Penn St.-Michigan Preview
(AP) -- After surviving a poor start to conference play a season ago to reach the NCAA tournament, Michigan is confident it can avoid stumbling out of the gate this time around.
The No. 18 Wolverines look to win their Big Ten opener for the first time in five seasons Thursday night when they host Penn State and new coach Patrick Chambers.
Michigan (10-2) began 1-6 in Big Ten play in 2010-11 before recovering to split its 18 conference games. The Wolverines, 7-0 at home and winners of five straight, feel things will be different now.
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