In the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Iowa in the quarterfinals, Minnesota in the semifinals before losing to Michigan State in the championship.

3 seed in the West region, they defeated Montana, Houston, Texas A&M, and Florida State to advance to the Final Four.

[12] Immediately following the NCAA tournament and before the April 22, 2018 NBA draft entry deadline, early rankings were put out by many services.

[19] Immediately following the decisions of Wagner to enter the draft and Matthews to return, Michigan was ranked by ESPN (17)[20] and CBS Sports (21).

[2] Sporting News was the earliest of preseason polls to be released (September 20) and included Michigan (#10) as the highest of three ranked Big Ten teams.

[22] In the preseason Big Ten Media poll, Michigan was ranked second, collecting 4 of the 28 first place votes.

Nunez received much attention over the summer scouting period and drew praise for his shooting ability.

[36][37] Sources: On June 29, 2018, Michigan announced the addition of transfer, and preferred walk-on, Jaron Faulds who had played 26 games averaging 4.5 points and 3.2 rebounds as a freshman for the 2017–18 Columbia Lions after completing his four-year varsity career at Holt High School.

[41] Roster Last update: 2/26/19 ^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll The team scheduled an August 17–26 trip to play three exhibition games and tour Barcelona and Madrid, Spain.

[46] On November 2, Michigan defeated Northwood 90–58 in an exhibition game with double digit scoring from all 5 starters, including 13 points from Charles Matthews and freshman Ignas Brazdeikis each.

[48] The season will mark the first time in Big Ten history that the teams will play a 20-game conference schedule.

[51] On August 31, 2016, it was announced that Michigan would participate in the 2018 Hall of Fame Tip Off at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut on November 17 and 18.

[57][58] On November 14, Michigan defeated (#8 AP Poll/#8 Coaches Poll) Villanova 73–46 in the Gavitt Tipoff Games.

[83][84] The following day, Brazdeikis earned Big Ten Freshman of the week recognition for the third time in December.

The victory came on the strength of a career-high 24-point effort by Simpson and career-tying 17 points by Teske, who posted his second consecutive double-double (11 rebounds).

Michigan jumped out to a 17–0 lead and its defense allowed only 18 points in the first half, as Indiana shot a season-low 27.6% from the field during the game.

[101] On January 28, Brazdeikis earned his fourth Big Ten Freshman of the Week recognition for his performances against Minnesota and Indiana.

Head coach John Beilein was ejected from the game after receiving back-to-back technical fouls for arguing with officials just before halftime.

[121][122] On March 3, Michigan defeated (#17/#20) Maryland 69–62, as all five Wolverine starters finished the game with double-digit points.

[125][126] On March 15, Michigan opened its 2019 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament play with a 74–53 victory over Iowa in the quarterfinals.

[132][133] The loss snapped Michigan's record-setting 10 game Big Ten tournament winning streak.

[134] On March 21, Michigan began their participation in the 2019 NCAA tournament with a 74–55 victory over Montana in the first round for the second consecutive year.

Michigan's defense held the Grizzlies to 33.3% shooting, while forcing 10 turnovers, as Montana missed 13 of its first 16 shots in the first half.

[137][138] On March 28, Michigan lost to (#9/#10) Texas Tech 44–63 in the Sweet Sixteen, as only five players scored for the Wolverines.

[139][140] On January 9, Ignas Brazdeikis was one of seven Big Ten players named to the Midseason Top 25 John R. Wooden Award watchlist.

[141] On January 22, Simpson was one of four Big Ten athletes named to the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award Top 15 midseason watchlist.

[142] On February 5, Brazdeikis was one of four Big Ten athletes named to the Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 Watch List.

[143] On February 6, Matthews was the only Big Ten athlete named a Julius Erving Award Top 10 finalist.

[144] The following day, Brazdeikis was one of two Big Ten athletes (along with Jordan Murphy) named a Karl Malone Award Top 10 finalist.

[147] Brazdeikis and Simpson were selected to the 2019 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament All-Tournament team.