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At 22-2 overall and 11-2 in league play, Michigan sits all alone atop the Big Ten conference as we approach the dog days of the college basketball season.

February is actually when the Wolverines hit their stride last season, and it remains to be seen whether or not they'll do the same thing this time around.

Here's a look at where the Maize and Blue rank in all of the nation's most important statistical categories as we approach the stretch run of college basketball's regular-season.

U-M's national rank is listed first below, with the actual statistic in parenthesis.

Note: there are 351 teams in college basketball.

• KenPom adjusted offensive efficiency: 37th

• Field goal percentage: 166th (44.9%)

• Points per game: 233rd (71.1)

• Three-point field goal percentage: 145th (35%)

• Turnovers per game: 3rd (9.4)

• Free throw percentage: 232nd (68.4%)

• Assists per game: 202nd (13.3)

• Total free throws attempts: 287th (402)

• KenPom adjusted defensive efficiency: 2nd

• Field goal percentage defense: 18th (39.6%)

• Points allowed per game: 2nd (57.3)

• Defensive rebounds per game: 65th (26.9)

• Three-point percentage against: 29th (30.3%)

• Total fouls committed: 13th (330)

• Turnovers forced per game: 220th (12.8)

• Blocked shots per game: 59th (4.3)

• Assist-to-turnover ratio: 17th (1.43)

• Turnover margin: 23rd (3.7)

• Sophomore forward Isaiah Livers' 43.7 three-point percentage is the best on Michigan's team (among players with at least two attempts), and the eighth best mark in the Big Ten.

• When redshirt junior guard Charles Matthews poured in 18 points against Wisconsin on Saturday, it marked the most points he had scored in a game since also tallying 18 in a 74-63 win over Indiana on Jan. 6. In fact, the redshirt junior has not posted more than 18 in a contest since racking up 25 in a 70-62 win over Western Michigan on Dec. 15.

• Junior center Jon Teske's 17 points against Wisconsin this weekend tied his career-high. In fact, the 7-1 Ohio native has now scored 17 points four different times in his career, but has never been able to get past that threshold — Nov. 18 against Providence in the Hall of Fame Tip-off in Connecticut, Dec. 1 against Purdue, Jan. 13 against Northwestern and Saturday's win over Wisconsin.

• This weekend's victory against the Badgers improved head coach John Beilein's record to just 6-17 against Wisconsin. With that being said, the Maize and Blue have actually now won four of their last five meetings against UW — 2017 at Crisler, 2017 in the Big Ten Tournament championship, 2018 in Madison, and this past Saturday.

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