The Michigan Insider Postgame Recap: Michigan Beats MSU to finish Big Ten regular season 19-1

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🗓️ 9 March 2026

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Michigan punctuated its Big Ten regular season championship with a 90-80 win over no. 8 Michigan State, finishing with a 19-1 conference record. Sam Webb and Josh Newkirk of The Michigan Insider analyzed the victory, highlighting Yaxel Lendeborg's 27-point performance, which may have solidified his case for conference player of the year. They also addressed the latest groin kick by Spartan point guard Jeremy Fears and Tom Izzo's apparent approval of it. The discussion shifted back to Michigan, highlighting significant contributions from its bench, with Roddy Gayle Jr. and Trey McKenney adding 15 and 12 points, respectively. The conversation emphasized the team's unselfish play and strong defense, noting the importance of maintaining these qualities in the Big Ten Tournament and beyond. They also identified a need for greater consistency from Elliot Cadeau and Aday Mara to complete a run to a national championship.

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0:00.0	The Michigan Insider Postgame Recap with Sam Webb and Josh Newkirk.
0:09.5	90 to 80 is the final.
0:11.5	Michigan beats rival Michigan State today.
0:13.8	Sam, they already wrapped up the Big Ten championship,
0:16.5	but it meant more they had to win this game because it's just worth the feel right.
0:20.4	Yeah, man. Great to be on the court for the... it meant more they had to win this game because it's just worth the feel right yeah man uh great
0:22.0	to be on the court for the the senior day the championship banner i think that was a great touch
0:30.2	a lot of times you don't really see that yeah in season dusty said hey as long as you do it after the
0:34.9	game don't interfere with the game let's do it you got to go out and win. That would have made it real sour, but they went out and they delivered, man. Like this team has all season long, and Dusty said it once again, you know, finding different ways. But one way, which we said they were going to have to have, not just today, but moving forward,
0:56.3	is your Big Ten player of the year, your best player, maybe even your lottery pick,
1:03.4	playing like that on a constant basis.
1:07.5	It's a very unselfish guy, but there's a time.
1:10.3	It's not being selfish. It's, it's taking it on your shoulders for your team. And Yax and Lindberg did that today. Yeah, 27 points from the All-American, 5 or 6 from 3s, just did everything. I think he had 19 and a half, but every time they need a big shot, every time they got down a little bit there in a second half, but every time they, Michigan State was sort of coming back, he would hit a big shot.
1:31.0	He made a big shot, every time they got down a little bit there in a second half, but every time they, Michigan State was sort of coming back, he would hit a big shot.
1:31.0	He made a big play.
1:32.2	And he was the catalyst for this win.
1:34.9	And for this season, this guy played like truly one of the best players in America.
1:39.3	Yeah, you know, I call it, you know, there's a alpha role that, you know, guys like him are put into.
1:47.1	It could be the number one player in the portal, you could be the number one, you could be a lottery pick in the draft.
1:52.5	You, you by definition of where you're placed in alpha role, but not every guy has an alpha soul, right?
1:59.5	To be able to step into that and deliver
2:03.0	with all the lights on with all the pressure on now yaks has found different ways to be
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