Having a parade through campus/ the city absolutely shits on a “celebration” inside the stadium
Ohio State and ross bjork failed epically not having a parade down high street all the way down to lane ave.
NEWS: Tennessee big-man J.P. Estrella has committed to Michigan, he tells ESPN, delivering the Wolverines one of the most coveted big-men in the portal.He continues the lineage of high-end transfer big men at Michigan, as they played an outsized line-up to win the national title.
One Shining Moment was written by Ann Arbor resident Michael Barrett. It was first played in 1989 when Michigan last won the title. 37 years later, his song ends with Michigan celebrating once more.
Isn’t it just so perfect that after a year long talk about transfers and whatever, the player who made the dagger 3 and dagger free throws to win the National Championship is a 19 year old Freshman from Flint, Michigan
"These dudes ain't losing 4 games"
Purdue Head Coach Matt Painter was correct in his prediction. Michigan finishes the season 37-3 and as National Champions
Another banner will go up at the Crisler Center, finally a partner to the one the program earned in 1989. There will be a parade held and books written.
And Michigan fans will share their memories of this team, of where they were when Trey McKenney hit the clinching shot or when Yaxel Lendeborg posterized Saint Louis or when Roddy Gayle became the superhero known as MARCH RODDY or when Cadeau's step-back 3-pointer made it a 27-point lead against mighty Arizona.
They'll talk of Morez Johnson Jr. silencing the Illini and dunking on the Spartans. They'll turn Aday Mara into Paul Bunyan, with every retelling his arms growing a little longer. They'll remember the stunning week in Las Vegas and going undefeated on the road in the Big Ten and winning the league by four games and more victories (and a better winning percentage) than any other season in Michigan basketball history. They'll proudly sing "Unwritten," the Natasha Bedingfield banger that became the team's unofficial March Madness anthem.
They'll remember when Charlie Freaking May drained a corner 3-pointer in the Elite Eight. The whole bench went berserk and Yaxel launched his towel into the stratosphere.
And that was this team. That is the story they chose to write. One lucky fan in the upper reaches of the stadium got to leave with a hell of a souvenir. But we all get the memories. Forever.
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Michigan played only 2 games this year under 65 possessions, and lost both of them (Duke, 62; Purdue, 63). Finished with 65 tonight.
Needed every single one of them tonight to hold off the Huskies, who knew the recipe.
It ends its dominant title run as KenPom's highest-rated champion ever (+39.70).
Congratulations to @CoachDustyMay, Elliot Cadeau, and @UMichBBall on winning their first title since 1989! This team dominated the tournament from start to finish. Well deserved. Go Blue!
Michigan basketball:
🟡 5-0 vs. rivals MSU/OSU
🟡 Won B1G by 4 games
🟡 Undefeated on road
🟡 Stomped everyone on way to Final Four
🟡 Destroyed fellow elite 1 seed Arizona
🟡 Beat current CBB dynasty UConn for title
🟡 School record 37 wins
The best team in program history.
People probably think Michigan fans are spoiled these days. But I promise it’s not as glamorous as it appears. The last year or two, if someone came up to me and said “congrats on the National Championship,” I was able to simply reply “thank you.”
Now I have to ask “which one?”
This is the Mike Sainristil interception of the hoops National Championship Game. A dagger that will be etched in my brain for as long as my brain continues to function.
Give John Beilein a ring for this, too. He’s the one that got this program out of the desert. He got this program to the doorstep of a national title twice and this program wouldn’t be close to where it is now with the resurgence he led.