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Wolverines to Head to Columbus for Rematch With Buckeyes
2/6/2026 7:46:00 PM | Men's Basketball
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The second-ranked University of Michigan men's basketball team (21-1, 11-1 Big Ten) wraps up the week with its second return game, traveling to Columbus for a rematch with Ohio State (15-7, 7-5 Big Ten) on Sunday (Feb. 8). Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. at Value City Arena, and the game will be televised on CBS, with Spero Dedes, Bill Raftery and Bruce Pearl on the call.
Notes
• Saturday will mark 16 days since Michigan and Ohio State squared off at Crisler Center. In a contest that featured 12 lead changes before Michigan pulled away in the final five minutes, U-M claimed the first matchup with a 74-62 win.
• U-M's Dusty May and Ohio State's Jake Diebler jointly asked the Big Ten to establish a permanent home-and-home series. The conference approved, giving Michigan two ongoing rivalry series going forward: Michigan State and Ohio State.
• U-M trails 108-85 in the all-time series, but has won five of the last six meetings.
• Michigan's 21-1 record is the best start in program history, surpassing the 20-1 openings by the 2013 (31-8; Final Four) and 2019 (30-7; Sweet 16) teams.
• Michigan is riding a seven-game win streak, highlighted by back-to-back victories over top-10 opponents. U-M snapped No. 5 Nebraska Cornhuskers' 24-game winning streak with a late 75-72 rally before earning its first win in East Lansing in eight years with an 83-71 victory at No. 7 Michigan State.
• Michigan continues to build upon one of its most dominant seasons in program history, totaling 17 wins by 10+ points, 11 by 20+, nine by 30+, seven by 40+ (a Big Ten record), and one by 50+ (102-50; +52 over La Salle).
• Michigan has a steady rotation of nine players, with five Wolverines averaging double figures and no player averaging more than 28 minutes.
• Michigan's "Big Three" -- Yaxel Lendeborg (14.3 ppg, 7.2 rpg), Morez Johnson Jr. (13.7 ppg, 7.0 rpg) and Aday Mara (10.8 ppg, 7.0 rpg) -- account for 40 percent of U-M's scoring and more than half of the team's rebounds.
• With a career-best seven three-pointers and three dunks, Nimari Burnett poured in a career-high 31 points against Penn State. Prior to the outburst, he had just two 20-point games, including his previous career best of 21 at St. John's.
• Elliot Cadeau's eight assists against Penn State pushed him past the 500-assist milestone, tallying 381 at North Carolina and 119 at U-M. He has six-plus assists in four straight games and in five of his last seven.
• Trey McKenney has embraced his role as U-M's "Sixth Man" and continues to deliver, scoring in double figures in five straight games while playing a key role off the bench in wins over No. 5 Nebraska and at No. 7 Michigan State.
