Yaxel Lendeborg set a personal goal when Michigan started practice at the very beginning of what would become its 2026 national championship season. He wanted to dunk on new teammate Aday Mara.
“I tried a couple times when I first got here, and he ruined my confidence so quickly,” Lendeborg said after Michigan beat UConn in the title game.
Mara had just come over from UCLA after two disappointing seasons where he could barely get off the bench, and his size made him an inviting target for a poster. Standing 7’3 with a reported 7’7 wingspan, the Spanish big man had measurables few humans in the world could match. Realizing that
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