Paul Sullivan: Fab ending for Michigan as the Wolverines hold off UConn for their 1st title in 37 years
INDIANAPOLIS — The Big Ten had waited 26 long years to win a national championship in men’s basketball. To put things in perspective, that was even longer than the wait list for tickets to Bozo’s Circus. But that legendary drought finally ended Monday at Lucas Oil Stadium when Michigan held off UConn 69-63 in the NCAA Tournament championship game for its first title since 1989.
As confetti ...
INDIANAPOLIS — The Big Ten had waited 26 long years to win a national championship in men’s basketball. To put things in perspective, that was even longer than the wait list for tickets to Bozo’s Circus. But that legendary drought finally ended Monday at Lucas Oil Stadium when Michigan held off UConn 69-63 in the NCAA Tournament championship game for its first title since 1989.
As confetti fell and the partisan, maize-and-blue crowd sang their theme song, “Mr. Brightside,” it became quite obvious that destiny was calling them. Chicago-born guard Nimari Burnett, who won an Illinois state title his freshman year at Morgan Park, now has bookends for his trophy case, when he decides to build one.
“I’m going to have to take this moment over winning state,” Burnett told me afterward. “There were so many emotions. I was sobbing.
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