The Wolverines are led by first-year head coach Dusty May, and play their home games at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

[2] In the subsequent days, guards George Washington III and Dug McDaniel entered the NCAA transfer portal.

[10] On April 11, George Washington III removed his name from the transfer portal, becoming the second player to return to the team.

[12] On April 16, May hired two former assistants from Florida Atlantic, Drew Williamson and Kyle Church, to complete his coaching staff.

Two hours later, Rubin Jones announced he would come to Michigan as a graduate transfer from North Texas where he had been a Conference USA All-Freshman (2021) and All-Defensive (2023) selection.

[21] On April 22, Michigan received a transfer commitment from former archrival Ohio State guard, Roddy Gayle Jr.

Goldin was a second-team All-American Athletic Conference (2024) and third-team All-Conference USA (2023) selection, ranked as the #46 overall player in the transfer portal.

[28][29] On April 30, Nimari Burnett officially announced he would be staying in Ann Arbor, the second tenured Wolverine to return along with Tschetter.

Before joining Michigan Aldred served on the staff of the Furman Paladins, and last season was the nation's first strength and conditioning coach to achieve the title "assistant head coach/director of basketball performance".

[40] Sources: On October 18, 2024, Michigan landed its first class of 2025 recruit, Winters Grady of Prolific Prep in Napa, California.

[44] On November 9, the Wolverines earned their third commitment from Flint, Michigan native and five-star guard from St. Mary's Preparatory, Trey McKenney.

McKenney won a gold medal and started every game with the United States men's national under-18 basketball team in the 2024 FIBA Under-18 AmeriCup in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[49] As a result of him graduating in November 2024, based on the New Zealand academic calendar, he would remain a member of Michigan’s 2025 recruiting class.

He was the first Michigan signee to be selected since Moussa Diabaté, Caleb Houstan and Kobe Bufkin in 2021, and would be the first to play in the game since Daniel Horton in 2002 (due to the COVID-19 cancellation in 2021).

The Wolverines were led by Goldin with a game-high 20 points and 11 rebounds, earning him his first double-double of the season and the Big Ten Player of the Week (along with the Wisconsin game).

[70] On December 10, Michigan played Arkansas in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York City, losing to the Razorbacks 87–89.

The Wolverines answered with a 12–0 run, eventually cutting the deficit to one point in the final minute, before ultimately losing on a missed field goal attempt as time expired.

The Wolverines lost the game on a four-point play with 11.5 seconds remaining, fouling Oklahoma's leading scorer, Jeremiah Fears, on a made three-point shot.

[74] Goldin was Michigan's leading scorer for a fourth straight game, finishing with a then career-high 26 points, ten rebounds and two blocks; his second double-double of the season.

Michigan led 59–31 at halftime, shooting 57.6% from the floor and 11 of 21 from three-point range, making it their highest scoring half of the season.

[88] Against the four ranked teams Michigan played to date, Goldin averaged 26.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 2.25 blocks and shot 70.9 percent from the floor.

In doing so, he became the first NCAA division 1 player in the last 25 years to average over 25.0 points and shoot at least 70 percent from the field in a four-game span against ranked opponents.

[97] Michigan was led by Wolf scoring a season-high 23 points and recording team-highs with ten rebounds and seven assists; his eighth double-double of the season.

The Wolverines went on to lose on a three-point shot made by Dawson Garcia from just inside half court as time expired.

With the Wolverines down 51–54 in the second half, the Wildcats leading scorer at the time, Jalen Leach, was ejected for an intentional flagrant foul on Goldin.

Michigan pulled away from Northwestern and went on to win by four points, despite shooting a season-low 36 percent from the field and (7 of 27) on three-point attempts in the game.

Michigan held the lead the entire second half, though never by more than single-digits; Rutgers scored a three-point shot as time expired.

The Wolverines pulled away down the stretch and Wolf secured the game at the free throw line, making five straight attempts and scoring the team’s last seven points.

Michigan finished the game shooting 44.4 percent from the field, (5 of 21) on three-point attempts, but lost the turnover battle twelve to seven and had a then season-low eight team assists.

7 Purdue 75–73, moving into first place in the Big Ten standings and improving to 12–0 at home, 11–2 in the conference and 4–2 versus ranked opponents.