Michigan basketball defeats Alabama, advances to Elite Eight

Michigan basketball has long been thought to be poised to play for more than the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament. But in its way is a red-hot Alabama team, the 4-seed that eviscerated the 5-seed Texas Tech team with a barrage of 3s. Michigan vs.

Alabama opening salvo The Wolverines took the court in Chicago, winning the tip, but failing to score on the first possession. The first Alabama 3 attempt, by Aiden Sherrell, was well short. He then missed a dunk attempt, which turned into a missed layup, but after gathering the rebound (which went out of bounds off Michigan), he got the ball at the top of the arc and drained a 3.

Yaxel Lendeborg scored first for the Wolverines, on a deep-key floater, but Latrell Whitesell Jr. got the ball off a Morez Johnson block and drained a second deep shot. 6-2, Alabama.

Elliot Cadeau tried to answer, but missed from deep. After Lendeborg picked up his first foul, London Jemison drove the baseline to give the Crimson Tide a six-point lead. The Wolverines turned it over again, and Cadeau missed another three after getting the ball back.