The 16th-ranked Michigan Wolverines will face the fourth-ranked Connecticut Huskies on Friday night in a rematch of last year's NCAA Tournament championship game. The matchup is part of the 2026 Hall of Fame Series and will tip off at 8 p.m. ET from TD Garden in Boston.
Michigan, the defending national champions, opened the season with an 84-68 victory over Oakland on Monday. UConn also won its opener, defeating Gardner-Webb 86-46. The game represents the first major test for new Michigan head coach Mike Boynton Jr., who took over after Dusty May departed for the Dallas Mavericks.
According to the latest odds, UConn is a 7.5-point favorite with an over/under of 142.5 points. The SportsLine Projection Model, which has posted an 11-1 record on top-rated over/under college basketball picks since 2025, projects the total to go over 142.5 points. The model forecasts a combined 149 points, with the over hitting in 68% of simulations.
SportsLine projects two Michigan players to reach double-digit scoring: Kenny Noland and Moustapha Thiam are each expected to score at least 11 points. For UConn, three players are projected to score 11 or more: Solo Ball, Braylon Mullins, and Silas Demary Jr.
The model also indicates that one side of the point spread hits in over 50% of simulations. The game will be available for streaming on Fubo.
