Michigan basketball soaking up Final Four before 'battle' vs Arizona
"It's going to be a battle," Michigan basketball coach Dusty May said. "We believe it's going to be won in the 39th or 40th minute of this game."
INDIANAPOLIS − Moments after Michigan basketball arrived at their downtown hotel − their intended home through Monday, April 6 − Nimari Burnett opened the curtains in his room and pulled out his phone. Covering the side of the Marriott across the street was a building-sized 2026 NCAA Tournament bracket, with every team and every result, all the way down to the Final Four. Among the teams' logos still on the side, 1-seed Michigan – the Wolverines face fellow 1-seed Arizona on Saturday (8:49 p.
m. , TBS) for a spot in Monday's national championship game. Even before that, the moment had already hit him.
"I mean as soon as we landed, it was a bunch of people lined up, all types of banners and posters," Burnett said in the team locker room, shortly before the Wolverines took the court for their first practice at Lucas Oil Stadium. "The esthetic of being in the Final Four, it's beautiful. As soon as we got to the hotel, our room was laid out, you can see the bracket across as soon as you open the window "Super cool, something that I'll never forget.
" The Wolverines are toeing the line between soaking up the moment live and focusing on their future. The immediate goal (which may appear familiar to anyone following the team for more than a minute this season): Win two more games and become immortalized in NCAA history. It's hard not to be struck by the moment that no Wolverine, other than coach Dusty May, has experienced: The patches on jerseys, the logos on chairs and lockers, the massive mural (reading "The Road Ends Here") on the side of the Wolverines office through at least Saturday (if not two more days after) – otherwise known as the home of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts.
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