Defend the Block 379 - UConn Recap - National Champions!

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Football, Ncaa, College, Wolverines, Michigan, Jon Jansen, Sports

4.8 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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For the first time since 1989, Michigan wins the National Championship! Listen back to the full postgame show from Indianapolis, as Brian Boesch and Terry Mills react to the Wolverines' victory over UConn and visit with a host of players and coaches.

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0:00.0	For a second time ever, Michigan men's basketball is a national champion. The Wolverines
0:05.9	outlast Connecticut 69 to 63, knocking off recently the best team in college basketball over the
0:14.8	last four years, and they've now become the best team in college basketball, have the maize in blue.
0:20.6	Michigan had to do it on Yukon's terms, only hitting a couple of threes, having some small
0:28.1	issues late, but the Wolverines allow maize and blue confetti to fall in front of more than 70,000
0:34.7	people at Lucas Oil Stadium in a pro-Michigan crowd two years after this
0:38.8	program was 8 and 24. So much emotion, so much pride, so much happiness after this one.
0:47.8	This isn't going to be a long-winded intro for me. Very simple. We'll come back, we'll set
0:52.5	things up, and we'll share with you all the post-game reaction, and I promise we'll come back. We'll set things up and we'll share with you all the postgame reaction.
0:55.7	And I promise we'll come back later in the week through the month of April with a whole lot more about this run, what it means, and why it happened.
1:05.5	Michigan, a national champion. They beat Yukon 6963. Let's share it all on Defend the Block. We're talking
1:14.7	Michigan basketball. Welcome to Defend the Block, where we'll take you inside the basketball
1:20.5	programs with interviews, analysis, and so much more. Now, he's your host, Brian Bush.
1:33.0	It was an emotional night. It was a challenging night. It was a grinder of a game,
1:42.5	but Michigan gets it done. The Wolverines defeat Yukon 69, 63. The Wolverines are national champions.
1:51.0	As mentioned, we're just going to share with you all the great reaction that we got after the game as Michigan celebrates a national championship.
2:01.0	What a special, special night, a special season and a special group of individuals who, as Dusty May talked about it, this was not a super team until they became super teammates.
2:04.5	And that's what made them a super team and a national champion.
2:10.4	All right, without further ado, here's all the reaction from the end of the game through all the postgame.
2:12.9	Rebound loose, spike to the deck, picked up by Gail.
2:14.4	He flings it to the other side.
2:15.6	Game clock in three.
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