Michigan Postgame Recap: Michigan pummels Arizona in Final Four; Advances to National Championship
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🗓️ 5 April 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Michigan defeated Arizona 91-73, led by Aday Mara's dominant performance, who posted 26 points and nine rebounds. After the game, The Michigan Insider's Sam Webb and Josh Newkirk dissected the beatdown, emphasizing Michigan's dominance both inside and outside the arc, without Yaxel Lendeborg for much of the game due to injury. Its shooting prowess proved a major separator, as the Wolverines hit 12 threes to Arizona's six. Furthermore, Elliot Cadeau and Trey McKenney served as the perimeter engines, with Cadeau recording 10 assists and McKenney scoring 16 points off the bench on 6/9 shooting and 4/6 from three. Despite Lendeborg's injury, Michigan is now favored to win the national championship against UConn. However, we detail why the Huskies, known for their strong defense and balanced scoring, are likely to be a more formidable foe than Arizona proved to be.
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| 0:00.0 | The Michigan Insider Postgame Recap with Sam Webb and Josh Newkirk. |
| 0:08.6 | You know, Sam, we were talking about this all week that coming into this matchup, |
| 0:13.1 | it was going to be like Ali Frazier, a heavyweight fight. |
| 0:16.5 | But what happens in big fights sometimes? |
| 0:18.6 | The opponent gets knocked the F out. |
| 0:22.7 | And Michigan did that to Arizona tonight. |
| 0:25.9 | An 18-point victory, as many as 30-point lead. |
| 0:28.7 | Michigan wins going away, 91 to 73. |
| 0:33.5 | And they have one more game for it all against Yukon for the national championship this Monday. |
| 0:35.6 | Your instant reaction, Mr. Webb. |
| 0:55.5 | And they did it like it was light work without their star player. Yeah. most part not and i not totally without because he came back you know he did this willis reed except he actually scored willis reed did score when he came back yaxel lindaborg went out there pure heart pure guts gave his team whatever he had left in the tank in the second half of this game. |
| 0:56.1 | But Josh, this was an example of punking an opponent who thought they were going to be |
| 1:01.9 | at a punk cute. |
| 1:03.1 | I remember talking about this matchup heading into the week. |
| 1:06.8 | We talked about three-point shooting being the separator, and it was. |
| 1:11.0 | But I said that to start the game, I would probe a dimara. |
| 1:15.2 | I don't know if people were watching when we did the post game. |
| 1:19.6 | They were watching dropping dimes, but they're watching the roundtip. |
| 1:22.0 | I said, I would probe with a dimara in this game. |
| 1:24.1 | Don't concede that just because this team has beat everybody up, that they're going |
| 1:29.6 | to be the doubt. You're going to have to raise his game. He's going to have to be more aggressive |
| 1:33.0 | like we've seen Yaks do, but there was a purpose to it, A, to see if he could be effective |
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