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Michigan basketball icon Jalen Rose reacts after the Wolverines win the 2026 national title, ending a 37-year championship drought.
Michigan held on in the final minutes to beat UConn 69-63 on Monday night in the national championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. That gave the Wolverines their first national title since 1989, and the Big Ten conference’s first championship since Tom Izzo and Michigan State won in 2000.