Almost a week after a top-10 win on the road over Michigan State, the Michigan basketball team will be back in action Thursday, at home, against Penn State.
For the second time this season, the Nittany Lions will be a massive underdog (+24.5). That was similar to the first game, and Michigan basketball needed a missed 3-pointer at the end of the game to survive.
In this Big Ten title race, where there is no margin for error, that could have been costly. Penn State just won its first Big Ten game of the season over the same Minnesota squad that beat Michigan State on Wednesday night.