ANN ARBOR – Michigan senior defenseman Tyler Duke was out to dinner with his parents and grandparents Saturday night when he learned he’d be playing one more home game at Yost Ice Arena. The top-ranked Wolverines’ hockey team,

Braden Smith flexed to the Purdue bench before beating his chest. The senior guard is a selfless point guard — so much so that he’s now one assist away from tying Bobby Hurley for the most career assists in NCAA Division I history — but this was the senior’s moment in his final Big Ten tournament game.

March Madness 2026 Big Ten men's basketball tournament action culminates with the championship game today. Start time, how to watch Michigan-Purdue game.

Purdue and its standout point guard head into the NCAA Tournament on a hot streak after their Big Ten Tournament championship

Michigan opens the NCAA Tournament Thursday night in Buffalo, New York, against either UMBC or Howard, two 16s seed playing in a First Four game in Dayton, Ohio, on Tuesday night. The News caught up with Oakland head coach Greg Kampe to assess Michigan's road to the Final Four:

What channel is the Michigan boys basketball finals? There is no TV for the 2026 games, but you can live stream on the NFHS Network here.

The top of the odds board for the men's college basketball national championship will feature several blue bloods as the tournament begins. Duke is the favorite to win the NCAA tournament with +350 odds (opened +330),

Michigan basketball plays Wisconsin in the Big Ten tournament semifinals on Saturday.