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Welcome to the Free Press live blog for the Michigan basketball national championship celebration. We will be covering the parade in Ann Arbor that starts at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 11, plus all the excitement before and after it on the University of Michigan campus.
The last time the Wolverines won the NCAA basketball championship was in 1989. That was so long ago that the players went to the White House to celebrate with President George Bush, the dad, not the W.
Stay tuned for updates, interviews, videos, photos, social media posts and the occasional spontaneous chanting.
The parade through the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus is set for 10 a.m. Saturday, April 11.
Michigan basketball celebrates with the 1989 national championship trophy after defeating Seton Hall at the Kingdome in Seattle.Michigan's Rumeal Robinson at the foul line against Seton Hall in the 1989 NCAA national championship game. U-M trailed by one, and Robinson made both free throws to win the game, 80-79, in overtime at the Kingdome in Seattle.Michigan basketball fans had plenty to cheer about during the Final Four semifinal game against Illinois in 1989 at the Kingdome in Seattle.Glen Rice of the University of Michigan Wolverines makes a slam dunk during the game against the North Carolina Tar Heels on March 23, 1989.Michigan Wolverines forward Terry Mills (52) in action in March 1989.Guard Glen Rice of the Michigan Wolverines tries to guard guard Marcus Liberty of the Illinois Fighting Illini. Michigan lost to Illinois during the regular season, then beat them in the national semifinal to reach the NCAA championship game in 1989.President George Bush shoots a free throw Wednesday at a portable basket in the White House Rose Garden as University of Michigan players watch. The NCAA champion Wolverines were the guests of Bush, who sank the free throw, though the ball did bounce around the rim. From left are Rumeal Robinson, J.P. Oosterbaan and Rob Pelinka.Terry Mills rebounds the ball for Michigan against Youngstown State on Dec. 21, 1988.Michigan's Loy Vaught stretches out before practice in 1989.Michigan Basketballer Sean Higgins says he moved from Los Angeles to Michigan to win an NCAA championship ring, and now he wears one on his right hand.Michigan athletic director Bo Schembechler congratulates basketball coach Steve Fisher and rewards him with the full-time job after the Wolverines won the NCAA championship in 1989.Michigan's Sean Higgins outside Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor.1 / 12Relive Michigan basketball's 1989 NCAA national championshipMichigan basketball celebrates with the 1989 national championship trophy after defeating Seton Hall at the Kingdome in Seattle.1 / 12Relive Michigan basketball's 1989 NCAA national championshipMichigan basketball celebrates with the 1989 national championship trophy after defeating Seton Hall at the Kingdome in Seattle.2 / 12Relive Michigan basketball's 1989 NCAA national championshipMichigan's Rumeal Robinson at the foul line against Seton Hall in the 1989 NCAA national championship game. U-M trailed by one, and Robinson made both free throws to win the game, 80-79, in overtime at the Kingdome in Seattle.3 / 12Relive Michigan basketball's 1989 NCAA national championshipMichigan basketball fans had plenty to cheer about during the Final Four semifinal game against Illinois in 1989 at the Kingdome in Seattle.4 / 12Relive Michigan basketball's 1989 NCAA national championshipGlen Rice of the University of Michigan Wolverines makes a slam dunk during the game against the North Carolina Tar Heels on March 23, 1989.5 / 12Relive Michigan basketball's 1989 NCAA national championshipMichigan Wolverines forward Terry Mills (52) in action in March 1989.6 / 12Relive Michigan basketball's 1989 NCAA national championshipGuard Glen Rice of the Michigan Wolverines tries to guard guard Marcus Liberty of the Illinois Fighting Illini. Michigan lost to Illinois during the regular season, then beat them in the national semifinal to reach the NCAA championship game in 1989.7 / 12Relive Michigan basketball's 1989 NCAA national championshipPresident George Bush shoots a free throw Wednesday at a portable basket in the White House Rose Garden as University of Michigan players watch. The NCAA champion Wolverines were the guests of Bush, who sank the free throw, though the ball did bounce around the rim. From left are Rumeal Robinson, J.P. Oosterbaan and Rob Pelinka.8 / 12Relive Michigan basketball's 1989 NCAA national championshipTerry Mills rebounds the ball for Michigan against Youngstown State on Dec. 21, 1988.9 / 12Relive Michigan basketball's 1989 NCAA national championshipMichigan's Loy Vaught stretches out before practice in 1989.10 / 12Relive Michigan basketball's 1989 NCAA national championshipMichigan Basketballer Sean Higgins says he moved from Los Angeles to Michigan to win an NCAA championship ring, and now he wears one on his right hand.11 / 12Relive Michigan basketball's 1989 NCAA national championshipMichigan athletic director Bo Schembechler congratulates basketball coach Steve Fisher and rewards him with the full-time job after the Wolverines won the NCAA championship in 1989.12 / 12Relive Michigan basketball's 1989 NCAA national championshipMichigan's Sean Higgins outside Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor.What is the Michigan national championship parade route?The parade will begin at the President’s House at 815 S. University Ave. in Ann Arbor.
From there, the parade will head down State Street and end at Yost Ice Arena, at 1116 S. State St.
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The Big Ten Network will show the Crisler Center celebration, and it will be streamed on the Fox Sports App.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan basketball celebrates championship with parade: Live updates