Wolverines vs Scarlet Knights

Gameday · WED DEC 9

MichiganAP #20VSRutgers

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Jersey Mike’s Arena · Piscataway, NJ

Win probability

1912 blend

98% MICHRUTG 2%

Adj. efficiency99%

1%

SRS97%

3%

Elo99%

1%

MICH +11.0

Proj. margin

155.6

Proj. total

71.3

Proj. pace

Home court counts 3 points. Blend of Adj. efficiency, SRS and Elo.

Projected starters

PPG

• 1T.McKenneyG · 2.3 APG18.0
• 3E.CadeauG · 6.3 APG10.7
• 13J.EstrellaF · 9.7 RPG17.3
• 11R.Gayle Jr.G · 1.7 APG14.0
• 52M.ThiamC · 1.5 BPG5.5

• 0T.FrancisG · 4.0 APG15.5
• 5D.Buchanan Jr.F · 4.0 RPG7.5
• 2L.MarkG · 2.5 APG10.5
• 4D.Smith Jr.F · 5.0 RPG9.0
• 32C.GurdakC · 1.0 BPG12.0

Ratings

CBBD · 2025-26

+41.9Adj. net rating+2.6

1stAdj. net rank139th

130.6Adj. offense109.9

88.8Adj. defense107.4

72.2Pace70.3

22.6SRS-1.6

2464Elo1641

2–1Record2–0

Season per game

2026-27 · 3 games / 2026-27 · 2 games

81.7Points91.0

74.3Opp points59.0

51.8%eFG%57.9%

18.0%TO%13.0%

31.1%OREB%30.1%

.30FT rate.49

45%3PA rate37%

57%Assisted FG%52%

Last five games

Michigan

W84-70vs MARQ

L77-85@ CONN

W84-68vs OAK

W69-63vs CONN

W91-73@ ARIZ

Rutgers

W101-64vs NJIT

W81-54vs NHVN

L69-82@ CREI

L59-72@ UCLA

W72-67@ MINN

Head to head

Last 10 · 2017-18–2026-27

25-26RUTG 60 · MICH 101Sat, 12/6

24-25RUTG 82 · MICH 84Thu, 2/27

24-25MICH 66 · RUTG 63Sat, 2/1

23-24MICH 52 · RUTG 82Thu, 2/29

23-24RUTG 69 · MICH 59Sat, 2/3

22-23RUTG 62 · MICH 50Thu, 3/9

22-23MICH 58 · RUTG 45Thu, 2/23

21-22RUTG 62 · MICH 71Wed, 2/23

21-22MICH 67 · RUTG 75Tue, 1/4

20-21RUTG 64 · MICH 71Thu, 2/18

Game information

TipWednesday, Dec 9 · 6:30 PM ET

VenueJersey Mike’s Arena · Piscataway, NJ

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Abbreviations

Adj.Adjusted — points scored or allowed per 100 possessions, corrected for the strength of the opponents faced. Net is offense minus defense

SRSSimple Rating System — average scoring margin, adjusted for strength of schedule

EloA rating that moves after every result, by more when the opponent was strong

PacePossessions per 40 minutes

PPGPoints per game

eFG%Effective field goal percentage — made threes count one and a half field goals

TO%Turnovers per 100 possessions

OREB%The share of a team's own missed shots it rebounds

FT rateFree throws attempted per field goal attempted

3PA rateThe share of field goal attempts taken from three

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