No. 1 Michigan has a loaded slate this week. The Wolverines will travel to take on Purdue for a highly anticipated Big Ten game on Tuesday night, before having a late-season non conference game against Duke at the nation’s capital.
The Wolverines have their sight set on winning the Big Ten, but Michigan the Wolverines will have to shift gears a little after the Purdue game. The Wolverines will have a test with a historic blue blood of the sport.
Last season, Illinois played Duke just four games before Big Ten play ended. It didn’t go well for the Illini as they fell 110-67 to Duke, but coach Dusty May said he talked to Illinois coach Brad Underwood before scheduling the game to get his input.
“We took that into account when we scheduled the game,” May said on Monday. “We anticipated being in the hunt, and I talked to [Illinois coach] Brad Underwood about it, and they had a tough showing last year, and for a number of reasons, they had some injuries and illness and whatnot. And I said, with that being said, would you still play it?…