Yaxel Lendeborg previews Howard

It means a lot, man. I'm super excited, you know. I can't wait to see the fans. We've been talking about this for a long time about trying to be the best Michigan team ever, so we're just one step away.

Yeah, I'm feeling okay. Yeah, I'm gonna wear these shoes. They're more high top, you know, just in case anything happens. But I practiced yesterday. I was doing good moving forward, jumping all right, but the cutting was bothering me a little bit. But, you know, I feel like when the game time comes and all the adrenaline starts rushing, I think I'll be

How has he kind of brought you into Man, like he didn't put no pressure on me, you know. I was the number one rated transfer portal player. These guys joke about it all the time. Me, like we talk about it, but it's like you wouldn't know that when you look at this team, you know, and that's something I wanted.

That's how I wanted it to be, honestly, you know, it's just like we all play our brand of basketball, play together and do whatever we need to do to win. So it's been great, honestly. And Dusty, he's just been with me from day one when I had some problems with confidence and when I had some problems figuring out my role, he was always there to support me.