2026 Tournament PreviewAfter leading Michigan to the Sweet 16 as a five seed in his first year last season, coach Dusty May has the Wolverines as the Midwest's No. 1 seed this year. Michigan's strength is down low, with 6-9 Yaxel Lendeborg (14.6 ppg, 7.0 rpg), 6-9 Morez Johnson (13.1 ppg, 7.2 rpg) and 7-3 Aday Mara (11.6 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 2.6 bpg), all of whom can take over games. The interior dominance leads to easy baskets for the offense and prevents easy baskets for opponents. Michigan is third nationally in both two-point percentage and opponent two-point percentage, forcing longer shots on two-pointers than all but one team in the country (per KenPom). The result is the nation's top defense in both effective field-goal percentage and efficiency. Michigan lost backup point guard L.J. Cason (8.4 ppg) to an ACL tear in February, which means starter Elliot Cadeau (10.2 ppg, 5.6 apg), a 37.3 percent three-point shooter, has an even greater load. His play could dictate Michigan's ultimate tournament ceiling.
Scouting Report Offense Defense
Efficiency N/A N/A
Pace N/A
Effective FG% 58.75 (6) 44.79 (1)
Turnover % 14.31 (163) 13.20 (284)
Off Reb % 34.74 (55) 27.66 (54)
FTA/FGA 37.70 (109) 26.09 (15)
3P% 37.13 (25) 30.51 (21)
2P% 60.95 (4) 44.07 (2)
FT% 74.30 (114) 74.04 (267)
3PA/FGA 41.78 (140) 42.16 (273)
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AP Poll: #3 Coaches Poll: #3 RPI: #2
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Overall: (37-3) Conference: (19-1) Quad 1: (0-0) Quad 2: (0-0) Quad 3: (0-0) Quad 4: (0-0)
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