Yaxel Lendeborg is best player out there. Toughest, too.
Yaxel Lendeborg played nine minutes in the second half, making two 3-pointers and grabbing two rebounds in the Michigan Wolverines' Final Four win.
INDIANAPOLIS — Yaxel Lendeborg kept it together, barely, as he limped away from the court in the first half. He'd worked so hard. Come so far.
And now he feared it was all over, his hopes for a national championship ruined by an injured left knee and once-again throbbing ankle. "As soon as I got in the tent, I started crying," Lendeborg said, his left knee heavily wrapped. "...
I definitely felt like I did all this for nothing in the moment. I definitely had to calm down for a little bit, speak with myself, get out of my thoughts. "The training staff, they were being very nice to me, just being genuine, assuring me that I'm going to be OK.
" OK? If Lendeborg isn't the best player in the country, he is for sure the toughest. As his Michigan teammates got up a couple last shots before halftime ended, Lendeborg returned to the court with a trainer.
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