Overview
- The Wolverines departed Monday for a two-game trip, facing Washington on Wednesday before Oregon on Saturday.
- Michigan enters 14-1 (4-1 Big Ten) after a 91-88 loss to Wisconsin in which it allowed 54 second-half points and struggled to get stops.
- Washington is 10-6 (2-3) with a home mark of 7-1, leaning on interior scoring that meets Michigan’s No. 1 two-point defense anchored by 7-foot-3 Aday Mara.
- Freshman Hannes Steinbach and guard Zoom Diallo lead the Huskies’ offense, and May said he expects USC transfer Desmond Claude—who missed the last game—to be available.
- May points to past success out west (7-0 dating to last season) and planned team activities to rebuild cohesion, with forward Yaxel Lendeborg described as improving from a calf bruise.