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Reversing Michigan’s Fortunes As players become more transient in the N.I.L. era, coaches like Dusty May are often the main attraction.  Candace Buckner - The Athletic The New York Times - Mercoledì 8 aprile 2026 Pagina 1 INDIANAPOLIS — The golf carts were ready to go outside the locker room of the University of Michigan men’s basketball team early Tuesday morning. One was for players like forward Yaxel Lendeborg, his shirt soaked as he bear-hugged the school’s newest trophy, and point guard Elliot Cadeau, the Final Four’s most outstanding player. The two players were still wearing ski goggles, the way champions do to survive postgame celebrations. But the golf carts stayed in park, unable to head toward the victors’ news conference at Lucas Oil Stadium after Michigan’s 69-63 national championship win against UConn, because one of them remained empty. The game’s biggest star was missing. “Where’d Coach go?” a Michigan staff member asked the driver in an attempt to locate Dusty May....

ROBERT DEUTSCH/IMAGN IMAGES The Michigan Wolverines, including coach Dusty May (gold shirt) and the players,  acknowledge fans after their NCAA title game win. Michigan vs. UConn - National Championship NCAA tournament extended highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZLXQ62lWlQ Michigan defense holds off UConn  Wolverines snare NCAA title on strength of defense, not offense Wolverines surge past Huskies despite offensive struggles to win NCAA men’s national title game.  Jordan Mendoza USA TODAY 8 apr 2026 - USA TODAY US Edition INDIANAPOLIS – You wouldn’t think Michigan would be all smiles at halftime. Yes, it had a four-point lead over UConn in the national championship game, but it was an unattractive fourpoint lead. It was arguably the worst first-half performance of the season. Not only did the Wolverines fail to make a single 3-pointer in the first half – the only time that’s happened this season – but there were no makes outside of the paint. An awful first 20 m...

Un impianto enorme - Il Lucas Oil Stadium di Indianapolis (capienza da 70.000 spettatori)  ospiterà le Final Four maschili come nel 2010, 2015 (foto) e 2021 UConn sfida Illinois e insegue il terzo titolo in quattro anni, m a Arizona-Michigan sembra una finale anticipata 4 Apr 2026 - La Gazzetta dello Sport di ANDREA BUONGIOVANNI  Dieci milioni e 300.000 telespettatori a partita. È l’audience-media statunitense del Torneo NCAA 2026, con le Final Four da disputarsi tra oggi e lunedì (dirette per l’Italia su Dazn). Mai, dal 1993 con tre sole sfide ancora in programma - si avevano avuti numeri così alti. Rispetto allo scorso anno, per esempio, si registra un +9%. Insomma: è di nuovo March Madness-mania . E non è un caso che l’ultimo atto della stagione, in programma davanti agli oltre 70.000 dell’Oil Stadium di Indianapolis, sia attesissimo. Illinois-UConn  Si parte così, stanotte alle 0.09 italiane. È sfida tra squadre arrivate sin qui abbastanza a sorpresa . Testa di serie ...