During its six-game NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Championship run, number three-seeded Michigan defeated fourteen-seeded Xavier 9287, six-seeded South Alabama 9182, two-seeded North Carolina 9287, five-seeded Virginia 10265, one-seeded Illinois 8381, and three-seeded Seton Hall 8079 in overtime. The team, coached by Bill Fisher in the tournament, featured the following future NBA players: Glen Rice, Rumeal Robinson, Loy Vaught, Terry Mills, and Sean Higgins.