Getty ANN ARBOR, MI - FEBRUARY 08: Isaiah Livers #2 of the Michigan Wolverines reacts to a call in the second half of the game against the Michigan State Spartans at Crisler Arena on February 8, 2020 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)
UPDATE: This game, along with the rest of the Big Ten Tournament, has been cancelled
The No. 9 Michigan Wolverines will square off against the No. 8 Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the Big Ten Tournament Thursday.
The game starts at Noon ET and will be televised on the Big Ten Network. If you don’t have cable, you can watch Michigan vs Rutgers live on your computer, phone, Roku, Fire TV or other streaming device via one of the following cable-free, live-TV streaming services:
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FuboTV
The Big Ten Network is one of the 95-plus live TV channels included in the main FuboTV bundle, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch Michigan vs Rutgers (and all the Big Ten Tournament games) live on your computer via the FuboTV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, or other supported device via the FuboTV app.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV comes with 30 hours of cloud DVR space, as well as a 72-hour look-back feature, which will allow you to watch the game on-demand within three days of its conclusion, even if you don’t record it.
Hulu With Live TV
The Big Ten Network is one of the 60-plus live-TV channels included with Hulu With Live TV, which also comes with Hulu’s extensive on-demand library of TV shows, movies and exclusives:
Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can watch a live stream of Michigan vs Rutgers (and all the Big Ten Tournament games) on your computer via the Hulu website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Echo Show, or other streaming device via the Hulu app.
If you can’t watch live, Hulu With Live TV comes with 50 hours of cloud DVR space, as well as the option to upgrade to “Enhanced Cloud DVR,” which gives you 200 hours of space and the ability to fast-forward through commercials.
AT&T TV Now
AT&T TV Now (formerly DirecTV Now) offers six different channel bundles. The “Max,” “Choice,” “Xtra” and “Ultimate” bundles include Big Ten Network, and the “Max” packages comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for AT&T TV Now, you can watch a live stream of Michigan vs Rutgers (and all the Big Ten Tournament games) on your computer via the AT&T TV Now website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, or other compatible streaming device via the AT&T TV app.
If you can’t watch live, AT&T TV Now — no matter what channel package you choose — comes with included cloud DVR.
Michigan vs Rutgers Preview
This will be the first Big Ten tourney for Michigan coach Juwan Howard, who was no stranger to tournament play when he was a member of the Fab 5 back in the early 1990s.
“This will be my first Big Ten (Tournament) play so I am looking forward to it,” Howard said this week. “We’re not going to change anything, just manage it the way we plan on doing it, as we prepare for practice. The first thing that I’m looking at is one game at a time and that’s Rutgers.”
His Wolverines have five players scoring in double figures led by forward Isaiah Livers, who is netting 12.9 points a game. Michigan leads the Big Ten in field goal percentage, hitting 46.2 percent of its shots from the floor. The Wolverines are averaging 75 points a game, which is fourth in the conference, while surrendering 68.3 per contest on defense. Howard thinks his team is ready for the tourney.
“We have a great group of guys and I’ve stated it before. They’re high-IQ ballplayers and they look forward to competing out there,” Howard said of his team. “Every opponent we’ve faced, they’ve done an amazing job of game-planning for our opponent. They’ve always been locked in and focused. Always bringing in the effort, the attitude, of getting better. They spent a lot of time in the film room because they have a coach like me who’s big on prep. I’m also big on not giving up too much information to cloud their brains.”
The Scarlet Knights have done it with defense this season, allowing just 62.6 points a game, which is third-best in the Big Ten. Rutgers is scoring 69.9 points a game, however, which is 11th in the conference. Still, their margin of victory is the fourth-highest in the Big Ten at 7.3 ppg.
Rutgers is also the better rebounding team here. The Scarlet Knights are out-rebounding their opponents by 5.9 boards, which is third in the conference. Michigan had just a .9 edge in rebounds a game against its opponents this season.
This game will be played on a neutral court, as most are. Rutgers was 0-2 against Michigan this season, losing 60-52 on February 19, and 69-63 on February 1, which, coincidentally, was also played on a neutral court at Madison Square Garden.
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