the last time university of michigan won the ncaa tournament was 1989.
when was the last time university of michigan won the ncaa tournament?
1989
entering the 1984 ncaa tournament, the orange were unbeaten. they reached the final but lost in a rematch against johns hopkins, 13–10. after syracuse finished the 1985 regular season with a 12–1 record, the teams met in the ncaa tournament final; syracuse was again defeated by johns hopkins, 11–4. the orange were eliminated in the semifinals of the ncaa tournament the next two seasons, against virginia and cornell, respectively. however, 1987 marked the syracuse debuts of brothers gary and paul gait. the gaits, who had resided in canada, were recruited by simmons at a time when canadian lacrosse players typically took part in indoor games. before the gaits started playing for syracuse, simmons called them "the two greatest lacrosse players i've ever seen in my life"; the pair combined for 118 goals in 1988. in 1988, simmons led syracuse to the ncaa tournament title for a second time. the orange, playing in syracuse, defeated cornell 13–8 in the championship game to finish the season with a perfect 15–0 record. simmons later recruited tom marechek, the university's second-leading goal scorer behind gary gait. he received a recommendation about marechek from the gaits, and offered him a scholarship without watching any of his games. in 1989, simmons's team lost to johns hopkins in their first game, which was their only defeat of the season. the orange repeated as ncaa champions, winning the ncaa tournament final 13–12 over johns hopkins.
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in the first round of the 2017 ncaa tournament, michigan defeated oklahoma state by a 92–91 margin on the strength of a school ncaa tournament record 16 three-point shots (on 29 attempts, including 11–15 three-point shooting in the second half). michigan's 16 three-point field goals also tied the big ten record for an ncaa tournament game. the team was led by derrick walton's 26 points. with 26 points, 11 assists and five rebounds, walton was the first player with at least 25 points, ten assists and five rebounds in a tournament game since dwyane wade in 2003. on march 19, michigan defeated louisville 73–69 in a rematch of the 2013 ncaa division i men's basketball championship game to advance to the sweet 16 for the first time since 2014, and third time in the past five seasons. michigan was led by wagner with a career-high 26 points. wagner's 26 points were the most by a wolverine in an ncaa tournament game since ray jackson scored 28 points against western kentucky in the first round of the 1995 ncaa division i men's basketball tournament. michigan led the country in fewest turnovers per game with just 9.2 turnovers per contest. michigan set a new program record with 350 made three-pointers this season. after the first week of the tournament, the seventh seeded wolverines were regarded by some media outlets as the "feel-good story of the ncaa tournament". on march 23, michigan lost to oregon 68–69. michigan was led by walton with a game-high 20 points, as walton and irvin scored 26 of michigan's 35 second-half points.
2016–17 michigan wolverines men's basketball team