Yaxel Lendeborg, Solo Ball left off NCAA Tournament championship injury report
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It's a full go for Michigan's Yaxel Lendeborg and Connecticut's Solo Ball in the Men's NCAA Tournament national championship game on Monday night.

Both Lendeborg and Ball were left off their team's respective NCAA initial player availability reports that were released at 9 p.m. ET on Sunday, per the NCAA's guidelines. There will be an additional player availability report released two hours before tomorrow night's tip-off inside Lucas Oil Stadium.

The Wolverines and the Huskies are set for an 8:50 p.m. ET tip-off on Monday. It's the first meeting between both since the 2015-16 season, when they met in the Bahamas for a multi-team event tournament in November.

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Lendeborg sustained an injury with just under nine minutes left in the first half of the semifinal game when he appeared to twist his ankle after stepping on the foot of Wildcats forward Motiejus Krivas while going to the basket for a layup. It'd later be known that Lendeborg suffered a sprained MCL of his left knee and an injured ankle.

Ball told reporters on Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium that he sustained what UConn coach Dan Hurley described as a "some type of foot sprain," his injury in the first half when he got tangled up with Tarris Reed Jr. on a ball screen. He was seen in a walking boot on Sunday.

"I'm doing everything I can to prepare for tomorrow," Ball said on Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium to reporters.

Michigan is looking for its first men's basketball national title since 1989 on Monday, while UConn is looking to add to its blue blood status with a third national title in the last four seasons.

Here's a full look at both UConn and Michigan's initial injury report for Monday's national championship game:

Men's NCAA Tournament national championship game player availability report

Michigan

  • LJ Carson (OUT)
  • Winter Grady (OUT)

UConn

  • No one mentioned
Michigan-UConn national championship time, TV channel
  • Date: Monday, April 6
  • Time: 8:50 p.m. ET
  • TV channel: TBS | TNT | truTV
  • Streaming options: March Madness Live app | Sling TV

Michigan and UConn will tip off at 8:50 p.m. ET on Monday, April 6 inside Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. TBS will broadcast Monday's national championship game. There will be simulcast broadcasts on TNT and truTV as well. Streaming options for the game include the March Madness Live app (with a TV login) and Sling TV.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Yaxel Lendeborg, Solo Ball off Michigan-UConn injury report



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