Michigan leads 60-51 at the final media timeout. We’re 3:51 from deciding the national champion. Here we go!
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UConn vs. Michigan score, live updates: March Madness ends with NCAA men’s basketball championship
It’s time to crown a champion.
Monday night’s NCAA tournament national championship game is full of intrigue. UConn is going for its third title in four years under coach Dan Hurley, and Michigan is trying to end a lengthy Big Ten drought and also win its first championship since 1989.
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Injuries could play a factor, as several players took serious lumps in their semifinal games. Michigan star Yaxel Lendeborg sprained the MCL in his left knee and also re-injured his ankle. UConn’s Solo Ball donned a walking boot after spraining his foot Saturday and teammate Silas Demary Jr. has been playing through a high left ankle sprain. All three are playing on Monday.
Will a long national title drought get broken for school and conference, or will we see the continuation of the best NCAA tournament run since UCLA?
Here’s everything you need to know for the matchup between Michigan and UConn. (Follow along below for live updates.)
Date: Monday, April 6, 2026 Yahoo Sports Staff
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Every time it looks like the Huskies are about to make a run, Michigan delivers a bucket on the other end. Time is running out for a potential comeback as UM leads 56-48. 5:21 to play.
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This is the first fastbreak points and first points off a turnover for Michigan all game. Yahoo Sports Staff
The Huskies are slowly trying to fight back into this one, mostly with defense and rebounding. Michigan leads 52-45 with 7:16 to go.
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The Wolverines finally hit their fist 3-pointer of the game courtesy of Elliot Cadeau, and that gives them their biggest lead of the game at 48-37 with 12:47 to play.
Yahoo Sports Staff This game has continues to be a rock fight, which would seem to favor UConn’s style, but the Wolverines are winning and the Huskies are in a ton of foul trouble as Solo Ball headed to the bench after committing his 4th foul.
Michigan leads 40-34 with 15:16 to play.
Nick Bromberg
The foul trouble continues for UConn. Both players got their third fouls before the first TV timeout of the second half.
Yahoo Sports Staff UConn is 33.3% from the field and Michigan is 36.7%, including 0 of 8 on 3s. Will either offense get things going in the second half? That could decided this championship game.
Ben Fawkes
UConn — a 4.5-point first-half underdog — hung on to cover the spread at halftime, as the Huskies are down 33-29 heading into the locker room. The game stayed under the first-half total of 69.5.
The full-game total is down to 138.5 from a pregame number of 144.5.
Yahoo Sports Staff The Michigan star admitted he’s nowhere near 100% after hurting his knee two days ago.
Lendeborg has 4 points on 1 of 5 shooting, 0 rebounds, 0 assists.
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Michigan ended the half with some momentum as it’s finding ways to score inside consistently (22 paint points). UM’s Morez Johnson Jr. has 10 points to lead all scorers so far.
Yahoo Sports Staff Michigan is on a 6-0 run thanks partly to a hook-and-hold flagrant foul call on UConn for this play. Wolverines lead 29-25 late in the 1st half.
Did they get the call right?
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Both teams are struggling to score, shooting under 40%. UConn is clinging to a 25-23 lead over Michigan, which is 0 for 7 from 3-point range.
But the fouls are stacking up for the Huskies. Nick Bromberg
Michigan: Elliot Cadeau
UConn: Silas Demary Jr., Solo Ball
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This is a low-scoring, grind-it-out game just like the Huskies like to play. They’re ahead 18-17 at the 7-minute mark of the 1st half. Yahoo Sports Staff
The Huskies weathered the early Michigan storm and made a couple 3s to get back into it. Michigan leads 11-10 with UConn headed to the free throw line. 11:57 to go in 1st half.
Nick Bromberg
The Michigan star hasn’t looked too explosive early — and hasn’t been involved much either. He’s been hanging out around the 3-point line on offense so far.
Nick Bromberg The Wolverines have a big, big advantage — literally, too — in the frontcourt. And Michigan is already outrebounding UConn 6-2.
