In three days, the Michigan men’s basketball team will continue its push for a national championship with a matchup against fellow No. 1 seed Arizona in the Final Four of the 2026 NCAA Tournament.
The Wolverines’ departure to Indianapolis came with a scare, though.
Michigan point guard Elliot Cadeau was evaluated by team medical personnel for a possible allergic reaction to something he ate as the team prepared to leave Ann Arbor for Indianapolis on Wednesday, April 1, a team spokesman told the Detroit Free Press, a part of the USA TODAY Network.
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Cadeau was determined to be “fine” by doctors, though out of an abundance of caution, he was continuing to receive medical supervision and would not be leaving for the Final Four until later in the day Wednesday.
Video taken from outside of Michigan’s practice facility during the celebratory send-off showed a covered body being carried away on a gurney and loaded into an ambulance.
In his first season with the program since transferring over from North Carolina, Cadeau has been the primary distributor on one of the best teams in the country. The 6-foot-1 junior is averaging a team-high 5.8 assists per game and is Michigan’s fourth-leading scorer, at 10.2 points per game. He has had 33 assists in his team’s four NCAA tournament wins, the second-highest total of any player in the event.
Heading into their meeting with Arizona in the Final Four, the Wolverines have pieced together one of the best seasons in the program’s proud history, going 35-3 under second-year head coach Dusty May. The 35 victories are a program single-season record.
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