INDIANAPOLIS—As the maize and blue confetti rained down on head coach Dusty May, Most Outstanding Player Elliot Cadeau and the Michigan Wolverines, fresh off their 69-63 national championship victory over the Connecticut Huskies,

Michigan, a team that has performed like a freight train in this NCAA tournament, won the national title – the Big Ten’s first in 26 years – by playing more like a bulldozer.

The Wolverines will have at least not four players returning to their team next season.

The Michigan Wolverines were gifted iced-out chains before they beat the UConn Huskies in the NCAA Tournament, TMZ Sports has learned.