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One bettor at BetMGM has $325,000 on Michigan covering the spread at a variety of numbers:
$150,000 on Michigan -4.5 (-170)
$100,000 on Michigan -5.5 (-140) $50,000 on Michigan -6.5 (-115)
$25,000 on Michigan -7.5 (+105)
How will he fare?
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The Wolverines are scoring inside with ease in the early going. It’s a quick 9-4 lead for Michigan.
Time: 8:50 p.m. ET
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Odds: Michigan favored by 6.5 points | Prediction
Preview: Players to watch, keys to the game
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Trieu: For Michigan State targets, visits, in-state decisions loom
Two more weekends remain for colleges to host recruits for official visits.
Michigan State had bigger groups on campus for the first two weekends, so this week’s list is not as large in quantity.
Roswell (Georgia) Blessed Trinity Catholic defensive back Noah Willis will be making his first trip to East Lansing. Willis was only offered by the Spartans in mid-May, but they quickly found a home on his official visit schedule.
The 6-foot, 170-pound Willis can play outside corner or slot corner. Kansas State and Cincinnati already have hosted him, and he has BYU scheduled for the weekend of June 19.
Logansport (Indiana) offensive tackle RJ Clem also will be on campus for the first time. Spartans offensive line coach Nick Tabacca offered in May.
A 6-foot-7, 265-pound prospect, Clem is also a state qualifier in discus and plays basketball. Wake Forest will get an official next weekend. Kansas State and Iowa State also have offered.
Michigan State commit Grant Adloff, a three-star offensive lineman from East Grand Rapids, also will be on campus for his official.
In-state targets nearing decisions
The name to watch for Spartan fans this week is Detroit King’s Don Spillers. A two-way athlete, Michigan State is recruiting the 6-foot-2, 190-pound Spillers as a safety while Illinois, his other finalist, is recruiting him as a wide receiver.
Spillers is expected to make a decision by this weekend. Michigan State has led his Rivals predictions for much of his recruitment, but last weekend’s official visit with Illinois have made the Illini a very real threat to those predictions.
Spillers’ teammate, offensive lineman Jameer Henry, also is believed to be nearing a decision. Henry (6-5, 300 pounds) also is considering Illinois. Missouri was considered the primary competition, but the Tigers have faded in the race.
First summer camp brings talent from all classes
Michigan State hosted their first one-day camp of the summer on June 9.
No offers were extended at the camp, but there were many potential future offers within the group.
Toledo Central Catholic’s David Yharbrough and Troy Yharbrough were two of the standouts. David Yharbrough is a rising junior receiver while Troy Yharbrough is only an incoming freshman, but already looks like a national recruit with several programs offering already.
In-state cornerbacks Jacob Patton and Wendell Childs impressed. Patton (Detroit Country Day) is a 2028 recruit with an offer from Wisconsin. Childs (Clarkston) is a 2027 with track speed. The Spartans are down the road in their 2027 recruiting, but Childs made a play to be considered.
The NFL Academy, a boarding school in the United Kingdom brought several of their top prospects as part of their stateside college tour. That included 6-foot-8, 310-pound offensive tackle Adam Ibironke, a class of 2028 recruit.
Tabor (Massachusetts) Academy wide receiver Xander Odenyo, a multi-offer prospect also stood out in one-on-one work.
Grand Rapids Catholic Central quarterback Odin Spencer, along with wide receivers Grayson Tidd and Jace Cummings, were also among the camp’s top performers.
Spartan defensive line commit Jack Schuler also took part in the camp.
Allen Trieu covers Midwest football recruiting for On3. He has been featured on the Big Ten Network on its annual Signing Day Show. His Michigan and Michigan State recruiting columns appear weekly at detroitnews.com.
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Michigan court overturns man’s conviction in plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer
The Michigan Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned a conviction against a man in connection with the 2020 plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Joseph Morrison was found guilty and sentenced in 2022 after prosecutors argued that he provided material support for a terroristic act as a member of the Wolverine Watchmen. Morrison, as well as Pete Musico and Paul Bellar, were accused of holding gun drills in Jackson County with Adam Fox, who played a key role in the plot.
