During its six-game NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament Championship operate, amount three-seeded Michigan defeated fourteen-seeded Xavier 92–87, six-seeded South Alabama 91–82, two-seeded North Carolina 92–87, five-seeded Virginia 102–65, one-seeded Illinois 83–81, and three-seeded Seton Hall 80–79 in overtime. The group, coached by Bill Fisher in the competition, featured the next upcoming NBA players: Glen Grain, Rumeal Robinson, Loy Vaught, Terry Mills, and Sean Higgins.