After a road game against two of the Big Ten’s West Coast teams, Michigan plays another on its home court Sunday afternoon. The Wolverines welcome Washington to Crisler Center (2:04 p.m. ET, BTN).

Michigan is 4-0 in the Big Ten after a weeklong, two-game trip to Los Angeles that felt like a month, according to head coach Dusty May. The Wolverines defeated USC and UCLA, giving them four straight wins, all by double digits. All but two of their 12 wins this season have been by double digits; Their three defeats total five points.

That’s one reason Michigan, which entered Saturday, was ranked No. 11 in the NET rankings and No. 10 in the Kenpom rankings (the AP poll ranking of 24 will improve next Monday, as long as Michigan takes care of business against Washington).

“We’ve got three road wins and we can’t get complacent,” May said after UCLA’s win on Tuesday. “We can’t pretend we have it figured out. We have to return home and continue to anticipate what our problems will be, what we will see from our opponents and, despite our good start, become even hungrier.”

If Michigan’s 94-75 win over UCLA was cause for concern – and remember, that’s a 19-point win against a top-25 team in which Michigan had lost a starter and was in foul trouble – then was the fact that the Wolverines lost an 18-point win. point lead. That’s been a theme for them this season.

“We have to fix this,” Michigan point guard Tre Donaldson said after the game. “But as an older group, it’s good to stay calm in situations like this. You don’t want it to happen. We want to put them away as quickly as possible, but it’s a run game and they just had a big run. … I’m glad we have (a veteran group) because we’re able to take a hit, compose and then throw a few more hits as well.”

Donaldson also said Tuesday night that “the Big Ten will decide on Crisler” and stressed the importance of protecting the home court.

Michigan is a 14-point favorite against Washington (10-6, 1-4) in the first meeting between the two teams since 1995. The Huskies’ trip to the Great Lakes State got off to a terrible start. At No. 16 Michigan State on Thursday, they trailed 16-1 midway through the first half, 42-13 at halftime and 88-54 at the end. Washington shot 3 of 16 from 3 and its leading scorer of the season, Great Oobor (13.8 points per game), missed all eight of his field goal attempts. The 6-foot-2 center reportedly signed a $2 million NIL deal to go to Seattle.

According to the computer rankings above, Washington is the second-worst team in the Big Ten (Minnesota, where Michigan plays on Thursday, is in last place by a wide margin). Washington and Michigan have two common opponents so far: Washington was defeated in early December by the two Los Angeles schools that Michigan just beat.

Head coach Danny Sprinkle built Utah State’s squad from the ground up and won an NCAA Tournament game in his only season there. He oversaw a similar reconstruction in Washington; Last season there was only one rotation player in the program.

The Huskies did a great job defending the 3-point line. They must maintain this against Michigan’s various outside threats while also trying to limit Michigan’s dominant inside game.

Michigan starting punter Roddy Gayle Jr. went through warmups before the game on Tuesday but sat out the UCLA game because he “hit his knee,” according to May. The coach declined to comment on a specific timetable for Gayle’s return. “I would say he will be back relatively soon,” he said.

The Wolverines’ trip to California was an undisputed success. They will try to keep things going in Ann Arbor.

“It’s good for the confidence of this team,” May said of the win in LA, “but we also have to be careful about being overconfident and not doing the things that got us here.” The courage, the toughness and The camaraderie is the reason why we are able to return home as league leaders.”

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