Mara, who was much better defensively than offensively on Friday, scored six critical points down the stretch for Michigan, putting the Wolverines up 64-56 with 5:16 remaining in the game. Ohio State battled for the better part of 30 minutes, but Michigan just outlasted the Buckeyes on Friday, pulling away in the final minutes to win, 74-62.

A winter storm headed to metro Detroit on Sunday could be boom-for-bust it when it comes to snow, according to the National Weather Service.

Kohler, Fears and Cooper are at the epicenter of Michigan State's glitzy 17-2 record, including a 7-1 mark in Big Ten play. Michigan State is fresh off a 2-0 West Coast roadtrip, but that body-clock adjustment is always a concern for coaches. Four days should be enough to get back up to speed, but it's a factor entering Saturday's action.

Preview the Jan 23 matchup between the Michigan Wolverines and Ohio State Buckeyes with how to watch, tv channel info, predictions, odds, over/under, spread, betting lines and more.

Michigan hired former Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham days before the program ended its season with a 41-27 loss to No. 13 Texas in the Citrus Bowl on Dec. 31. Whittingham, 66, was the head coach of Utah from its bowl during the 2024 season through 2025. He went 177-88 with the Utes and won the Mountain West championship in 2008.

The schedule, as he mentions, is brutal. The Wolverines face three teams that are also in Klatt's top 10, including No. 1 Oregon, No. 3 Indiana, and No. 4 Ohio State -- with two of them being on the road. Michigan also will play Oklahoma, Penn State, and Iowa, as Klatt mentions, though those three will all play the Wolverines at The Big House.

Six of the Michigan gubernatorial candidates were at the Northern Michigan Policy Conference on Friday,sharing plans to cut red tape, improve education and to increase the affordable housing stock.

Aday Mara flew in for the a putback slam to extend the Michigan Wolverines' lead over the Ohio State Buckeyes.