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

The Final Four is group for Saturday nighttime successful Indianapolis, arsenic Michigan, Arizona, Illinois and UConn will each conflict to scope nan nationalist title crippled slated for Monday astatine Lucas Oil Stadium.

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

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

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

"I honestly person Michigan correct now. I person Michigan winning it all," he told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview, while highlighting his business pinch Coca-Cola and their "Fan Work Is Thirsty Work" run for nan tournament.

It’s difficult not to emotion everything nan No. 1 seed retired of nan Midwest Region has been putting together successful this tournament. The Wolverines, led by caput coach Dusty May successful his 2nd season, person simply dominated nan title they’ve faced frankincense far.

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

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"I conscionable deliberation their magnitude and their size is truthful unique," Fredette explained. "They tin play aggregate different ways, but that conscionable poses a existent problem for people, particularly successful nan tournament. It’s difficult 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 very 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 nan Final Four antecedently pinch Florida Atlantic University (2023) will play a cardinal facet for nan Wolverines arsenic well.

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

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

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

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

As for nan 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 hit UConn, and I deliberation it’s going to beryllium Illinois and Michigan successful nan final, and Michigan winning it all. So, we’ll see. I’ll astir apt beryllium wholly wrong. That’s really it useful successful this tournament. But that’s what I spot correct now, and Michigan’s playing immoderate of nan champion hoops you tin play."

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

As Fredette said, nan tourney finds a measurement to make nan craziest things hap connected a hoops court, surviving up to nan March Madness moniker.

It will beryllium UConn-Illinois to statesman nan 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 position of intense, edge-of-your-seat basketball. But that tin beryllium thirsty activity for fans crossed nan country, which is why Coca-Cola launched its "Fan Work is Thirsty Work" campaign, which celebrates nan fans down nan tournament’s Cinderella stories.

Who doesn’t emotion nan feel-good, Cinderella communicative of nan tournament? While location whitethorn beryllium apical seeds still near successful nan bracket, moments for illustration High Point upsetting Wisconsin successful nan first round, VCU shocking UNC successful overtime, and much person genuinely powered this year’s nosy successful March.

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

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And to beryllium judge fans are enjoying Coca-Cola nan correct way, nan marque introduced nan "Coca-Cola Glass Sipper," an ode to nan celebrated children’s communicative that is simply a civilization size 11 hoops sneaker-shaped cup to observe nan squad and instrumentality guidelines whose tourney travel astir defies expectations.

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

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