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Michigan basketball to take on Ohio Bobcats in November 2022

clayton-sayfieby: Clayton Sayfie08/16/22CSayf23
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Michigan Wolverines head coach Juwan Howard led U-M to the Sweet 16 in 2022. (Photo by Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

According to Ohio basketball’s Twitter account, Michigan Wolverines basketball will host the Bobcats for a non-conference game Nov. 20, 2022. The Maize and Blue now have eight of their non-conference games on the books for the 2022-23 season.

In head coach Jeff Boals‘ third season, Ohio posted a 25-10 overall record and 14-6 mark in the MAC last season. The Bobcats lost their second MAC Tournament game to Kent State and participated in the College Basketball Invitational tournament (CBI).

The prior season, Michigan’s opponent made the NCAA Tournament as a No. 13 seed and knocked off fourth-seeded Virginia in the first round before falling to Creighton with a Sweet 16 trip on the line. That marked Ohio’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since beating Michigan — which shared the regular-season Big Ten title that season — in the second round of the 2012 event, also a 13 over four upset.

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That served as the last matchup between Michigan and Ohio and the fourth overall. The Maize and Blue won the first three in the series.

Both Michigan and Ohio will have taken foreign trips this summer. NCAA teams are allowed to do so once every four seasons. The Maize and Blue are slated for a 10-day trip to France and Greece that includes three exhibition games. The Bobcats, on the other hand, just concluded a tour in Spain.

Michigan non-conference schedule coming together

U-M’s non-conference schedule isn’t officially set yet, but here are dates that have been reported so far. The Wolverines will have big challenges against Virginia and Kentucky, plus other notable contests.

• Legends Classic (Arizona State, Michigan Pittsburgh and VCU) — Nov. 16-17 in Brooklyn, N.Y.

• vs. Ohio — Nov. 20

• ACC/Big Ten Challenge vs. Virginia — Nov. 29

• vs. Kentucky in London — Dec. 4

• vs. Lipscomb — Dec. 17

• Jumpman Invitational vs. North Carolina in Charlotte — Dec. 21

• vs. Central Michigan — Dec. 30

Wolverines Big Ten schedule breakdown

Dates for Michigan’s Big Ten schedule have not yet been released, but the Wolverines know who they’ll play and where.

Michigan will play single home games against Nebraska, Ohio State and Purdue at Crisler Center with one-off road games at Illinois, Iowa and Rutgers. The Wolverines will take on MSU, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State and Wisconsin in home-and-home series.

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