The Michigan Wolverines pulled off an 80-76 win over the Northwestern Wildcats on Sunday afternoon in Ann Arbor, moving to 14-4 on the season and a 6-1 mark in Big Ten play with a game at Purdue looming on Friday.

While Big Ten play is still in its early stages, the Wolverines and Spartans look to be on a collision course atop the conference

"It's just about stay the course and find a way to win ugly," Michigan basketball coach Dusty May said. "This experience ... will help us."

Michigan's Dusty May doesn't like all the replay reviews, while Northwestern's coach commended a Wolverine for his acting

Dusty May, Nimari Burnett and Vlad Goldin met with the media after Michigan’s overtime win over Northwestern on Sunday.

The Wolverines lead the country in field goal percentage (51.9%) and 2-point shooting (63.3%), but Dusty May still sees areas where they can improve.

Dusty May’s first season with the Michigan Wolverines is off to an awesome start, as the team has amassed a 13-3 record, winning their past five games. That’s caused the hype behind the program to ascend,

Michigan State (14-2) has won nine in a row under Tom Izzo, now in his 30th year on the job. The Spartans, ranked No. 16, clobbered Washington at home and won at Northwestern on Sunday (78-68) since the last poll came out.

There's still plenty of basketball left to be played, but it looks like head coach Dusty May has completely turned around the Michigan program from where it was

Big Ten official Terry Wymer explained the Flagrant 2 foul called on Northwestern's Jalen Leach during Saturday's 80-76 OT loss to Michigan.

Vlad Goldin scored 31 points in Michigan's 80-76 OT win over Northwestern.

That's why May wasn't shy to give some praise to the Detroit Lions and head coach Dan Campbell, after they just put the finishing touches on a 15-2 regular season Sunday night with a 31-9 victory over the Minnesota Vikings in the NFL's regular season finale.