Michigan basketball bludgeons Tennessee 95-62 to advance to Final Four

CHICAGO − Since the offseason, Michigan basketball’s catch phrase has been “April habits.”

The Wolverines showed exactly what those championship-level habits look like against Tennessee in the Elite Eight on Sunday, March 29 at United Center.

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No. 1 seed Michigan is headed to the Final Four in Indianapolis after it blew the doors off 6-seed Tennessee, 95-62, in the Midwest region final.

It’s the program’s first trip to college basketball’s biggest stage since it played for the national title in 2018.

It happened in a flash, as Michigan played perhaps its best eight-minute stretch since winning the Players Era Festival in November in Las Vegas.

The Wolverines made seven of eight shots, the ball on a string, zipping across every corner, using every inch of the floor. On defense, they swarmed, swatted and stole − not just the ball, but the Volunteers’ soul.

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Michigan was down by two when it went on a game-changing 24-2 run in less than seven minutes of game time. During that time Tennessee went just 1-for-13 on field goals and turned the ball over four times, going more than six minutes without a field goal. By the time Tennessee regrouped, Michigan led, 38-18, and it was over from there.

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Michigan finished with as many buckets in the paint (nine) as Tennessee had from the floor in the first 20 minutes. With Tennessee needing a strong start in the second half, it was the Wolverines putting the pedal to the metal and very quickly there was a sense of celebration in the air.

Yaxel Lendeborg was sensational again, scoring 27 points on 10-for-19 shooting with seven rebounds and four assists. Aday Mara scored 11 points with two blocks, Elliot Cadeau had eight points and a team-high 10 assists as five players scored in double figures.

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