Michigan Basketball: Final bracketology update for Wolverines

Michigan basketball is squarely on the bubble heading into selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament. Here’s a look at the final bracketology projections. 

Ever since Michigan basketball‘s loss to Indiana on Thursday, it’s been nothing but sitting, waiting, and watching for the Wolverines and their fans.

And not everything has been going the way of Michigan basketball. Indiana made a strong push this week and secured its bid while knocking the Wolverines down the ladder.

Virginia Tech locked up its berth in the field with a win over Duke in the ACC title game last night and as we head into Selection Sunday, Michigan basketball is barely hanging by a thread in Joe Lunardi’s most recent bracketology update.

Before the loss to Indiana, Michigan was a 10 seed. Now, the Wolverines have fallen to a 12-seed and are among the last four teams in, with the Wolverines just three spots from being projected out.

Another team on the bubble is Texas A&M which plays Tennessee today for the SEC title. Michigan fans should cheer for the Aggies to lose. They should also cheer for Davidson to win the A-10.

Otherwise, another team could steal an at-large berth that could go to Michigan basketball. Bracket Matrix keeps track of 125 bracket projections and currently, the Wolverines are projected to make the field in 111 of those, mostly as an 11 or 12 seed.

Is Michigan going to make the tournament?

The Wolverines do have a top-40 ranking in the NET rankings and a number of quadrant-1 and quadrant-2 wins, as well as an 11-9 record in conference play during the season.

However, Juwan Howard’s team also lost 14 games during the season and the final impression Michigan basketball left on the committee was blowing a 20-point lead in a must-win game.

We said that the wait was going to be long and if Davidson doesn’t win the A-10 championship and Richmond does, it will give U-M fans even more reason to worry and with the committee’s work coming to an end soon, it feels like the Wolverines have a 50/50 shot of making it.

And if they do end up in the field, it’s almost certainly going to be as part of the First Four.