The Michigan Wolverines won a title by mastering college basketball’s new world. It might change the sport
Michigan point guard Elliot Cadeau celebrates with the championship trophy after the win over UConn on Monday night. - Bob Donnan/Imagn Images/Reuters The one-man tour began just above the 3-point line, not far from where the ladder stood beneath the recently cut nets. Elliot Cadeau brought his favorite new bauble, the brow- wood 2026 NCAA basketball national championship trophy, over to where his mother, Michelle, and older brother and doppelganger Justin stood.
As Cadeau pecked his way through the blue-and-maize confetti littering the court, Justin did a quick change. He shook off his blue leather jacket, revealing a replica of his brother’s white jersey, then stripped out of his black sweatpants to show off his maize-colored Michigan game shorts. Justin popped a black national championship trophy on his head, scooped up some confetti and the brothers proceeded to bang out a photo shoot.
“This was all his idea,’’ Michelle said, nodding to Justin, a social media influencer. “Make it look like he won, too. ’’ The brothers posed with the trophy on the court and held it in their arms.
They snapped plain pics and others with confetti raining down on their heads. At one point, Justin went solo, as if he did indeed play, while Cadeau stood off to the side and smiled. In all they probably spent a good five minutes to get all the content they needed.
Except Cadeau was hardly done. Trophy in hand, he bounced over to the seats behind the Michigan bench. He posed with fans there, happily obliging when they asked him to lift it up so their cellphones, held over their heads, could snap a good picture.
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