Michigan has all the answers in Sweet 16 vs Alabama in March Madness Michigan basketball used a dominant second half to shrug off Alabama in the Sweet 16 in Chicago in the NCAA Tournament, March 27, 2026. CHICAGO − In the big picture, Yaxel Lendeborg is the best player on the Michigan basketball roster. That's not to say the Wolverines can't win when he's not starring. But when he does? When he puts up 23 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists, reaching benchmarks matched just two other times in the past 41 NCAA tournaments (by Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade in 2003). Well, it tends to paper over his teammates' occasional individual struggles, such as, say, Morez Johnson Jr. and Aday Mara's...
