The Michigan Wolverines and Purdue Boilermakers will play in a Big Ten conference matchup on ESPN on Thursday night and the matchup will be live at 9 pm and streaming online from the WatchESPN website and comes as Michigan is in the top 10 and hot after beating rival Michigan State and that game was on the road and now they have another chance to win at the Crisler Center.
The Wolverines have been playing very well as of late and they have won nine games in a row and remain in first place in the Big Ten conference after winning against MSU and now they are undefeated with a 7-0 record and they are 15-4 on the season. The team is just ahead of 8-1 Michigan State and the Spartans are 19-2 on the season, while Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota are next in the standings, with the Badgers and the Hawkeyes coming in as ranked teams, while Ohio State has had a rough go of it and they are just 3-5 in the conference and have a 16-5 record on the season and remain ranked in the top 25 at number 24 for the time being.
Stauskas is averaging over 18 points per game this season and is leading the team in assists as well, while Glen Robinson III has been playing well and he is second on the team with 13 points per contest. Stauskas is shooting over 46 percent from three and he has been the best player for the team and now they face off against Purdue and that comes before the team plays an anticipated game on the road against the Indiana Hoosiers and that comes on Sunday at 1 pm. Michigan has a tough schedule coming up and they just got through a very tough part with three straight ranked teams in Wisconsin, Iowa and MSU and then the team plays against Iowa, Ohio state, Wisconsin and Michigan State again in a row coming up.
Check here for the Michigan and Purdue live coverage from ESPN.
Michigan is 8-1 on the road this season and they are looking for a 10th straight victory on the schedule and it comes after the team made a huge jump in the AP Top 25 poll and that came after the win against Michigan State, as they moved up to number 10 from the number 21 spot and now they are looking to stay on top. Mitch McGary is leading the team in rebounding with 8.3 per game this season and now Purdue and Michigan will be playing on Thursday night in a Big Ten conference matchup.