Michigan concluded its regular season with a 19 – 12 ( 9 – 9 Big Ten ) record . This earned the team a tie for seventh place in the conference standings with Minnesota . Since Michigan swept the season series with a February 19 , 74 – 62 win at home and a March 7 , 67 – 64 win at Minnesota , Michigan was seeded seventh in the 2009 Big Ten Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament held at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis , Indiana while Minnesota was seeded eighth . During Championship Week , the Wolverines defeated the number ten seeded Iowa Hawkeyes on March 12 by a 73 – 45 margin . Sims helped Michigan open a 22 – 9 lead by scoring 16 of his 27 points in the first 10 minutes . Then the team lost to the number two seeded Illinois Fighting Illini on March 13 . Sims scored 15 and Harris was held to 9
2009 Big Ten Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament
2009 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2008–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team