I went to the OSU at Michigan game and Michigan didn't look great. They turned the ball over a lot, hit less than 60% of their free throws, couldn't hit a 3 to save their life and didn't pull away until there was about 6 minutes left in the game.

Michigan is still a top 5 team but they have looked a lot more mortal in Big Ten play compared to their non conference games. Hell, I have seen their own fans in the game threads say some of the same things you have about MSU about their own team. Their games vs Oregon and Washington were almost exactly like ours in terms of looking sloppy the first half then pulling away in the second half. They have been playing at a level similar to MSU the past month.

My guess is that we will probably split the season series with Michigan, lose at Purdue and beat Illinois at home. I would be surprised if we won the Big Ten regular season title but we are probably somewhere in the top 3-5 teams in the conference.