The Michigan Wolverines have added another opponent to the non-conference rotation for the 2024-25 season, announcing a home-and-home series with TCU on Thursday afternoon.
Michigan will host the Horned Frogs on Nov 15 in Ann Arbor with the return trip to Fort Worth, Texas set for next season.
TCU finished last season 21-13 and was a No. 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Ahead of next season, they are ranked 62nd in Bart Torvik’s preseason ranks.
An interesting storyline will play out between Michigan and former point guard Frankie Collins, who transferred to TCU from Arizona last season.
Michigan’s non-conference schedule is taking shape with a ton of marquee matchups. Michigan will play neutral site games against Wake Forest in Greensboro, North Carolina, Oklahoma in Charlotte as part of the Jumpman Invitational and Arkansas at Madison Square Garden in New York
The team will also travel to play in the Fort Myers Tip-Off tournament with South Carolina, Virginia Tech and Xavier involved. Matchups will be announced at a later date.
As far as the Big Ten slate goes, there are four new teams joining for the 2024-25 season in USC, UCLA, Washington and Oregon, and will stay with a 20-game conference schedule. For the Big Ten Tournament, 15 of the 18 teams in the conference will receive a spot in the event.
Michigan will have home-only games against Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Northwestern, Oregon, Penn State and Washington. It plays single road games with Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio State, UCLA, USC and Wisconsin. Home-and-home games will take place against rival Michigan State, Purdue and Rutgers.
Here’s how it breaks down:
Home: Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Northwestern, Oregon, Penn State, Washington
Away: Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin
Home/Away: Michigan State, Purdue, Rutgers
Dates, game times and television designations will be revealed at a later date.
May knows getting off to a fast start in his first year at Michigan is going to be critical.
“I do think year one is important for putting a product on the floor that people want to be a part of, and that means a lot of things,” May said during his introductory press conference. “How the players interact with each other, the connection between them, the connection between them and the students in the fan base. I do feel that we need to put a good team on the court from from day one, in year one and then continue to build. Therefore we’ll sign some high school players, we’ll sign some portal players, but also having some continuity where it’s not a roster overhaul every year.
“There won’t be a point when we just throw in the towel and say we’re not going to be competitive this year because it’s year one. We want to win and we want to be able to to to sell that going forward what we were able to do in year one.”
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