The Michigan basketball team is on fire and is arguably the best team in the nation. The Wolverines just dominated USC on Friday night -- a team that was second

With the 2025 portion of the USC men's basketball season in the rearview, the Trojans look on as 2026 brings a challenging gauntlet to begin the year, with the ever-so dangerous No.2 Michigan Wolverines welcoming USC to the new year.

The USC Trojans and No. 1 Michigan Wolverines meet Friday at 7 p.m. ET at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

There are a lot of ways to illustrate just how awesome and overwhelming Michigan has been this season. On this second day of 2026, perhaps my favorite is to tell you that the Wolverines are playing Friday night against a Big Ten team that's 12-1 and ranked 24th in the Associated Press Top 25 poll -- and Michigan is a 21.

USC vs. Michigan predictions and college basketball picks for Friday, January 2. Wolverines run wild, push the score Over.

Few teams have dominated like Michigan basketball this season. But it won't matter without a NCAA Tournament title come April.

The No. 2 Michigan basketball team continued its impressive start to the season, moving to 13-0 after a dominating 30-point victory over USC. However, the Wolve