goal attempts coming from beyond the arc.
Lamar Wilkerson (19.6 ppg) has knocked down 62 threes, while Tucker DeVries (14.2 ppg) has added 48.
Together, they account for 57% of Indiana’s 520 three-point attempts.
In last season’s lone meeting, and Dusty May‘s return to Bloomington, Danny Wolf posted 20 points, nine rebounds, and five assists, while Vladislav Goldin added 18 points and eight boards as Michigan held off Indiana, 70-67.
Michigan is authoring one of the most dominant seasons in program history, highlighted by 13 wins by 10+ points, 10 by 20+, eight by 30+, six by 40+, and one by 50+, along with three victories over nationally ranked opponents.
The men in maize improved to 4-0 over the last two seasons on its West Coast trips, with all four wins coming by double digits: USC (85-74), UCLA (94-75), Washington (82-72), and Oregon (81-71).
After being held scoreless for the first time in his career at Washington, Elliot Cadeau finished with six assists and no turnovers against the Huskies.
He followed that performance by pacing U-M with 17 points at Oregon, adding five assists.
Nimari Burnett has reached double figures in four of his last six games, doubling his season total to eight.
During that stretch, he has knocked down 10 of his 25 three-pointers.
After going 0-for-4 from the field against No. 24 USC, Burnett has shot 54.8% from the floor, including a season-best six field goals, three from beyond the arc, at Oregon.
Aday Mara averaged 16.0 points per game on the West Coast, highlighted by a season-high 20 points at Washington, his second 20-point performance of the season. He added six blocks over the two games and continues to lead the Big Ten with 44, ranking ninth nationally.
Michigan’s “Big Three” Yaxel Lendeborg (14.1 ppg), Morez Johnson Jr. (14.1), and Mara (10.8) combine to account for 40% of U-M’s offense.
Lendeborg and Johnson Jr. are tied for the team lead with 12 double-figure scoring games and have combined for roughly one-third of Michigan’s total points.
Mara has recorded at least one block in every game this season, totaling 44 with multiple blocks in 14 contests, including 12 of his last 13.
He leads the Big Ten at 2.59 blocks per game and ranks ninth nationally.