Fox and co-leader Barry Croft Jr. were convicted and sentenced to 16 years in prison.
On Tuesday, the court reversed Morrison’s conviction in a 3-0 ruling, stating that kidnapping is not an underlying violent felony that supports a conviction under the state’s terrorism law.
Michigan Attorney Dana Nessel called the ruling “completely and irredeemably nonsensical, outrageous and irresponsible” and vowed to appeal the decision.
“This wasn’t an abstract or peaceful kidnapping case. The evidence presented at trial explicitly proved a considered and coordinated plan among these men to kidnap and brutally murder the Governor, killing as many members of law enforcement and residents of the community as necessary along the way. Kidnapping is violent and it is a felony,” Nessel said.
The Democratic governor was never physically harmed. Undercover FBI agents and informants were inside Fox’s group for months, and the scheme was broken up with 14 arrests in October 2020.
The overall investigation produced mixed results for state and federal prosecutors. Five of the 14 men were acquitted at trial. In September 2023, a jury acquitted three men, twin brothers William and Michael Null, and Eric Molitor. The men were found not guilty of providing support for a terrorist act and a weapon charge. They were the last of 14 men to face charges in state or federal court. Nine were convicted and now five have been cleared.
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Port Huron artist named finalist in Michigan ‘I Voted’ sticker contest
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PORT HURON, MI — A Port Huron artist is among 90 finalists in Michigan’s 2026 “I Voted” sticker contest, with her design now in the running to be distributed to voters across the state in November.
Sydney Reed, a 22-year-old Port Huron resident and Marysville High School graduate, advanced to public voting after submitting her “Pure Michigan” design to the Michigan Department of State.
Her design features a Michigan sunset, a Kirtland’s warbler perched on an apple blossom branch and the Mackinac Bridge in the background.
“I’ve always been the artsy child in the family,” Reed said.
The Michigan Department of State received 2,095 submissions this year — more than four times the number submitted during the contest’s inaugural run in 2024. Members of the Michigan Collegiate Student Advisory Task Force selected the finalists before public voting opened June 1.
A review of the Department of State’s voting forms shows Reed’s design is the only finalist from St. Clair County among the 90 entries.
Reed said she nearly passed on the opportunity to enter.
Although she first learned about the contest on Instagram, she said her boyfriend, Kevin Adriaens of Clarkston, encouraged her to create a design and submit it.
“I was actually quite hesitant about designing a sticker,” Reed said.
Art has long been a central part of Reed’s life. She describes herself as largely self-taught but said she also received guidance from family friend Ann Marie Morgan of St. Clair.
While attending Marysville High School, Reed took Advanced Placement art classes, exhibited work at showcases at St. Clair County Community College and earned a Silver Key award through the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
Reed credits former Marysville art teacher Joanie Kernohan with helping shape her development as an artist.
“I spent hours in her classroom after school working on my projects and just getting to know my teacher,” Reed said. “She mentored me so much and has made me a better artist.”
Reed collaborated on several murals at Marysville High School, creating pieces that promote kindness, encouragement and positive mental health messages.
Today, Reed attends St. Clair County Community College and works in the records department at the Port Huron Police Department. She plans to continue her education at Oakland University, where she hopes to earn a bachelor’s degree in graphic design.
As voting continues, Reed said she hopes her design highlights both Michigan’s natural beauty and the creativity found in the Blue Water Area.
“As a Michigander, our state’s beauty is something I wanted to showcase,” Reed said.
Public voting in the Michigan Department of State’s “I Voted” sticker contest runs through June 30, with voters allowed to select up to three designs in each category. Winners will be announced later this summer, and the winning designs will be available to local clerks for distribution during the November 2026 election.
Contact reporter Andy Jeffrey at ajeffrey@usatodayco.com.
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