Michigan basketball readies for NCAA title game rematch vs UConn

BOSTON − It’s time for an early season heavyweight showdown.

Michigan basketball (1-0) arrives New England for a national championship game rematch against UConn (1-0) on Friday, Nov. 6 (8 p.m., TNT) at TD Garden. The tipoff comes seven months to the day after the Wolverines upended the Huskies 69-63 in Indianapolis to cut down the nets.

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While both rosters have seen significant change, the expectations remain extremely high for both the Wolverines and the Huskies, which is part of the reason they went out of their way to add one another to the schedule.

The Michigan Wolverines celebrate their NCAA men’s basketball tournament national championship victory Monday, April 6, 2026, after defeating the UConn Huskies 69-63 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

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“They’re a good team — a very good team,” Boynton told reporters in Ann Arbor on Thursday. “Obviously, they have a tremendously well-established culture. Having participated in three of the last four national championships, there’s a certain level of expectation of playing a winning brand of basketball there that’s even longer standing than what we’ve tried to establish here the last couple years.

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“I’m sure those guys who are new to the program have been well versed, and that you need to assimilate to how things are done there.”

Michigan finished last year with the toughest schedule in the nation; that wasn’t just because of its Big Ten and NCAA tournament foes − then-coach Dusty May went out of his way to schedule nonconference foes with varying styles and strengths.

Boynton believes in doing the same, which is commendable given his return for a second season leading the Wolverines may depend on him checking off performance achievements in his contract.

“If you go out and you play a bunch of teams that you’re going to beat by 30 or 40, you may still be not doing some things so well, and it’s just not being exposed, or…

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