During its six-game NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Championship run, number 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 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.