After the ‘awful’ first half, his Michigan teammates cheered him on and the rest is history: “We needed Mad Yax, not Sad Yax.”

After the ‘awful’ first half, his Michigan teammates cheered him on and the rest is history: “We needed Mad Yax, not Sad Yax.”

INDIANAPOLIS – The best player on the best team in college basketball couldn’t hide his frustration. Yaxel Lendeborg hated that the knee and ankle injuries he suffered two days earlier prevented him from showing his All-American form with Michigan locked in a tight battle against UConn on Monday night and the national championship on the…

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Michigan and Arizona have proven that they are the 2 best teams in college basketball. It’s a shame they don’t play for the title.

Michigan and Arizona have proven that they are the 2 best teams in college basketball. It’s a shame they don’t play for the title.

CHICAGO – Even in November, when the nascent college basketball season was just a ripple on the national sports radar, Michigan and Arizona were staring at each other like boxers in opposite corners, waiting for the bell to ring. Although their paths did not cross, they were practically mirror images, and their dominance was evident…

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