![]() 1 seed, but it doesn't really matter - we're in the quarterfinals, it's going to be a great team (no matter what)."Īnd to think, without a December decision by Thompson to return to Ann Arbor, none of it might have happened. "The way we look at it, sure they're the No. "We look at it like opportunity, and one of our purposes this year was to maximize every opportunity in front of us," Conry said Wednesday. U-M head coach Kevin Conry said that doesn't matter. ![]() ![]() The Blue Devils escaped Delaware, 12-11, in their opening round matchup last week, but head into the matchup as the overwhelming favorite. 1 Duke in the NCAA quarterfinals in Albany, New York, on Saturday (2:30 p.m., ESPNU). The win, U-M's first NCAA tournament victory in program history (in its first NCAA game ever), sets up a matchup with No. ON THE HARDWOOD: U-M basketball's Bufkin, Howard hope their NBA journey follows that of Devin Booker THE DREAM RUN: How Michigan men's lacrosse went from fledgling program to NCAA tournament But I'm sure the story sounds better that it was me." ![]() Honest to god, just right place, right time, it could have been any guy out there. "I just keep thinking how lucky and blessed I am to even be on the team. "It's certainly something you imagine as a kid, growing up for your hometown team, but it's surreal. "I don't think there's anyway anyone could ever imagine that," Thompson, in his fifth year, said Wednesday afternoon, still laughing as he tried to process the moment four days later. In Thompson's fantastic finish Sunday in Ithaca, New York, he combined his hometown roots and his athletic genes for the memory of a lifetime: After spending four years at Georgetown, he transferred to his hometown school and scored the first hat-trick of his collegiate career, then added a fourth goal - the winner in the opening round of the NCAA tournament, to propel Michigan lacrosse to a 15-14 overtime victory over No.
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