DETROIT – Detroit Mayor Dave Bing will travel to Atlanta on Saturday to watch Michigan take on his alma mater Syracuse in a Final Four matchup.
Bing's office said the mayor won't be in Atlanta all weekend but hopes to return Monday for the championship game.
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"I'm hopeful Syracuse is going to win. Then I'll be coming back, I'm sure, for the championship game," the mayor said. "At the beginning of March Madness, I thought Louisville was the best team. But both Michigan and Syracuse have played much better than I anticipated. They deserve to be there. If Syracuse wins, it's not going to be an easy win for them."
Mayor Bing said he has made a friendly wager with Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr, a Michigan graduate, on the outcome of the game. The mayor was a teammate of current Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim.
The loser of the wager will have to buy dinner for the winner at a restaurant in Detroit.