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.