Yaxel Lendeborg injury updates: MRI clean for Michigan star, plans to play vs UConn
Will Michigan star Yaxel Lendeborg play vs UConn in the national title game? Here's what we know.
INDIANAPOLIS − Yaxel Lendeborg didn't come this far just to come this far. Lendeborg said he sprained his MCL and ankle in the first half of Michigan' basketball's 91-73 national semifinal victory over Arizona , but as he left the locker room postgame for national media interviews, said he's "absolutely" playing on Monday, April 6 (8:50 p. m.
, TBS) against UConn. While he was confident after the game was over, he admitted he saw all his hard work flash before his eyes when he went down. "I definitely felt like I did all of this for nothing in the moment," Lendeborg said.
"I definitely had to calm down for a little bit, speak to myself, get out of my thoughts ... I'm playing no matter what. Unless I wake up and I get up and fall off my feet, I'm going to be in that game.
" Lendeborg wasn't at media availability as previously scheduled on Sunday afternoon − he was instead undergoing treatment. The Big Ten Player of the Year and first-team All-American is among the most vital pieces to the Wolverines' success. It will be a huge relief for the locker room if he can go, even if he says he may be limited to being "a corner 3-point shooter," like he said he was Saturday night.