Expert predictions for Michigan basketball in March Madness, live updates

Michigan basketball March Madness predictions

The NCAA Tournament gets underway this week. Before the first tipoff on Tuesday, there will be plenty of analysis and predictions from all over the nation about Michigan, Michigan State and the rest of the 68-team field.

The predictions will start rolling out during the NCAA Selection Show on Sunday night. Check back here soon for picks and bracket breakdowns from college basketball experts.

To wrap up the NCAA Tournament Selection show, Seth Davis, Clark Kellogg and Bruce Pearl made their picks.

They all believed Michigan would make the Final Four but not win the whole thing.

Davis and Pearl went with Arizona while Kellogg picked Purdue in the upset.

Coach Bruce Pearl, appearing on the NCAA Tournament Selection show, asked, “Is this going to be the year that Michigan goes and represents the Big Ten and maybe wins a national championship?”

Kenny Smith said “Michigan is a little vulnerable” due to injuries.

They are already without guard LJ Cason, who tore his right ACL in late February.

Yaxel Lendeborg expects to play in the NCAA Tournament despite suffering a low ankle sprain.

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Keith Gill, the commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference and chair of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee for the 2025-26 season, spoke about the impact of the Big Ten Tournament, which Purdue won, beating Michigan, 80-72.

“”We had Michigan on the 2 line, and then when we scrubbed it when the Big Ten Tournament results came out, Arizona went to the 2 overall and Michigan the 3 overall.”