Michigan earned a No. 5 seed in the 2025 NCAA Tournament despite beating No. 3 seed Wisconsin for the Big Ten championship. Here are social reactions:

Dusty May did the unexpected when he took over the Michigan head coaching job. The Wolverines won just eight games last season under Juwan Howard and after bringing in an essentially new roster, Michigan not only competed to win the Big Ten regular season,

In the NCAA Tournament, Michigan won’t have to worry about playing on back-to-back days. And they have the talent to keep up with just about anyone in the country, evidence by their 68-62 loss to open the regular season against the consensus No. 1 South Carolina.