Michigan has been better than MSU thus far. I said last night that Michigan looks like the 2nd best team in the Big Ten right now. Does that mean they'll be the second best team in March? Nope. But college basketball, and to some extend basketball in general, largely boils down to 3 point shooting. Michigan has been very good, MSU has been very bad.
Battle 4 Atlantis will be a good test for them. Both Michigan and Memphis have looked better than expected. Their only Top 60 opponents in the OOC will be in that tournament, but there's a chance they'll see 3 of them if they beat Memphis. Massey favors Michigan in 11 of their next 13 games. The two games they are underdogs, are neutral vs. Oregon (47% chance to win) and at Iowa (40% chance to win). And 8 of those 11 games they are >60% chance to win. The only games projected to be close are 52% chance vs. Memphis, 59% neutral vs. Penn State, and 51% at Maryland.
They could very well be 14-4 going to Purdue on January 23