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No 8. Ohio State Buckeyes vs. No. 1 Michigan Wolverines (-12.5, total points 154.5)| KenPom predicts: Michigan by 12

Game Date/Time: Friday, Mar. 13, at 12:00 p.m. ET
Location: Chicago, IL
TV: BTN
Radio: 97.1 FM/ 971thefan.com

The Ohio State men’s basketball team (21-11, 12-8) will face top-seeded Michigan (29-2, 19-1) in the Big Ten quarterfinals Friday afternoon at Chicago’s United Center. The Buckeyes are looking to extend their winning streak to a season-long five games. Michigan will try to add a third win over the Buckeyes to their resume, having already beaten them by double-digits in Ann Arbor and in Columbus. The last time Ohio State or Michigan swept the other in a season series that consisted of three or more games was the 2010-11 season, when Ohio State went 3-0 against Michigan.

The Buckeyes avenged a 17-point loss to the Iowa Hawkeyes last month by beating Iowa by three on Thursday afternoon. Bruce Thornton led Ohio State with 24 points on a hyper efficient 10-for-14 shooting night.

While Thornton was named All-Big Ten Second Team this week, Michigan’s Yaxel Lendeborg was named both First Team and was also named the conference’s player of the year. 60% of the Big Ten’s All Defensive Team was made up of Wolverines, with Lendeborg, Aday Mara, and Morez Johnson each being named.

The winner of this game will advance to play the winner of Wisconsin and Illinois Saturday at noon. That game will be broadcast on CBS.

Connor’s prediction: Michigan 84, Ohio State 74

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