Posts By Sam Gibson
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1.1K2025-26 Season‘A wizard in the portal’: Elliot Cadeau guides Michigan to a National Championship
INDIANAPOLIS — Dusty May needed a point guard. Before Michigan’s season began, before all the summer workouts, before Michigan landed Aday Mara...
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1.3K2025-26 Season
At The Buzzer: Michigan 69, UConn 63
Rapid reaction to Michigan’s 69-63 win over UConn to win the 2025-26 National Championship. THE MOMENT Michigan had only made one 3-pointer...
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9512025-26 Season
How Michigan plans to combat Connecticut’s grinding pace
INDIANAPOLIS — One team kept coming up when Michigan’s players and coaches were prompted to evaluate Connecticut. One team that gave the...
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9452025-26 Season
Yaxel Lendeborg vows to play in national championship after Final Four injury
INDIANAPOLIS — At first, crashing to the parquet after awkwardly landing on an Arizona player’s foot, Yaxel Lendeborg thought he could walk...
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8862025-26 Season
At The Buzzer: Michigan 91, Arizona 73
Rapid reaction to Michigan’s 91-73 win over Arizona in the NCAA Tournament Final Four. THE MOMENT INDIANAPOLIS — One minute, Yaxel Lendeborg...
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6862025-26 Season
How Elliot Cadeau unlocked his 3-point shot at Michigan
INDIANAPOLIS — Elliot Cadeau will tell you he’s always been a great shooter, from middle school to high school, from Chapel Hill...
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7072025-26 Season
‘He’s found his balance’: Yaxel Lendeborg unstoppable as Michigan rolls over Tennessee
CHICAGO — This season has been an odyssey for Yaxel Lendeborg, the hyper-talented graduate forward who transferred in at the start of...
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5482025-26 Season
‘It’s all will’: Tennessee focused on winning the rebounding battle against Michigan
CHICAGO — Ask any player on No. 6 seed Tennessee, or any coach on the Volunteers’ staff, and they’ll tell you the...
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5592025-26 Season
‘A mindset thing’: Michigan’s defense responds in second half to advance to Elite Eight
CHICAGO — The play won’t make most highlight reels, and — if this Michigan team can keep on rolling — it’s likely...
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1.3K2025-26 Season
Notebook: May’s history with Oats, Alabama’s 3-point shooting, and the rebounding battle ahead
No. 1 seed Michigan has advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament, with a matchup against No. 4 seed Alabama...
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7002025-26 Season
After years of sharing playbooks, Dusty May and Josh Schertz will face the mirror on Saturday
Leave it to this sport, to this tournament, to align the college basketball stars in such fitting fashion. For years, across state...
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8402025-26 Season
‘We still feel like we’re the best in the country’: Where Michigan stands ahead of the NCAA Tournament
CHICAGO — Gone was the laughter, the banter, the smiles that had filled Michigan’s locker room deep inside the United Center over...
