College basketball legend Jimmer Fredette reveals pick to win it all in NCAA Tournament

The Final Four is acceptable for Saturday nighttime successful Indianapolis, arsenic Michigan, Arizona, Illinois and UConn volition each combat to scope the nationalist title crippled slated for Monday astatine Lucas Oil Stadium.

But lone 1 of those 4 teams volition look arsenic NCAA Tournament champions, and 1 assemblage hoops fable already has his prime for who volition beryllium cutting down the nets connected Monday night.

Jimmer Fredette, the BYU large who had his "One Shining Moment" successful March Madness backmost successful 2011, has been pursuing the aggravated games passim the tourney to get to this point. He knows precisely who he’s riding with the remainder of the way.

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Former Brigham Young hoops subordinate Jimmer Fredette waves during a ceremonial to discontinue his fig astatine halftime of a crippled betwixt the Cougars and the Colorado Buffaloes astatine the Marriott Center successful Provo, Utah, connected Feb. 14, 2026. (Chris Gardner/Getty Images)

"I honestly person Michigan close now. I person Michigan winning it all," helium told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview, portion highlighting his concern with Coca-Cola and their "Fan Work Is Thirsty Work" run for the tournament.

It’s hard not to emotion everything the No. 1 effect retired of the Midwest Region has been putting unneurotic successful this tournament. The Wolverines, led by caput manager Dusty May successful his 2nd season, person simply dominated the contention they’ve faced frankincense far.

In fact, Michigan has won by treble digits successful each of their 4 tourney games, including a rout of No. 6 Tennessee, 95-62, successful the Elite Eight to unafraid a spot successful the Final Four. They’re led by guardant Yaxel Lendeborg, who averaged 15.2 points this season, but is tallying 25 per contention present successful the tournament.

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"I conscionable deliberation their magnitude and their size is truthful unique," Fredette explained. "They tin play aggregate antithetic ways, but that conscionable poses a existent occupation for people, particularly successful the tournament. It’s hard to gameplan for connected a single-game basis. Obviously, they haven’t mislaid galore games this year, and if they did suffer a game, they were precise close. You cognize that erstwhile you’re playing against them, it’s going to beryllium a fight. It’s going to beryllium a battle."

Fredette added that May coaching successful the Final Four antecedently with Florida Atlantic University (2023) volition play a cardinal origin for the Wolverines arsenic well.

Yaxel Lendeborg of the Michigan Wolverines reacts aft being fouled and scoring during the 2nd fractional of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Elite Eight crippled against the Tennessee Volunteers astatine the United Center successful Chicago, Ill., connected March 29, 2026. Michigan won 95-62. (Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)

But Arizona, the No. 1 effect retired of the West Region, could lucifer up good against Michigan connected Saturday night. While Michigan has mislaid conscionable 3 games this season, the Wildcats person lone mislaid 2 successful a pugnacious Big 12 Conference schedule.

The mode Fredette sees it, this Final Four matchup is fundamentally a nationalist title matchup earlier the existent game.

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"Arizona’s playing large close now," helium said. "In my opinion, that’s benignant of a nationalist title matchup with those 2 teams. They’re big, they’re long, they’re athletic. They’re playing large basketball. But you ne'er know."

As for the different matchup – No. 2 UConn, coming disconnected a thrilling extremity to upset No. 1 Duke, and No. 3 Illinois – Fredette besides has a victor there.

"Obviously, UConn and Illinois are some playing well. I deliberation Illinois, successful my opinion, is going to bushed UConn, and I deliberation it’s going to beryllium Illinois and Michigan successful the final, and Michigan winning it all. So, we’ll see. I’ll astir apt beryllium wholly wrong. That’s however it works successful this tournament. But that’s what I spot close now, and Michigan’s playing immoderate of the champion hoops you tin play."

3x3 hoops jock Jimmer Fredette speaks during the Team USA Media Summit astatine the Marriott Marquis Hotel successful New York City connected April 17, 2024. (Dustin Satloff/Getty Images for the USOPC)

As Fredette said, the tourney finds a mode to marque the craziest things hap connected a hoops court, surviving up to the March Madness moniker.

It volition beryllium UConn-Illinois to statesman the festivities successful Indianapolis connected Saturday nighttime astatine 6:09 p.m. ET, followed by Michigan-Arizona.

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From buzzer-beaters to overtime thrillers, this year’s men’s tourney has had it each successful presumption of intense, edge-of-your-seat basketball. But that tin beryllium thirsty enactment for fans crossed the country, which is wherefore Coca-Cola launched its "Fan Work is Thirsty Work" campaign, which celebrates the fans down the tournament’s Cinderella stories.

Who doesn’t emotion the feel-good, Cinderella communicative of the tournament? While determination whitethorn beryllium apical seeds inactive near successful the bracket, moments similar High Point upsetting Wisconsin successful the archetypal round, VCU shocking UNC successful overtime, and much person genuinely powered this year’s amusive successful March.

The Coca-Cola Glass Sipper is simply a existent size 11 hoops sneaker-shaped cupful meant to clasp March Madness successful this year's tournament. (Coca-Cola)

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And to beryllium definite fans are enjoying Coca-Cola the close way, the marque introduced the "Coca-Cola Glass Sipper," an ode to the celebrated children’s communicative that is simply a customized size 11 hoops sneaker-shaped cupful to observe the squad and instrumentality basal whose tourney travel astir defies expectations.

"That’s what March Madness is each astir – it’s astir the energy, and that’s what Coca-Cola wants to person successful their campaign," Fredette said. "They privation to seizure however overmuch fans enactment into each game, and for me, I emotion the fans. I emotion playing successful beforehand of packed crowd. They were rowdy, they had specified loyalty to their schools, and that evidently transitions into the March Madness tournament. Everyone is simply a portion of it due to the fact that everyone fills retired a bracket. They privation to spot the Cinderella stories. They privation to spot their brackets spell well, [and] they privation to prime the close Cinderella. Coke wants to seizure that."

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