when trumble was with acc, they went man-to-man. won the matchup with a contested game winner the third overtime. we expect another dogfight tonight. melo sixth in the conference in scoring averaging just over 16 points a game coming off one of his best efforts of the season, 27 points in sunday's win against northwestern. russell a sls turning heads in his first year with the buckeyes over 19 points a game and third in assists. he's definitely admired by his fellow frosh. because it really is like looking in the mirror. >> he plays with a lot of confidence, kind of like me and he plays, you know, the game like it's supposed to be played never rattled, never shaken just play the game. >> we though their best player is their freshmen russell. he's definitely going to be a key for us. but i mean really our game plan stays the same on defense, just know your role know where to be. if we do that we should be all right. >> all right. fifth-ranked maryland terrapins visiting michigan tonight. but this is your inside access before the game