Yaxel going from a fringe 1st rounder at UAB to a national champion and a fringe lottery pick is quite the selling point for May and UM going forward.

And like, not to jinx anything, but #1 overall seed Michigan ALSO has a shot at a hockey national title in a couple of days. MDen might need to open a line of credit for me at this point.

So well deserved.

He's quite unsung but I'm really happy that Nimari got to win a title with this year. To go from 8-24 UM in his first year after transferring to this has gotta be such a trip.

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Michigan went 2-15 from 3 and it simply didn't matter. What an ugly, stupid, magnificent game.

Absolute ice in the veins of Trey there.

I'm done with the "one guy has possession so I'll hit him a bunch of times until I can get a hand on it and plead for a jump ball" type of play.

I swear these refs are going to drag this last 54 seconds out to 11:30 at this rate.

I know McKenney just hit a huge three off a broken play but it feels like UConn has gotten a lot of the 50/50 plays to break their way.

So that's the most epic 5-point swing in a minute.

Cadeau gets thrown around by everyone. I feel like every game some offensive player just loses his mind and tries to hurl him.

I want to be clear - Yaxel doing anything like this performance in this game is immensely impressive. He's clearly not close to 100% and is still playing like an AA.

The fact this game is being played on an elevated court in a football stadium somehow makes the ugliness even more annoying. That said, I'd rather by on this end of the annoyance than the other.

Every time UConn makes a little run UM answers. Just keep this margin for the next 7 minutes.

Yaxel's shot seems off right now, and it's been a couple of possessions now.

Mara getting swatted at by 3 UConn guys and then exasperatingly throwing the ball to a guard while staring at the refs feels like this game in a nutshell.

We're getting close to the point where a team's lead is greater than the number of minutes remaining, which is one of my "it's okay to be a bit optimistic" heuristics.

I don't quite get this discussion about how keeping this a low-scoring game is good for UConn. Yeah Michigan likes to keep up the tempo but they've won low-possession games, and they have the top defense in the country. UConn having 29 points shooting 33% overall isn't how Hurley drew it up.

Also, UConn players and coaches trying to act like smashing into Cadeau should be a travel is hilarious. They aren't going to call a foul there but that's way more likely than you tackling a UM player and getting the ball.

If I'm UConn I'm not super-excited to be hitting 33% of my 3s (so my season average) while UM is 0-8 and be trailing by 4.

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Reed with 2 fouls is a different beast defensively and good on Mara for going after him.

I'm legitimately curious how the refs will call this game in the second half. UConn has a lot more fouls while UM has fewer and the refs like to even those out but they also tend to call to the score/crowd, which is decidedly pro-UM.

Michigan is not going to be 0 fer the game from 3 but they probably need the battle of guys who hurt their legs to not be so one-sided between Yax and Ball.

So yeah, this is the one way Michigan loses a game like this. UConn suddenly can't miss from outside and UM can't buy a shot.

UConn is hanging around but picking up fouls isn't going to be good for them.

These aren't bad shots by Mara; they'll drop at some point.

Cadeau is absolutely the Final Four MVP if this keeps up.

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For the last time this season, I want to thank Xfinity for being approximately 40 seconds behind the action. Really making me love the decision to keep the cord.

I swear April Roddy blocks a guy like that once a game in this tournament.

After the Arizona game it's weird to see Michigan be the more physical squad.

For all the marbles.

Glad they got a day off from torturing souls in the Underworld to take in a game.

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You know what...don't worry about making your FTs. Let's just get this game over.

It must be pretty fun to get your son onto the court late in the Final Four because you are so dismantling a top seed that it only seems fair.

Yeah, that missed alley-oop down 17 is pretty fitting.

Please sit everyone who doesn't have goofy hair or is related to Dusty May right now, please.

It's so relaxing to see a pretty awesome play by Arizona late in the game...cut their deficit to 20, only for UM to immediately answer.

The first NBA game I went to was a Pistons playoff win against MJ's Bulls in 1989. Luckily I was also a Lions fan because otherwise I'm not sure I'd understand sports at all.

This Arizona team is, in fact, really good at basketball. They won their 4 tourney games by an average of 22 points.

I'll gladly hear about someone's stolen mattress from their apartment in Boulder for one more game if necessary.

The fact he got FAU to the tournament the next year, and kept basically all the guys together, was about as impressive because usually those unexpected runs are not reproducible.

Gotta say, that's the type of stupid foul that even these refs had to call. Also, it's hilarious that despite this officiating UM is still winning this game by 18.

Yeah, Jaden Bradley having 3 deserved fouls doesn't offset the 6 given to any tall Michigan player, refs.

Me thinking "Michigan should be use to BS ref shows from their conference games" is about the most positive spin I can put on the calls this first half.