Indianapolis — Hours before coaching his team in the Final Four, Michigan coach Dusty May was getting a head start on his scouting for the national championship game.
May sat courtside at Lucas Oil Stadium for the first half of the opening Final Four game between UConn and Illinois. His Michigan team would face the winner if it beats Arizona later Saturday night.
Michigan’s Final Four game against Arizona (36-2) tips off at 8:49 p.m. and will be broadcast on TBS. There is also an alternate broadcast called by the Fab Five that will air on TruTV.
In the NCAA Tournament, each team gets seats courtside for other games to scout out the opponents they might face later in the weekend. Most of the time, assistant coaches take those scouting assignments, but May took them himself Saturday with a potential national championship on the line.
Michigan (35-3) won its most recent — and only — national championship in 1989. It has played in the title game four times since in 1992, 1993, 2013 and 2018.
May is coaching in his second Final Four as a head coach, having taken Florida Atlantic in 2023 where it lost 72-71 to San Diego State. In just his second season at Michigan, May has taken Michigan to its ninth Final Four in program history. He is 62-13 and counting at Michigan over two seasons.
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