ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The No. 1-seeded Michigan Wolverines are heading to Indianapolis for their Final Four bout with fellow No. 1-seeded Arizona Wildcats inside Lucas Oil Stadium.
Tip-off is slated for 8:49 p.m. on Saturday (April 4).
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Head coach Dusty May has had a strong first two seasons with the basketball program, compiling 62 wins in 75 games.
Michigan is the favorite to win the national championship, but a victory on Saturday would move May into a three-way tie for second place with Tubby Smith (1997-1999) and Bruce Weber (2003-2005) with 63 combined wins.
The potential victory on Saturday would also move him one game behind John Calipari (2009-2011) for most wins in their first two seasons as head coach of any school and put the Wolverines in the NCAA Tournament championship game for the first time since 2018.
May led the Wolverines to a 29-2 regular season, a Big Ten regular-season title, and a No. 1 seed, while also becoming the fastest coach in school history to reach 50 wins.
His dominant season, led by Elliot Cadeau, Nimari Burnett, Aday Mara, Morez Johnson Jr., Yaxel Lendeborg, Roddy Gayle Jr., Trey McKenney, L.J. Cason, and Will Tschetter, helped him achieve the 2025-26 Big Ten Coach of the Year and USBWA Coach of the Year this season.
May and the Wolverines went 27-10 in his first season, turning around an 8-24 team to win the Big Ten Tournament and a trip to the Sweet 16.
Final Four
Michigan punched its ticket with a victory over the No. 6-seeded Tennessee Volunteers 95-62 in the Elite Eight on Sunday, March 29.
The victory improved Michigan to 35-3 on the season, while averaging 95 points per game in the NCAA Tournament, securing double-digit wins in their first four games and posting a 22.5-point average margin of victory.
Their 33-point victory also marked the second-largest NCAA Tournament margin of victory in program history, behind the 1989 team led by Glen Rice, who boat-raced the Virginia Cavaliers 102-65 in the Southeast Regional Final.
Michigan also set a high offensive pace, scoring 381 points through four games, surpassing the 1989 team’s total ahead of the Final Four.
Ahead of the Final Four, Michigan has beaten Howard, 101-80; St. Louis, 95-72; Alabama, 90-77; and boat-raced Tennessee, 95-62.
May could etch his way into the history books for most games with 90 or more points in an NCAA Tournament, with five.
Michigan is also tied for the second-longest winning streak in the national semifinal games, as they’ve won in this round seven consecutive times.