Michigan Wolverines at the NCAA tournament.
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The Detroit Lions are sending a message to the Michigan Wolverines as they advance to the NCAA championship game on Monday, April 6.
The No. 1 seed Michigan Wolverines are officially in the NCAA championship game. Head coach Dusty May and his crew will go up against the No. 2 seed UConn Huskies on Monday, April 6, and the team who wins the game will be the 2026 NCAA national champions.
There’s a lot at stake for May and the Wolverines. The last time a Big 10 team took home that top prize was back in 2000, with Michigan State University and Tom Izzo. While MSU made it to the Sweet 16 this year, they didn’t get past that round, so they’ve been forced to watch the rest of the tournament action from home.
The Detroit Lions have pride about Michigan’s sports teams, and that’s not just the Detroit teams, such as the Pistons, Tigers or Red Wings. The Lions also appreciate college sports, including the Michigan Wolverines and Michigan State University Spartans. Ahead of Monday’s game, they sent a strong message to May and the Wolverines.
Detroit Lions Send Clear Message to Dusty May and the Michigan Wolverines Ahead of NCAA Championship Game
On Saturday, April 4, moments after the Michigan victory over the Arizona Wildcats, the Detroit Lions took to social media to congratulations the Wolverines. On Instagram, they shared a celebratory post with the caption, “Go blue,” wishing them good luck.
Of course, the comments were sprinkled with people wondering if the Lions also support MSU. “Good to know the lions don’t claim MSU,” one said. “Heck no, go Lions, go Green,” another said, referring to State.
Campbell’s daughter, Piper, actually goes to Michigan State University. In May of 2025, he was spotted helping his daughter move back home after being at college for the year.
“Campbell was helping his daughter Piper pack up her college dorm at Michigan State this weekend after she finished up her freshman year, but it appears that one piece of furniture gave the NFL coach a hard time,” a report from Fox News stated at the time.
Campbell’s wife, Holly, posted a video of him moving a massive bean bag out of the dorm, and into the back of a truck, and it surfaced on social media.
Get to Know Michigan Wolverines Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Dusty May
Dusty May and his wife Anna May are high school sweethearts. The couple is from Bloomfield, Indiana, and got married in 2000. May’s coaching career has taken him all over the United States, and Anna, an occupational therapist, has been with him the whole way. They have three sons: Jack, Charlie and Eli.
When May took the job at the University of Michigan in 2004, Brian White, vice president and director of athletics at Florida Atlantic University, said that he was happy for the coach. “I am genuinely happy for Dusty, his wife Anna and their children Jack, Charlie and Eli, who have been so important to the Boca Raton community over their six years here in Paradise and will forever be FAU family,” White said in a statement at the time.
Now, May and the Wolverines are in the final game. They just have to beat the eccentric Dan Hurley and UConn Huskies to go all the way.