The Michigan basketball team is back in action. And the program's culture is better than ever.

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Welcome back, Michigan hoops. As fun as it is to beat our chests over being atop the Big Ten standings, it actually means a lot more when you can do it after an actual basketball game. And actual basketball games had alluded us for more than three weeks before Sunday’s tilt against Wisconsin at the Kohl Center.

Yes, it’s exciting to get basketball back. …