ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The No. 1-seeded Michigan Wolverines are Final Four-bound and are inviting fans to celebrate with them before they hit the road to Indianapolis to take on the No. 1-seeded Arizona Wildcats inside Lucas Oil Stadium.
Tip-off will be on Saturday, April 4, around 8:49 p.m.
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On Wednesday, April 1, Michigan will host a send-off event for the team at 1 p.m. outside Crisler Center, inviting fans to celebrate the program’s tournament run before it departs for Indianapolis.
Supporters can gather outside Crisler Center and the William Davidson Player Development Center to cheer on the Wolverines.
Free parking will be available in lots SC4, SC5, SC8, and SC7 surrounding the arena.
Team officials said players and coaches will not be signing autographs during the event.
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.
The Wolverines, led by head coach Dusty May, have reached at least one Final Four in six of the past seven decades and nine times overall, reinforcing their place among college basketball’s elite programs.
May recalled the 1989 national championship team as one of his earliest basketball memories, pointing to players like Terry Mills and Rumeal Robinson as foundational figures in the program’s history.
He also highlighted the cultural impact of Michigan’s famed Fab Five, who helped reshape college basketball in the early 1990s.
“The Fab Five did as much culturally for our sport as anyone since I’ve been alive, other than MJ (Michael Jordan),” May said.
The Fab Five, featuring players like Jalen Rose, Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson, have become the most well-known Wolverines’ basketball team due to their rockstar status in the early 1990s, but with a national championship only two victories away, Elliot Cadeau, Nimari Burnett, Aday Mara, Morez Johnson Jr., Yaxel Lendeborg, Roddy Gayle Jr., Trey McKenney, L.J. Cason, and Will Tschetter could cement themselves as the greatest team in program history.
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